Basketball Hoop Removal in Salem & the North Shore

We take portable hoops and poles set in concrete

There are two kinds of basketball hoop, and the work is completely different. A portable hoop stands on a base filled with water or sand, and nothing moves while that base is full, so emptying it is the first thing we do on site: the water gets drained out, the sand gets shoveled out. Then the backboard comes off, then the pole, then the empty base, and the whole thing leaves in pieces on the same visit. An in-ground hoop is a pole set in concrete, and there you have a choice. We can cut the pole off at grade so nothing is left standing, or dig the footing out with the pole still in it so there is nothing left under the lawn either. You do not need to drain it, unbolt it, or dig at it before we get there.

How We Handle It

Where it all goes afterwards is straightforward. The pole, the rim and the hardware are metal, and the metal comes out of the load on the way: scrap goes to Turner Inc in Lynn rather than the transfer station. The backboard comes down first, before the pole moves at all, because a full sheet of acrylic or glass still bolted to the top of a pole is the part of this job that goes wrong, and the backboard leaves with the load. There is one caveat. A hoop bolted to a garage wall or to the roof edge can come down where it is safe to reach it, but we do not patch the wall or the roof afterwards, so plan on the lag holes, the filler and the paint being your end of it. And anything structural is a demolition contractor's job rather than ours. On price, a hoop on its own is usually a $120 minimum job, and the two things that move that number are the sand in a portable base and a concrete footing dug out of the ground, both priced by weight rather than by the cubic yard.

We also do scrap metal pickup, concrete removal, swing set and jungle gym removal, and trampoline removal.

How Much Will This Cost?

Pricing is based on the space your load takes up in the truck, or on weight for heavy material. We give you a free, firm price in person before any work begins, and once you agree to it, it does not go up.

• $120 minimum pickup
• $70 to $100 per cubic yard
• Closer to $70 when it is light and easy to reach

For a very small job close to our Salem base we can sometimes bring the minimum down to $80 to $100, so it is worth asking. The minimum can also be higher for a job well outside our normal routes. See the full pricing page.

The sand in a portable base and a concrete footing are priced by weight rather than by the cubic yard, the same as any heavy material we haul. Here is how junk removal is priced in Massachusetts, and why concrete and other heavy material go by weight.

About Us, Our Story

The Junk Heroes is a brother-owned and operated junk removal company rooted in Salem, MA. We live right on the line between Salem and Swampscott, two minutes from Vinnin Square, and we started this business because we wanted to run a junk removal service that showed up on time, treated customers like neighbors, and charged honest prices.

We give a single couch the same care as a full estate cleanout. Families and businesses around Salem, Swampscott, Beverly, Lynn, and Marblehead have left us 350+ five-star reviews.

The Junk Heroes is an independent company that two brothers built and still run, with a crew of friends who haul alongside them, and we stand behind every job we do.

We do this by the book. We carry $2M in general liability, a $1M umbrella policy and $1M in commercial auto coverage. We are USDOT registered (USDOT 8843043), our drivers hold DOT medical cards, and we hold commercial accounts at the disposal facilities we use, so every load ends up where it is supposed to. Call or text in English or Portuguese.

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