trowel further has an elongated pole braced with a slider to prevent twisting under torque and to permit better control of the power trowel from a remote handle the handle grip is usable in either the elongated pole position or directly on a shroud for the power trowel application_number US 31725398 A description a lightweight easy to use power trowel is shown generally at 10 in fig1 and 2 and an engine preferably a two cycle engine indicated at 12 is used for powering suitable trowel blades which are shown only in dotted lines at 14 and which can be mounted on a shaft and driven about a vertical axis indicated at 16 for troweling a surface on which the unit is resting the engine 12 has a battery pack and starter assembly 18 thereon as is commercially available and also includes a carburetor 20 which as will be explained has a servo motor control for the throttle suitable gear reducers or other drives can be used for driving the troweling blades 14 the troweling blades 14 will trowel a surface indicated at 22 in the manner described in u s pat no 5 372 452 and these blades are made in that same manner an elongated control pole 26 is mounted on a frame or shroud 28 which forms a main support frame for the engine and trowel blades using a bracket 30 that is fixed to the shroud and may be suitably reinforced with respect to the shroud the bracket 30 is held securely in position so that a coupler 32 can be pivotally mounted about a horizontal pivot axis with.