Just had a power trowel blade snap mid-pour on a 4000 sq ft slab

Tbh it was a brand new set of blades I put on that morning, and one just gave out. Had to shut the whole machine down and swap it out with a spare while the concrete was setting up fast. Anyone else run into this with certain blade brands lately?

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3 Comments

wyatt_green311mo ago

Brand new blades can still have a bad casting, it happens.

quinn_wood1mo ago

Last spring I had a brand new set of blades from a big box store, and one cracked on the second pass. The metal just looked grainy where it broke, like it was a bad batch. You could see the air pockets in the casting.

jesse_fisher1mo ago

Yeah, that grainy break means the steel was junk, just return the whole set for a refund.