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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful.
sturdy
By E. Caraher
this seemed like an easy occupation but was a little mixing up using the directions – there are 2 booklets. unquestionably two (moderately strong) persons to genuinely put up the hoop with this, and 2 ladders. seems very sturdy once all the directions are figured out.
6 of 6 persons found the following review helpful.
You have to buy 2 for the roof mounting
By bruce1
This bracket kit is very well made, and the instructions are good. We necessitated to mount it on the garage roof, we have a very little yard and can not keep moving a pole mounted set up. We decisive to mount it on the garage roof. First I called Spalding to be sure it was the right bracket, they commended another model that looks very huge and it pops off the roof a lot, We did not think it was very sturdy, so we opted for this one. The picture at Amazon does not match the photo on the box, we had a gutter coming off the roof, so we had to buy 2 sets of this bracket since the ones that come on one kit did not fit decently on the roof, not sufficient clearance (not long enough). After buying both kits we salvage sufficient parts from each to securely mount the rig on the roof at the rectify pitch and angle; with sufficient clearance. This turned out to be for less and better than buying a more costly rig. We will post the final photos soon. If you are mounting on a roof you need at least 2 people, various power tools and you will have to buy the long screws and nuts to secure it to the roof properly. We employed assorted pieces of 1x2s with washers on the inside of the roof for security. We likewise purchased numerous roofing cement to cover any gaps on the roof. You may opt to have a professional mount it for you if you do not want to climb on the roof with ladders to secure this thing. We commend you figure out the rig before mounting it on the roof. The rim is comparatively painless to mount once you have the backboard mounted on the roof. The kids are playing for an hour each day after school. See my other review of the rim and backing board we purchased with these brackets.
15 of 19 people found the following review helpful.
The greatest piece of crap since actual crap (except actual crap is better because it’s free).
By Uriel Cool
I purchased this mounting bracket to install my Huffy backboard. The backboard company, Huffy, commended the installation bracket. No huge shock since they are both the same company (which I found out later). Anyhow, right away I could tell this wasn’t going to be easy or fun. The holes in the mounting bracket were drilled wrong so I had to re-drill new holes, through metal (yay), just to put the bracket together. But then I discover, after drilling the holes, that the assemblage requires 14 of a queer nut/bolt/washer set, and the package only comes with twelve. When you read the constituents manifest it even says it comes with 12. But when you put it together, it instructs you to use 14, and shows 14 in the diagrams. Nice.
Okay, moving on. When you get to page 13 of the instruction manual and you are realizing that they’ve (The Chinese) screwed you out of the necessary tools and elements which render this mounting bracket obsolete, you discover a little note on the bottom of the page which states: The hardware required to mount this bracket to the wall is NOT included. What? What did I buy then? Where’s the hardware set for the hardware? How is this universal?! You mean to tell me that you may assemble the whole thing (if you’re a freaking mechanical engineer, that is), only to discover that you have to prop the thing versus the wall because you can’t hang it on the wall of the garage?! And then, the whole time you’re attempting not to lose your mind, you have your kids there saying over and over again in some nightmare of a litany, “Dad, when will it be ready? Dad, when will it be ready?”
So what do you do? You call client service and guess what? An answering machine. Always an answering machine. They NEVER answer the phone. Evidently they screen their calls. So by the time you’ve called them three times, and they may tell you’re a bit peeved, forget regarding getting a call back. Never gonna happen, chap.
My advice. Go to the Salvation Army, buy galore rusty old rim, and screw that hoop directly to the wall. That way, at least, the only screwing that will have been done is by you, and not to you.
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