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Here's what our customers are saying ....... I just poured a slab, using the Power Pole Finisher for
the first time and it was the best looking slab I have ever seen. Thanks for all the help, you have an extemely good
product. Cory Eells, Oregon City, Oregon
Great machine. Used the machine twice and already won't leave home without it !!! Ken Yager,
Yager Construction, Green River, WY We save a lot of time with this machine. We use the
Power Pole Fnisher to trowel precast wall panels that we pour in our factory. A typical pour is 10' wide by 150' long. A four
person crew can finish 1 hour faster with the power pole finisher compared to a regular machine. We estimate the machine pays
for itself in about 3 weeks because of the time saved each day. This machine is great! My goal is to have one machine for
each precast bed (about 10 total). We have 1 machine now and 2 on the way. If the machines perform well this summer we will
be looking for several more. Benjamin T Dalsing, Wells Concrete Products Wells, MN Purchased
it about a year ago. I'm a general contractor so I pour jobs about once a month. Since last year, I took (Bertha)
to the first few slabs, but since have left her home and take Cinderella to each dance since. I have no problems
with the unit. It has cut my time on the job and gives my finish a smoother and flatter finish. My competitors
have even hired me to pour for them because we are getting up there and it's not as easy as it used to be. David
Encinas, Visalia, CA We find the Power Pole Finisher very useful on our big stamped
jobs to break the surface with the floats, and the final trowel before the stamping. David Jorge,
Avante Contractors, Surrey, British Columbia
After having substantial time to put the Power Pole Finisher
through a battery of different finishing
scenarios ........... I must say I am impressed ........ it turned out to be everything that it was described to be, and I couldn't be happier! Thanks again for a wonderful
product. John Crawford, Crawford Construction, Dixfield, Maine
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"The saga continues.......
My partner (who is the the really experienced guy and
is present for the serious, "high quality", power troweled pours) was on site for the first part of a "pole
barn" job, which is going to be done in two segments. Six bays with three pours of about 14' x 40' and
the othe to be done the next day.
My partner, a great guy, strong work ethic and no more accepting of inferior
work than I am, struck a deal. This was my job so I was the boss, but put in decision making, I will always go with
the most qualified.
My partner had not seen "Belinda" in action and was quite sceptical. We
agreed that I would do the first bay with "Belinda" and he would use his conventional power trowel for the next
two.
One of the things Larry said, and is true, that his power trowel produces flatter floors. My partner
egged me on to put it on early with the big blades. He became quite impressed as it flattened out the areas that the
bull float couldn't quite smooth out.
On "Bay 2" we had a "semi-cold joint" (pump
job - delay on getting the second truck) the minor ripple could not be taken out with either a bull float or fresno with weights.
"Belinda" was put into action and flattened the floor quickly.
The building owner's son was
on hand, at our invitation, as he had some interest in learning about "concrete". One of our guys and my partner
allowed him to pour an outside slab, grade, edge and in time, broom it. I decided to put him on the "Power Pole
Finisher". We let him go. To make a long story short, very flat floor, divots filled and polished black,
and done by a kid who never held any kind of trowel in his life. The owner was thrilled.
The
day ended with "Belinda" finishing all 3 bays. When I could leave the concrete as "black" as a
rider, there was no convincing neccessary.
My partner's response at the end of the day - "order another
one".
We have a huge investment in imprinting and other equipment at the moment, but we will be ordering another
unit. I routinely invest in "advanced and different' equipment, to make my aging life easier. My partner
and I now agree, that going on a job without this tool, is simply stupid.
Truthfullly, this investment is
far and away, the best I have made in the concrete business.
Seldom is there anything that makes life easier and
provides a better job. You have done this. Congratulations."
Pete Snyder, Snyder
Construction, Bandon, Oregon
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"I have a new favorite tool. I've been in the business for while, so I wasn't sure what to expect. I
got the hang of it in about 15 minutes and once the concrete is down, I can finish jobs by myself. I love
this machine!"
Jerry Murphy, Southwest Aggregates, Cape Coral, Florida
The Power Pole Finisher is used on house slabs, basements and Alaskan slabs. "It's easy to load and
unload Can get on a floor sooner than a heavy machine"
Mike Milligan, Milligan Foundations,
Lowden, New Hampshire
"Best machine for concrete that we have ever used. Saves two to three hours per pool deck. We
hardly ever use our big machine anymore." -Gregory B. Kojis, Gibko Nursery, Bunkie,
Louisiana
"I ordered your power trowel with some trepidation. A similar priced "weed whacker"
power screed is in our inventory and seldom wanted or used. On receipt of your trowel, I vowed to take it to the next
job, where it wouldn't be needed - finishing final approaches to a large pole-barn job. All the work was to be
"broom finish" - a no brainier, 4 part, 6 yard job.
Well, the two workers are trainees and I
am in my 7th decade and am a retired Airline Captain with more ability to land a wounded 767 than finishing concrete.
The job started to go south. The concrete was gnarly and stiff (4 slump, part of the work involved in a
slope) an I was fading fast trying to bull-float it out. I looked down at your "pole trowel", still a
virgin, (named Belinda after an old fairy tale regarding a dragon slaying a young girl). She looked up at me and
said "send me in boss".
I took the bait.
With more desperation than hope, I slipped the float
blades on attached the poles and "fired 'er up". At a slow speed she quickly flattened, sealed, and straightened
out a mess. On two other areas this machine not only flattened what a weight loaded fresno could not correct, but also
left the perfect finish for the broom.
The levity of leaning over to pick the trowel up, with groans already in
the air, to find that one guy already was holding it in one hand caused great humor.
A truly stunning piece
of well built, well welded and well engineered piece of equipment. My advice to anyone doing flatwork-- if you don't
have one, or more of these trowels you aren't a business man-- you are a hobbyist stuck in the last century."
-Pete Snyder, Snyder Construction, Bandon, Oregon
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