Installation Guide

Side Mount, In Ground Installation
Post Installation Instructions
Posts for dVault Locking Mailboxes
DVJR0060 Series Post Systems (DVJR0060SMPI)
Side Mount Post Systems
(DVJR0060SMPI)
Above Ground Post Systems
(DVU0050PA and DVJR0060PA)
Tools and/or Materials Required (not
provided):
• Shovel or posthole digger
• Concrete mix and gravel (optional)
• Level
• ½ inch open/box end wrench or socket set.
Note: Fastening hardware is included. Other
tools/materials/hardware may also be necessary
depending upon actual installation.
Installation Procedure:
1. General Installation Requirements:
Customers are required to contact the local
Post O ce before installing the mailbox to
insure its correct placement and height at
the street. Generally, mailboxes are installed
at a height of 41–45" from the road surface
to inside  oor of the mailbox or point of mail
entry (locked designs) and are set back 6–8"
from front face of curb or road edge to the
mailbox door.
2. Dig a hole for the in-ground mailbox post.
Hole should be approximately 6" in diameter
and 24–28" deep. Use level to straighten
pole, back  ll hole and tamp dirt as needed
(Note: “Quick Crete” or concrete may also be
used.
3. Periodically check the vertical alignment of
the post with level when back  lling or as the
concrete is curing.
4. When back  ll tamping is complete, or
concrete is cured, you are now ready to
mount the mailbox to the side mount post
system.
CONCRETE MUST BE BELOW FROST LINE.
TAKE CARE NOT TO PUNCTURE WATER,
SEWER, GAS, CABLE OR TELEPHONE LINES
WHEN DIGGING HOLES.
Side Mount Mailbox Mounting Instructions:
1. Locate and place mailbox on its side.
2. Locate the knock
outs on the side that
will face the post and
knock out the holes as
shown in Figure 1.
3. Rotate mailbox and
place it on its side.
Locate the knock outs
that will face the post
bracket and knock out
the holes as shown in
Figure 2.
4. Install under-unit
support bracket to post using two of the
provided 5/16" – 18 hex bolts and lock
washers. Tighten as needed
5. Locate mailbox keys and open access door
in the fully open position.
6. Place and align the mailbox on the post
bracket over the bottom set of holes as
shown below, and install two of the provided
5/16" – 18 hex bolts and lock washers
through the bottom
knockouts of the unit into
the threaded holes of
the previously installed
under-unit support
bracket. Tighten as
needed.
7. Install two  nal
5/16" – 18 hex bolts and
lock washers through the
side of the mailbox using
the side knockouts that were previously
removed. Tighten as needed.
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®
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dVault
®
Companies, Inc.
Secure mail collection solutions.
www.dvault.com
[phone]
Fax: [phone]
dVault is proud to manufacture 100% of their locking mailboxes, parcel vaults, and posts in the USA.
Based in Colorado, dVault has over 30 years of manufacturing experience, and is dedicated to the
highest level of quality.
Mail Protector Vault
DVCS0070
Weekend Away Vault
DVJR0060
Parcel Protector Vault
DVU0050
In Ground Post Systems
(DVU0050PI and DVJR0060PI)