All I can say is WELL WORTH the add'l money over the units you see in local retail locations. This is an extremely robust unit that will more than likely last longer than me. I will say, it was pretty straight forward to assemble, outside of being heavy! But, My approach to save some money was I hired a local contractor to dig the hole and set the concrete. I was going to do this, but for $300 and they did it in 2hrs! It would have taken me 4 days. After 4 days, I just paired up with my neighbor, put the pull on, the supports and ext arms and used 4 bodies to lift the backboard and I put the bolts on. Really not bad at all. The unit goes up and down with ease and I am extremely happy I spent the extra $$$ for this system. THANKS!