With its powerful performance and thoughtful design, the SP8H mechanical rider offers a superior solution for operators who need efficiency, durability and control on the jobsite.
TROWEL FEATURES:
- Sealed-bearing driveline
Eliminates daily greasing, significantly reduces maintenance, and delivers long-lasting durability in real-world jobsite conditions.
- Protection where it matters:
- Integrated forklift pockets provide safe, controlled lifting and efficient transport without straps.
- Protective shield between lift pockets reduces concrete splashing and protects the CVT and driveline from debris and impact.
- Low-profile guard bar mounted above the front lights to help prevent damage from standing, strapping, transport, or jobsite handling without obstructing light output.
- Superior visibility system
Front lighting includes a massive LED light bar plus four adjustable lights for excellent visibility during night and early-morning pours. Rear lighting system includes two rear work lights with magnetic attachment and telescopic cable, allowing flexible positioning while reducing breakage.
- Improved fuel system
Sealed fuel cap, dash-mounted real fuel gauge, eliminates cap-mounted float failures, reduces water intrusion, and improves fuel-level accuracy.
- Operator dashboard
The clean and functional dashboard layout includes a fuel level gauge, USB charging port, phone holder, hour meter, and oil warning light.
- Easy blade access
Tool-free access door with magnetic closure allows fast, efficient blade changes and simplified maintenance.
- In-house manufactured helical gearbox
Precision-machined internals are built in-house for strength, efficiency, and long-term reliability.
- Transport and tie-down enhancements
Side strapping points and reinforced gussets allow secure transport without damaging the seat or machine. Optional transport wheel kit – #A124.
- More durability-focused, low-cost design details include:
-
- Rubber-booted heim joints to reduce contamination and extend joint life
- Protected spray tips to minimize breakage
- Sectional stabilizer ring allowing damaged sections to be replaced individually.
-
Superabrasive’s patent-pending spider design routes grease directly to the shaft-to-spider interface – the area that usually gets ignored. Our system uses the same grease points you already service. This helps:
- Reduce corrosion and fretting
- Prevent spiders from seizing onto the shaft
- Make spider removal easier
- Extend shaft and spider life
- Cut downtime and repair costs.
Just grease your trowel arms like you always do, and the spider gets protected too.
LESS HAMMERING. LESS HEAT. LESS HEADACHE.
Smooth and Durable Finish Every Time. See SP8 in action:
TROWEL BLADES AND PANS
Superabrasive now offers float pans and trowel blades, compatible with Allen, Bartell, Champion, Dart, ESI, Essick, Kelley, MBW, Marshalltown, Morrison, Muller, Oscar, Rhin-O-Tuff , Toro / Stone, Wacker, Whiteman.
Float pans clip on to the blades of a trowel machine and are used to flatten the slab. The pans create suction and pull slurry to the surface. They also fill or cut any imperfections left from screeding and bull floating. Usually, after you pan the slab, you go back with combination blades to give it a nice shine.
We offer pans in different sizes: 36″, 46″, 60″ (90cm, 120, 150mm) – available in 3 and 4mm thickness with Z-clips and Safety Rods, and trowel blades, including finishing and combination blades, featuring high-quality blue steel for optimal blade life and performance.
Find the right trowel blades and pans for your trowel:
Concrete Finishing FAQs:
Why use pans to float concrete?
Float pans are used to remove surface imperfections, improve flatness and to compact concrete before the finishing operations. Unlike blades, floating pans distribute pressure evenly, which is essential in rebar fabrication and large-scale concrete projects.
When to start pan floating?
Correct timing is crucial when using power trowels and floating pans. Floating should never be done when bleed water is present, as this can lead to surface scaling and dusting.
When a finisher walking on the surface leaves only a 1/4-inch indentation, the concrete is ready for floating. Since walking on soft concrete can affect the surface quality, pan floating is most commonly done with riding trowels. However, smaller walk-behind or edging machines up to 36 inches are beneficial for floating edges and slab penetrations.
Best practices for using float pans?
- Use low speed to prevent damaging the surface
- Apply a forward-backward technique to minimize turn marks
- Avoid high-speed, uncontrolled floating, often called cowboy floating, as this reduces flatness
- Always make the first pass perpendicular to the direction of screeding
- Work the edges in a backward pass because forward passes can cause the concrete to rise, creating additional edge work.
- The number of passes is also important – a minimum of two passes is required, but four passes are preferred, with each pass perpendicular to the previous one.
Float Pans Quality
The quality of float pans makes a difference for the surface finish. High-quality steel without soft spots extends pan life and ensures consistency. Pans vary in thickness, with mild dish pans (1/8-inch to 1/4-inch rise from center) being the preferred choice for super flat floors.