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My brand new power trowel blade snapped clean in half on a Friday pour
It happened right as we were finishing a 30-yard slab for a garage in Akron, and we had to finish the last 200 square feet by hand with magnesium floats, which added 2 hours to the day. Anyone have a brand of blade that can actually handle a full day's work?
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oliver21mo ago
That new Marshalltown blade on my rig went through three full foundation pours last week without a hiccup. Sometimes you just get a bad piece of steel, it happens. Two hours of hand finishing on a garage slab is a pain, but it's not exactly a crisis. Seen guys have to tear out and repour a whole section because the power buggy died. Now that's a bad Friday.
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lunakim1mo ago
My uncle swears by a 20 year old Goldblatt trowel he found at a yard sale. Thing looks like it went through a war. He says the old steel just holds an edge different. I watched him finish a whole patio with it, never even stopped to wipe it down. Makes you wonder about modern tools sometimes.
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paigem451mo ago
Ugh, that SOUND you hear when a blade goes is just the worst, right? I had a brand new one snap on a driveway apron last fall, sent a piece flying like a dang ninja star. We were stuck with hand floats for what felt like forever. Oliver2 is right, it's usually just a bad piece of steel, but man does it ruin your rhythm. Makes that last bit of finishing feel like it takes a year.
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