| Rural mail boxes comparatively require severe | | | | All of them are constructed with hard aluminum |
| protection as they are installed outdoors and are | | | | bodies, polished with durable powder coats, provided |
| prone to burglary and wreckage. Since rural mail | | | | with non-rusting stainless steel hinges, adjustable red |
| boxes are mounted on the roadsides and not on the | | | | indicator flags and magnetic door holders. The front |
| house walls or posts, they often require more care | | | | door is made of solid die cast aluminum and back |
| than residential mail boxes. A rural mail box has to be | | | | cover. The concrete back and mounting hardware |
| located on a rural mail route approved by the | | | | enable it to be mounted on standard, classic or even |
| concerned postmaster and only on the right side of | | | | two-sided posts. They are also featured with |
| the road. It should not hinder other nearby boxes. | | | | newspaper holders. They are available at a price |
| Therefore to reinforce extra strength and extreme | | | | range of $75 to $100. |
| sturdiness, it is either made of an electro galvanized | | | | To make sure that there is resistance against |
| steel or a non-corrosive aluminum body. | | | | vandalism, rural mailboxes promising strong and |
| To ensure security, complete mail-swing packages | | | | secure locking mechanisms are emerging in the |
| are available that contains an adjustable mail swing | | | | market. Such mailboxes are made of thick aluminum |
| with caps which protect mails from snowfall damage | | | | or copper bodies that do not corrode and is coated |
| and vandalism. The mail swing is provided with a | | | | with multi-layered powder, both inside and outside. To |
| galvanized steel post, mounting brackets and a mail | | | | prevent theft, they are provided with heavy duty |
| box that can be fixed by the road-side that helps the | | | | locks and 3 keys which can only be self-operated. |
| rural mail carrier to pick up the mails as well as deliver | | | | They are spacious enough to hold heavy mails and |
| them while sitting in his delivery vehicle. | | | | parcels and trustfully deliver money-orders, checks, |
| Rural mail boxes are of three types: Heavy duty rural | | | | visa, master-card, etc. |
| mailbox, deluxe rural mailbox and antique rural mailbox. | | | | |