What I've Got...

[NS'Creter]

I really enjoy engraving existing concrete. My tools are from Engrave A Crete...I have the Super Compact 2500 and the K-Crete kit. They're all good tools and very durable. I love 'em and have no real complaints with their performance. I recommend them.

[ECI]

I have the subcompact 2500 and the mongoose. I am new to the biz and have only used the goose so far. I was wondering what
others prefer most and which tool is better for certain applications? I realize that the compact is for the circular brick
and running brick. I would rather stand then be on the ground,
but I feel I have more control of starts and stops with the goose.
Can one cut as straight as line with the compact as well as the goose? Does it all boil down to practice as the machines are the same?

[concreteillusions]

I really think the goose is the best for straight long lines. The compact just has too much leverage if you hit a warble in the crete or a little stone. At least with the goose you can stop on a dime and restart your cut without any noticable wobble in the line.

Freehand curves with the goose are also super easy as long as you remember to stop looking at the pizza wheels once you get into the curve and start looking at the center blade notch on the base plate.

I don't know if my goose is starting to show it's age or if I am trying to overrun my goose while cutting, but I am finding lately I have to give it a break and slap my vacuum hose over the motor end to cool it down for a good 5 minutes. I just replaced the brushes after frying one out and still having an overheat problem. I do move pretty fast with that thing though.

[alexwright]

Joe it could be your just so good with that goose that it can't keep up with you. I mean that, we get so comfortable with it and know how to handle it well that the blade just does not cut fast enough and we try to rush it and force it and thus burn out the motor or whatever burns. That's what this idiot friend of mine did with a hand grinder I used to have, he was cutting some block and was in a big rush with it and burned out the motor. I bit my tongue and have not called him to my job sites since. We're still friends but I can't afford to have idiots working for me, it's just too expensive. We all have idiot friends so I know ya'll understand.

[alexwright]

I have the small EAC trailer package, comes with Mongoose package and K-Crete package. It's awesome. I love my little trailer but would like to have the big one but know that the small is better I think. Just a thought : When people see fancy big trailer do they think kind of automatically "too expensive for me" as opposed to a small trailer and think "small company-affordable". Do these thoughts flash through their mind? I personally kind of do this in my mind with other companies. Whether it be plumbers, pesticide or whatever. Small trailers are kind of associated automatically to small businesses and large trucks and trailers to large businesses. Thus kind of labeling themselves-ourselves big-small, expensive-inexpensive. But some view differently too. I get lots of calls that people say "I saw one of your trailers-trucks" Just food for thought I guess.

[NS'Creter]

That's an interesting thought about people's perception Alex. I know that in my area if I were to show up to price a job driving something like a shiny new Hummer folks would wonder about that. Not that I'm likely to ever do that, but it is a point.

Joe you're just so sure of yourself now your equipment can't keep up with you. You're a machine!! ;D Heh,heh. Seriously, I wonder if the motor may need cleaning?