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stevieandsam

02-21-2007 18:53:54




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I have a lot of flower beds around my house and a long driveway and have always wanted to get one of those small walk behind concrete curb machines to do some work around my place. I checked in to several different places and saw prices of $4000 and up and pretty much lost interest. Got a harbor freight catalog yesterday and it had one in it for $699. there is no name on it, but it looks exactly like some of the "name " brand ones on the internet. does anyone have any experience with these things? I know that harbor freight can be a real rip off sometimes (the same catalog has a fuel saving magnet that you clamp on your gas line and get 11% better gas mileage, yeah right) but i also picked up a roof nail gun there for $99 that works perfect and looks exactly like one my buddy picked up from lowes for $239. even has the same casting marks on the sides and exactly the same plastic case. So, i guess i'm wondering is this harbor freight thing a piece of crap or the real deal. also, does anyone have any experience with these walk behind machines?

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big hunter

02-23-2007 14:43:18




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 Re: small curb machines in reply to stevieandsam, 02-21-2007 18:53:54  
I agree with Stan. the one walk behind curb machine that I have been around is NOT self propelled, when the concrete goes into the hopper it vibrates or you have to vibrate it (the concrete) and the force of the concrete going down the hopper and pushing out the bottom into the curb is what moves it along. (it SUCKS)



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Stan in Oly, WA

02-22-2007 12:53:31




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 Re: small curb machines in reply to stevieandsam, 02-21-2007 18:53:54  
What, exactly, is the benefit of this machine? Don't you have to mix the concrete separately and shovel it into the curb machine regularly? Mixing the concrete and preparing the ground for the pour are the labor intensive parts of making curbs. Putting down forms is easy since the small amount of concrete exerts so little lateral force that almost anything will do for forms. Troweling and edging is similarly easy. If you're afraid that free-form forms won't provide an adequate reference point for a level top, won't the machine also be subject to irregularities of the ground you're rolling it over?

I'm certainly in favor of machines that make a job easier, and $700 isn't that much if you have a lot of curbing to put down. On the other hand, there's a good chance you'll never use it again, and it mostly sounds as if it simply shifts the labor from one type of activity to another.

For what it's worth, Stan

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Rich Va

02-22-2007 10:33:44




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 Re: small curb machines in reply to stevieandsam, 02-21-2007 18:53:54  
Why don't you just go on over to hf and check it out. If you buy one and it's no good,return it with your receipt for a refund.



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IH2444

02-22-2007 10:17:48




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 Re: small curb machines in reply to stevieandsam, 02-21-2007 18:53:54  
I don't know about the curb machine, but many American branded tools come from the same factories in China that HF's tools do.

You don't always get what you pay for.



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