Repairing plastic basketball net base

[dalehsc]

My neighbor's wife drove over the edge on the base of their basketball net the other day. It's one of those black plastic ones that you put water in for ballast. Anybody have any experience fixing a crack in one?

 

[rlitman]

It should be weldable

 

[LeeG]

If not, open up the top some and fill it with gallon jugs of water.

 

[kenners]

I would also be interested in fixes from other people. i've got one of the grandkids that the bottom has been scraped across the street and opened up a thin area on the bottom.

 

[klassenl]

Why not pour it full of concrete. It makes it less moveable but more durable.

 

[nadogail]

Foam it.

 

[nafterclifen]

I put a long, heavy chain in the bottom. Heavy enough to keep it upright, even at 6' high, but not heavy that you can't move it. And easy to remove when needed.

 

[rcurtiss]

I fixed my grandson's with a soldering iron. You may have to introduce some extra plastic material as filler.

 

[NETexas]

Fill with gravel large enough to not fall out.


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[rlitman]

Foam it.

The base needs to be heavy. People who fill theirs with water often discover that it is too easily blown over in the wind. So then they fill it with sand.

 

[nadogail]

Foam it.

I guess that filling it with foam is not a good idea, maybe just add a layer of foam to the bottom and then ballast it heavily.

 

[johnnyradiant]

There are plastic tank glues or the RapidFix fiber patches that are UV light activated. Are you close to a C. Tire?

I like sand in ours, but I don't move it often.

 

[Docbentley]

Easy solution I used was to get 3 60#? Bags of Quickcrete and put them on the plastic base. Rain/weather will solidify bags. Then if you need to move it just take the cement blocks off.
Not the most elegant fix but it works in really windy conditions.

 

[hammerhead611]

Bags of quickcrete, sandbags full of sand, etc placed on top of the base. Can remove them to relocate it if needed then put back on the base.

 

[Hubmonkey]

If it is just cracked and not missing pieces, as suggested above could try a plastic welding. I filled ours with sand.. water expands when it freezes. I have heard people putting anti freeze in theirs but sand just works.

Hub

 

[Schoeny]

Get these and some cheap ratchet straps.

Ground Anchors

We had the derecho roll through our town, and ours didn't move an inch.

 

[lolaetype]

Why not pour it full of concrete. It makes it less moveable but more durable.

I was going to suggest sand. At least then it could be emptied, Not as easily as if filled with water though. Water by volume weighs about 60% of that of sand so you would only need to fill the base a bit over half full.

 

[dalehsc]

I tried plastic welding,I'm not as good a plastic welder as I am steel,Lol ! I think it really was a preparation issue. Anyway the plastic weld didn't stick.

I v'd out the crack better,sanded it ,and applied two coats of JB weld,over two days......so far it's holding water

Will keep you posted!