Wasted $400 on a power stretcher I barely use anymore

Bought a top of the line power stretcher last year thinking it would make my jobs faster. Turns out half the rooms I work in are too small or oddly shaped to even get the damn thing set up. I'm back to using my knee kicker for 80% of installs and that fancy stretcher just sits in my truck. Anyone else drop serious cash on a tool they thought was a game changer but ended up being a paperweight?

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jennifer35816d ago

Not really "correcting" but the thing is a power stretcher IS for bigger rooms and long runs. You gotta know when to use it and when NOT to. Trying to set one up in a 6x6 bathroom or a tight hallway is a waste of time, that's what the knee kicker is for. If you're doing mostly houses with wide open living rooms and big bedrooms, that stretcher pays for itself FAST on those long seams. But if you take on a lot of small apartments or weird layouts, yeah it's gonna sit there. Sounds like you bought it for the wrong kind of work, not that the tool itself is bad.

reese_taylor6916d ago

Oh man, I used to be the exact same way about my power stretcher. @jennifer358 really hit the nail on the head though, I just bought it without thinking about what kind of jobs I was actually running. I was so caught up in how cool it looked and how fast it would make me, I totally forgot about all the tiny closets and weird alcoves I deal with half the time. Honestly, reading that comment made me realize I just needed to be smarter about when I pull it out, not blame the tool for my own bad planning. Now it sits in the truck for the big rooms, and the knee kicker handles the rest, no more regrets.