Kicked my power stretcher across a living room yesterday

I was working a big job in a house on Maple Street in Austin and my power stretcher head just snapped clean off. The bolt sheared right through and the whole thing went flying into a wall. I had to finish the rest of that room with a knee kicker and it took me twice as long. Anyone else had a power stretcher head give out on them like that?

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black.pat21d ago

Yeah those cast heads just love snapping mid job.

the_kevin26d ago

Man that sucks. I've noticed a pattern with tools like that where the cheap cast metal parts always give out at the worst possible moment, usually on a Friday afternoon. It's like the manufacturers know exactly how long they can make something hold up before you're stuck finishing the job with whatever garbage you can find.

blake_bell2926d ago

Used to think power stretchers were built tough and a cheap head didnt matter much. But after seeing that bolt give out on a job, I realized the_kevin is right about the cast metal parts being garbage. Its like they engineer those pieces to fail right when you are in the middle of a room and have no backup. Now I always check the head bolts before I start and keep a spare head in my truck just in case. That snapped head cost me hours of time I will never get back.