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Spent $400 on a power stretcher in 2019 and it paid for itself in one apartment job
Back when I was still kicking everything by hand, I caught a deal on a used Crain power stretcher from a retired guy in Fresno for around $400. First big job after that was a 3 bedroom apartment with cheap builder carpet that kept wrinkling on me, and that tool made it lay flat with way less cussing. These days the young guys on my crew look at me funny when I say I used to do stairs with a knee kicker, but that stretcher is still the best money I ever spent on gear. What's the one tool you dropped real cash on that actually earned its keep?
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alice_hart3d ago
That $400 Crain sounds like the best money you ever dropped, no question. I grabbed a used Roberts stretcher off a guy getting out of the trade for about $350 maybe 2017, and my back thanked me every single day after that. I used to fight cheap apartment carpet for hours, just me and a knee kicker, and it would ripple again by the next week. Once I had that stretcher, a whole 2 bedroom went down flat in one afternoon and the wrinkles stayed gone. My old boss swore the kicker was all you needed, but he never had to redo a job for free like I did. That tool paid itself off before the first month was over.
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