Strengths: relatively inexpensive way to attach your Lifetime brand backboard and hoop to your pole or wall.
Weakness: challenging to put together, could be beefed up a bit.
I bought the 1044 adj. mt. to go with the Lifetime backboard and hoop and mount on the wall surface of my garage. In assembling the unit, one must look at the instructions on both the backboard/hoop and the mount as you'll get nowhere just looking at one.
BTW the you may be disappointed with the Lifetime backboards, although metal framed, the clear backboard material is only about 1/8 in thick. That coupled with the mount not being too solid, makes for a system that is looser than you'd like. Rebounds off the rim or board are not as lively as they should be.
That said, when I completed the installation, I'm fairly satisfied. I firmed up the mound a bit by adding some washers to take up some of the "play" in the 1/2" bolts on the pivot points. I used 1 washer ea on the top 2 pivot joints and 3 ea on the lower 2. Seemed to help quite a bit.
I sprayed a clear poly coating on exposed metal areas and put a bit of grease on the pivot points and cross bolts. I looking at the backboard a piece of plywood can easily be added to the panels on each side of the rim if on wanted to make it a bit more substantial.
For just shooting hoops and mounting a budget backboard on your garage this works fine. Raising and lowering works fine.
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Did you have any concerns/problems with mounting this system to the Garage wall? I am using the 1044 with the Lifetime 73729 48 Inch Backboard/Rim combo, which weighs 35 pounds. Combined with the weight of the 1044 kit, I am concerned that the 4 Screws and small bracket supplied with the 1044 will not be strong enough to support the Backboard/Rim, especially if someone hangs from the Rim. I want to mount it to my Garage (above the door), but am contemplating switching to a Pole mount because I don't think the mount bracket is sufficient to hold the weight.
Good value, serves the purpose
Strengths: relatively inexpensive way to attach your Lifetime brand backboard and hoop to your pole or wall.
Weakness: challenging to put together, could be beefed up a bit.
I bought the 1044 adj. mt. to go with the Lifetime backboard and hoop and mount on the wall surface of my garage. In assembling the unit, one must look at the instructions on both the backboard/hoop and the mount as you'll get nowhere just looking at one.
BTW the you may be disappointed with the Lifetime backboards, although metal framed, the clear backboard material is only about 1/8 in thick. That coupled with the mount not being too solid, makes for a system that is looser than you'd like. Rebounds off the rim or board are not as lively as they should be.
That said, when I completed the installation, I'm fairly satisfied. I firmed up the mound a bit by adding some washers to take up some of the "play" in the 1/2" bolts on the pivot points. I used 1 washer ea on the top 2 pivot joints and 3 ea on the lower 2. Seemed to help quite a bit.
I sprayed a clear poly coating on exposed metal areas and put a bit of grease on the pivot points and cross bolts. I looking at the backboard a piece of plywood can easily be added to the panels on each side of the rim if on wanted to make it a bit more substantial.
For just shooting hoops and mounting a budget backboard on your garage this works fine. Raising and lowering works fine.
100% of readers found this review helpful. Did you find it helpful or unhelpful?
Aug 26, 2006
Did you have any concerns/problems with mounting this system to the Garage wall? I am using the 1044 with the Lifetime 73729 48 Inch Backboard/Rim combo, which weighs 35 pounds. Combined with the weight of the 1044 kit, I am concerned that the 4 Screws and small bracket supplied with the 1044 will not be strong enough to support the Backboard/Rim, especially if someone hangs from the Rim. I want to mount it to my Garage (above the door), but am contemplating switching to a Pole mount because I don't think the mount bracket is sufficient to hold the weight.