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I finally hit 1000 yards of broom finish on a single job last week
It was a massive warehouse pad in Kansas City, and we were using a 48-inch power trowel for the main sections. The number hit me when I was checking the pour tickets at the end of day two. That much broom work by hand would have killed my back, but the power trowel with the right attachment made it possible. Anyone else have a go-to tool for huge finish areas like that?
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evanfox2mo ago
Got a 36 inch ride-on trowel for a school project last year that saved our necks. Thing floats and finish-coats in one pass if you get the timing right. Still had to hand-broom the edges and corners, but the middle was just steering that beast around. Makes you wonder how they did these big slabs before power equipment.
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the_james2mo ago
Good point, @evanfox, but a ride-on trowel only does the final finish. You still need a separate bull float for that first floating pass to get the cream up.
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hernandez.ben2mo ago
Ever see those old guys on a job site still using a hand trowel for a whole driveway? How did they not just give up? We had a pour last summer where the power trowel died, and finishing by hand felt like trying to push a car uphill. You really feel for the guys who built anything before gas engines.
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