Wasted $300 on a fancy power trowel attachment that was pure junk

Bought this expensive compact power trowel attachment for my walk-behind last spring, figured it would save time on small garage floors. First use the clutch seized up after 20 minutes of running, and the blade pitch kept drifting no matter how I adjusted it. Took me three jobs and two calls to the manufacturer before I admitted it was a lemon and went back to my old manual finishing. Cost me $300 up front plus lost time redoing two slabs. Anyone else get burned by a tool that looked good on paper but couldn't handle real work?

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bennett.noah24d ago

Nah, you probably just got a bad batch or didn't set it up right.

violatorres18d ago

I read a review on a contractor forum where a guy tested that same attachment on a 4 inch slab and the blade flexed so bad it left gouges. The engineering just isn't there for the price they charge. Stick with what works, the old manual method never lets you down.

claire_wells8724d ago

Maybe those slab size tolerances were too tight for that flexy little attachment to handle.