[In The Woods]

As far as USPS, it depends......

We have a fantastic rural carrier. Anything that doesn't fit in the mailbox she brings it to the house and puts it on our covered porch. My wife uses their Priority Mail pickup service often also.

But just up the road is serviced from a different post office. When driving up the road we always see pacakges in plastic grocery bags hanging from mailboxes. I would be livid if that happened here. Best thing to do is go in and ask the postmaster how they handle packages.

As far as UPS and FedEx - once again we have very conscientious drivers. They will always bring everything to the house. In fact, in the winter my driveway is usually slippery even though I keep it plowed (pretty steep hill). Our UPS driver will park on the road and walk any packages to the house.

What I do is now is when I know I have a package coming (thanks to the free myUPS) I will put a big tote with lid next to my mailbox in the morning for him to drop the pacakge in. A lot of people around here who work and are gone all day have put up a permanent box for package drops. This will also work for USPS if they won't bring your packages to the house.

 

[In The Woods]

As a rural mailman I can tell you we love big mailboxes. Unless your driveway gate is locked I'd drive to your house anything that doesn't fit.

Our mail lady is a rural contractor. She is the best! Always brings packages that won't fit right to our covered front porch. And she doesn't care if I haven't plowed yet in the winter with her little Honda all-wheel drive. She says she loves winter......