Rental power trowel died on me mid-pour yesterday

I was finishing a 40 yard driveway in Tulsa yesterday and the rental trowel just quit. No warning, no weird noise, just dead. Had to hand finish the last 15 yards with a bull float and knee boards. Took me 3 hours extra and the customer was standing there watching. Anyone else had a rental machine crap out on them at the worst possible time and what did you do about it?

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mason_flores211d ago

Hand finish the last 15 yards with a bull float" sounds like you made it work just fine tbh. Yeah it sucks when a rental dies but you still got the job done right? Customers waiting around is just part of the gig sometimes.

luna_craig581d ago

Ah wait, that's not quite right actually... A bull float is for the initial screeding and flattening, not for hand finishing. Hand finishing means using a steel trowel or a hand float for the final passes. So he would have been doing the opposite of what you're saying - he had to finish those last 15 yards by hand instead of with the power trowel he was planning on using. That's a lot more arm work than just floating it out. Still got it done though, just way more elbow grease involved.