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Threw $400 at a power trowel attachment and it was a total dud
I bought one of those versa-power floating arm attachments for my walk-behind trowel back in June because everyone I talked to swore by them. Cost me $400 and it just wouldn't balance right on my 36 inch pan setup, kept digging in on one side no matter how I adjusted it. Spent two full days fighting it on a garage floor job in Columbus before I gave up and went back to my old manual float pan technique. Has anyone else had bad luck with aftermarket trowel add-ons or did I just get a lemon?
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shane_wilson23h ago
Bet I could've spent that $400 on beer and been just as productive.
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brooke4481d ago
Six hundred bucks for a used Marshalltown combo kit off Craigslist changed my whole mind on this stuff, honestly. I was skeptical at first too (who wouldn't be after getting burned), but that floating arm add-on you bought probably needed to be paired with a heavier pan setup to work right. My 46 inch pan handles it like a dream, no digging or wobbling even on rough pours. The trick is spending the extra time to dial in the hitch height and arm tension before you even start - most people skip that part and blame the tool. You might've just had a bad fit for your specific rig, not a universal dud.
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