Saw the wildest concrete pour at a car wash in Tucson yesterday

I was grabbing a coffee near Broadway and saw a crew pouring a 40-foot slab for a new car wash, and they were using some kind of old tricycle to smooth the edges... never seen that before. Has anyone else seen unconventional tools used on a job?

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elizabeth43822d ago

Oh man, that tricycle thing is wild! I've seen crews use all sorts of random stuff that wasn't meant for concrete. My buddy who does flatwork swears by using an old push broom handle with a tennis ball duct-taped to the end for getting into tight corners. Says it's cheaper than any specialty tool. And I've definitely seen guys use those plastic lawn edging strips as makeshift forms when they ran out of the real stuff. Honestly, if it's heavy or flat enough to push wet concrete around, someone's probably turned it into a tool. It's like every site has its own secret weapon from the hardware store clearance bin.

burns.ruby22d ago

@elizabeth438 totally right, I saw a guy use a old shovel blade to smooth out a curb once, worked better than anything fancy.

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