My buddy had a similar thing with a waitress once.

That backup knot habit is a game changer once you get burned by it. Same thing happened to me when I first switched, except mine was a dead ash and the hitch grabbed about three feet from the ground. Now I always run a micro pulley or a simple stopper knot below the hitch, even on easy limb walks. It slows you down a bit, but the extra few seconds beat a hospital visit every time.

Noticed the same thing with my kitchen knife last year. I used the same beat-up chef's knife for a decade, then finally got a proper one with a better weight and balance. It wasn't just sharper, it changed how I held my wrist and how fast I moved through prep. Same idea here, tools don't just do the job better, they quietly teach you a new rhythm. So yeah, my money's on your troweling timing shifting a little, probably later since the truss float leaves less to fix. Small change in gear, big change in feel, and then everything else follows.