You got this 👊🏼

Portable is fine if you REALLY weigh down the base. I've seen the wind knock them over many times but if you weigh it down, and add anchor straps to keep the base from moving they are fine. Nothing beats the sturdiness and feel of a post in ground though.

Awesome 👊🏼

@@DieselLegiance thanks for the detailed video. Digging the 46 inch hole was the worst part. Do you think a sand filled pole will reduce the shaking of the rim?

Maybe but I’d be careful adding anything to a metal pole that may cause rotting damage over time? The biggest importance is getting a solid concrete base in the ground. Once you do that your golden 👊🏼

You got this 👊🏼

No problem, glad I could help!

Glad I could help. You got this 👊🏼

Maybe blue lock tight just in case you ever have to make adjustments to tightened the nuts? Either way…your going to love it.

Welche Firma hast du genommen? Ich überlege auch sowas zu holen, aber trau mir das mit dem Zement etc. nicht zu

I’m sorry I do not understand?

@@DieselLegiance I'm sorry, I am from germany as the person I answered to, so I asked who he hired for the concrete job in german. Thanks for your video, this took away some fears about the installation!

No problem, it’s not hard. You can do it 👊🏼

Hi GrumpyEde, given that you understand English, I‘ll respond in English so Diesel Legiance will also understand. I actually did not hire a company and instead poured the concrete myself because Diesel Legiance’s video convinced me that even I, a short (5’3“) albeit athletic woman in my early 50s, can handle this task with my teenage son, for whom I got the basketball hoop to start with. Your question was timely because we poured the concrete just yesterday. My body is pretty soar today, but it was manageable. The hole, which I dug earlier, ended up much bigger than required so that I could also fit into it to dig with my hands (using plastic gloves of course) and a few simple tools. But it thus also required additional bags of concrete: a total of 22 x 30-kg bags of ready-mixed concrete (“Fertigbeton“), the number of which surely explains the body aches I have today. Mixing the dry concrete powder with water and pouring it into the hole necessarily required some physical effort, but it was definitely manageable. For the to-be-poured concrete column, I stacked four 40 cm x 40 cm concrete forms, each 25 cm high. I bought them at a nearby building materials store (“Baustoffgeschäft”) for about 16€ a piece. We placed the concrete forms on a roughly 15 cm layer of grit (“Splitt”) underneath which I had spread out a thick sheet of plastic („Bauplane“) to avoid contact of the freshly poured concrete with the ground water that I had initially removed as best I could but which was sure to gradually come back. Actually, the sheet of plastic covered the entire hole and beyond, and I currently use it to protect the poured concrete from drying out while it hardens. I will eventually cut off the part of the plastic sheet that sticks out above ground. I filled the remainder of the hole (so the area around the concrete forms) with concrete as well, assuming that the surrounding concrete will better support the main column laterally than gravel would. Before you get started, be sure to educate yourself about the best weather conditions for pouring concrete, how to protect it from drying out while it is hardening, tips and tricks for the best result overall … and last but not least the safety gear to wear when dealing with concrete (e.g. concrete dust is toxic for your airways, which was news to me). Thankfully, the Internet is full of free advice in this regard. By the way, although the manual refers to a minimum of 72 hours before the basket ball hoop can be screwed onto the concrete base, I plan to wait for at least 28 days to be on the safe side. I hope this helps, and thanks again to Diesel Legiance for instilling in me the confidence I needed to tackle this project myself and save quite a bit of money in the process. I think it was a success and provided me with a good workout at the same time. Greetings to you both from Bavaria :-)

Hey man can i dunk on it i want to buy one?

@@bogbog6073 yes

All is good with my setup and I have no issues. I think the key is to make the hole in the ground deep and wide with plenty of concrete for max stabilization. Shoot for a hole at least 3’ deep and at least 14-16” in diameter. You will be good.

If you can adjust or reroute your sprinkler line I’d say do that. If not, your better off going just behind it.

I’d recommend pouring the concrete and using the long anchor bolt system that comes with the hoop. I would think any smaller bolts would risk snapping and damaging the hoop.

It’s 100% good. No issues.

Don’t know about tornados but I do get high winds and have no issues.

You can take the rim up to 10’ maybe a little higher and the backboard is maybe 2’ taller than the rim. I’d say roughly 12-13’ at its tallest height.

Yes

Great video with clear and precise instructions. Do you have and wobble after over a year?

No wobble, we still use it all the time and it’s holding up great.

I’m not sure? What seems to be the issue?

@@DieselLegiance the hydraulic system that raises the court up and down doesn’t work. It doesn’t raise up the court.

Is the pin still there that holds the handle in place to wind it up or down? Does this handle actually spin?

@@DieselLegiance yes the pin is in place and it does spin.

Hmm you may want to contact the manufacturer about getting a replacement?

Absolutely, we use it all the time.

@@DieselLegiance Thx. Its mostly for my 6 year old but I want something that he'll grow into and enjoy for years...

Absolutely, my 14 year old daughter plays basketball for school and plays all the time on it. We all play when we have family gatherings. It’s a good hoop.

​@DieselLegiance hi is this Basketball goal better than the spalding u-turn tempered glass 54 inch in ground basketball goal?

We use it all the time still. My daughter is on the basketball team and practices all the time. It works great and is in basically the same condition as when we first installed it.

Sorry to hear that. I have never had an issue with mine.

@@DieselLegiance actually I ended up getting a new rim so it’s all good now 👍

Nice 👍🏼

54 is better for size and practice

Great catch thank you 🙏

Great video thank you!

@@DieselLegiance does the anchor kit come with the 4 metal bars

@@veptize4805yeah it comes in the box