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Warning: My knee kicker snapped on a Berber job in Phoenix last Friday
The metal arm just gave out when I was stretching a tricky corner. I had to run to the local supply house and grab a new one, which set me back two hours. Anyone have a brand they trust for heavy duty stretching?
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max_torres442mo ago
My Roberts knee kicker from 2018 snapped on a thick wool berber last month... the whole head just flew off. I switched to a Crain Power Stretcher for the big jobs now, it just feels way more solid.
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matthewdixon2mo ago
The head just flew off? That's a pretty violent failure for a knee kicker. Makes sense you'd upgrade to something sturdier after that.
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the_iris2mo ago
Actually, the head flying off is a pretty common failure mode for those older Roberts kickers. The cast aluminum just gets brittle over time. Upgrading to a power stretcher for thick carpets is definitely the smart move.
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ray_martinez825d ago
Did that Crain feel noticeably heavier when you first started using it?
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