What is the best way to tear down an above ground pool for the winter?

perhaps a wet vac designed to suck up water and other liquids…i think you can rent one at a home improvement store.

yeah opening the inground pool was a bitch because of this. we couldnt get the cover out because of all the sludge and didn’t want to just dump it into the rest of the pool. vac helps and so does just throwing the leaves out by hand if possible.

Got a snow shovel?

We used to use a regular water pump on ours, which you can get at any home improvement store.

I second a pump. Just dangle the output hose outside of the pool. They are pretty cheap and will last for when you need to do the same thing next year.

OK.. I am stupid. I have been drinking. I thought you were talking about height instead of diameter. Will the side collapse inward? If it does I would just grab a long 2×4 and lean it on the edge of the pool and walk up the 2×4 until the wall collapsed enough for it to start to drain.

Is it an Intex pool? We have the same pool and it is a pain to empty. We let the air out of the top ring, put something heavy on one side of the top ring to hold it down and slowly lift from the other side to let it drain over the ring. It helps to have another person but I’ve done it myself before. It just takes a little patience.