Last Tuesday was my worst work day in 5 years straight

I was pressure washing a driveway in Marietta and the surface cleaner flew off the wand after I hit a crack wrong. Took 3 hours to find the bolt that snapped in the grass. Has anyone else had a tool just fall apart on them at the worst time?

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sean_walker459d ago

Three hours to find a snapped bolt in grass actually sounds pretty lucky to me. If you had a cheap import pressure washer like a Harbor Freight model, that surface cleaner probably wasn't torqued properly from the factory anyway. A quality name brand unit costs more upfront but you don't spend half a Tuesday looking for hardware in the yard.

aliceg619d ago

You know, I used to be that person who swore by the cheap Harbor Freight stuff for everything. But after finding hardware in my flower bed for the third time, I'm starting to think you're onto something here. Maybe spending a little more upfront is better than constantly playing scavenger hunt in the grass.

evan2958d ago

I remember losing the spring from my DeWalt impact driver in a pile of wood chips last fall. Spent a whole afternoon with a magnet on a stick fishing around in there while a deck sat half-done. What saved me was buying a cheap magnetic parts tray from Lowes, the kind that sticks to your ladder or tool box. Now I always take hardware off over that tray, keeps everything from bouncing into the abyss. It's not fancy but it beats crawling around on your hands and knees for hours.