hanging a Basketball goal

[Neil_K]

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Getting ready for Christmas, and I agreed with the wife to a basketball goal for the kids (yeah, like she had to twist my arm on that one). Unfortunately, a pole in the ground won't work, but there is plenty of wall space above the garage door and below the roofline. I got the necessary bracket from Lifetime that attaches to the wall. This one actually adjusts so my kids can play at the right height. (8ft for munchkins, but 10 for me even though I am vertically challenged).

You are more than welcome to come over after Christmas and play.

I am curious as how y'all would go about mounting the bracket. I have hardiplank siding. Should I cut and mount directly to the studs or mount directly on top of the hardiplank? Will the hardiplank break apart? I'll still go into the studs. The builder used that silver-coated cardboard sheathing and not osb or plywood.

I believe the bracket is actually two vertical channels that are anchored to the wall and the bracket comes off of that. I'll look at the instructions tonite.

Thanks for input.