Electric Hoist for Basketball Goals

Product Description

This electric hoist for basketball goals is used by all major basketball goal equipment manufacturers.  This includes Gared Sports, Performance Sports Systems, Draper, Porter, and Spalding.  The mounting flange is designed to mount to a wall or 3.5 inch pipe.  The motor is 3/4 horse power, 120 volt, with grooved drum, and limit switches.

 

 

 

Load Rating
This electric hoist for basketball goals is designed to lift up to 1250 pounds.

Wire Rope Type
1/4” diameter 7×19 galvanized wire rope, commonly referred to as aircraft cable.  This cable has a break strength of 7,000 pounds.  This cable IS NOT supplied with the motor.

Rope Drum
The drum is 4.5 inches with grooves for orderly winding of the wire rope.  The wire rope goes through the drum for secure anchoring.  The drum holds 30’ of wire rope on the first layer and an additional 25’ on the second layer.  The maximum drum capacity is 55’.

Pressure Roller
The wire rope is held tightly against the drum with a spring loaded pressure roller.  This ensure that the cable winds neatly into the grooves of the drum without jumping over grooves.  The pressure roller maintains pressure even if the cable slacks between the hoist and the backboard.

Limit Switches
The limit switches control when the motor stops at the upper and lower limits of backboard travel.  The switches on this motor are gear driven, providing the greatest level of accuracy.

Electrical
110/115120 VAC, 1 phase, 60 hertz. UL Listed.

Motor
The motor is 3/4 horse power, 9.5 amps.  The motor comes with a  6 power cord with a 4 prong twist lock plug rated for 20 amps.

Gearbox
The gears are hardened metal to outlast and out perform other gear materials.  The gears are in a sealed aluminum housing.  The 200:1 worm gear provides positive locking to hold under load.

Frame Construction
The frame is designed to mount to a 3.5” diameter pipe or a flat surface such as a wall.  The hardware for pipe mounting is included.  The hardware for flat surface mounting IS NOT included as this hardware will vary depending upon the construction of the surface.  The frame is powder coated black for corrosion resistance.

Installation
Installing the hoist is fairly straight forward.  Assuming that you’re replacing a defective hoist you’ll simply detach the old unit and attach the new unit in the same location.  It seems like we have installed hundreds of these over the many years that we have been installing and servicing equipment.  Our expert advice is that you always install a new wire rope and any associated hardware when installing a new hoist.  The wire rope should wrap around the drum 4 or 5 times before running towards the backboard.  These 4 to 5 drum wraps should never unwrap.  Once the motor is mounted and the new wire rope is installed, the last step is to set the limit switches.  It is helpful to have 2 people for this process, one person to operate the key switch and another to fine tune the limit switches.  The lower limit switch should be set to allow the wire rope to have a tiny amount of slack when the goal is in the playing position.  The backboard should not have tension on the wire rope when in the playing position.

Installation Help
We have been installing basketball goals since 2007.  If you have any questions about the installation, please call Eric at 210-241-0005.

Warranty
Gared Sports offers a 5 year warranty for the break away mechanism and 5 year warranty on the rim components.

Shipping
The electric hoist for basketball goals is around 75 pounds and ships via UPS or Fedex ground.

We ship within the continental United States.

Additional Questions
If you have questions about any of our projects, Sport Court® gym flooring, or any of the products we sell, please contact us right away.