The pole itself took two-three adults to move it from the garage to my backyard court. The backboard took about four adults to help put up. The quality and solid structure is incredible. Although time consuming, it was also fairly easy to put together. Way easier than a driveway portable hoop if you can believe that. It's a great project to let your kids help put it together so they will appreciate and take care of the hoop. We got the regulation 72" backboard. I HIGHLY recommend it and would suggest that you not even look at the smaller backboards. 72 is where its at! Adjusting the hoop height is too easy and kids of all (most) sizes can do it. It's the best and best looking hoop out there!