How would you choose to finish a giant slab of concrete — by hand with conventional tools, or with Bartell Morrison’s ride-on power trowel? I think if you visit Toolmonger on a regular basis, you know which method we’d pick.
You pilot the ride-on trowels with a twin-stick, multi-directional steering system that lets you maneuver the machine precisely where you need it. Power trowels come standard with heavy-duty gearboxes, precision-machined spider plates, U-joint couplings, adjustable operators seat, and lights.
Bartell Morrison sells eight models of ride-on power trowels that vary in path width from 65″ to 97″. Some models feature overlapping trowels while others come with non-overlapping trowels. You’d use an overlapping machine for finishing and a non-overlapping machine for floating or panning.
From what we can find, prices run from $8,000 to $16,000 depending on the model you choose.
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This is clearly a beast – that could tame a big deck or slab.
We have a lot smaller demand on our 2 Stone power trowels that use smallish Honda engines to power them.
power trowel for floating concrete?!?! Run out of gas then you get to REALLY see if it floats.
Concrete crews love these things; but I hate cleaning after they use them!!! I am a tool repair mechanic and these things come back from job just destroyed. These trowels get set down hard by tower cranes/reach forks and cause the gear boxes to leak, and of course the are shrouded in concrete (weather the crew made an effort to wash them or not, 2-3 hours with a needle scaler is lots of fun.). Once you get these trowels back up to snuff riding around on them is kind of fun; doing donuts and trying to make the thing hover are my favorite maneuvers.
I filmed the construction guys riding these things outside our office building when they were constructing the parking lot
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SDgrU9CVbq4
I use these things for a living and if you ever want to do a large floor this thing can do the work of 4 or 5 walk behind trowels. They also have the weight to knock flat any humps in a floor. when you’re done a job with one of these it always looks so even and glossy. I wouldn’t trade mine for the world.