My edger kicked the bucket mid-pour last Tuesday...

Was finishing a 40 yard driveway slab and the blade just seized up, threw me off balance and messed up the edge something awful. Had to grab a hand trowel and fix it by eye... anyone else had a tool crap out at the worst possible moment?

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taylor9575d ago

That "threw me off balance" part hits hard... I had a mixer die with three bags left in the hopper, concrete already stiff. Had to finish by hand with a shovel, my back was sore for a week. Tools really pick the worst times to quit on you.

danielr995d ago

My buddy Dave had the same thing happen last summer with an old mixer he borrowed from his father in law. He was pouring a small patio, maybe ten bags total, and the motor seized halfway through on a humid afternoon. He ended up dumping the stiff mix into a wheelbarrow and chipping it out with a trowel and a garden spade. His wife said he was hunched over the kitchen sink for three days straight after, popping ibuprofen like candy. Tools definitely know exactly when you need them most, that's for sure.

simonk985d ago

Three years back I had a cement mixer die halfway through a sidewalk pour. @taylor957 that back pain from finishing stiff concrete is no joke, I felt it for two weeks after. Used to think you could always push through with hand tools but that day proved me completely wrong.

carr.abby5d ago

@simonk98 hate to be that guy but I'm pretty sure that was a concrete mixer not a cement mixer. Cement's just the powder. But yeah I feel your pain. Had a wheelbarrow tire blow out mid pour on a hot day once and spent the next hour running buckets back and forth from the truck. My back was wrecked for a solid week.