Car Creeper

[Jack_K]

I guess most of you don't have the problem I have. My long hair constantly gets caught up in the wheels.

 

[DAPPH]

mine came from Lidl's, I'd give it to u if I lived closer.....ps it also folds up to make a rolling stool.....
my prob is old age.....I can get down on it but need help getting back up.....hahaha...

Get a cheapy mains hoist with an inner tube in the hook ro hang in as you hoist yourself up and a braked castored supporting frame plus a decent long extension lead
I've recently added a 240 volt 200kg hoist above the trap door to the roof void it's been a god sent for it's easily removed and used elsewhere .

 

[DAPPH]

Put it this way my is on Defender on 33" tyres and there's only just enough clearance under it for me to work with a creeper (sat on its wheels) and given standard axle stands are fairly near the top of their adjustment to get the wheels off the ground...

I also find that those extra few inches means it also feels quite cramped working on one and a 110 isn't particularly densly packaged underneath. Piece of carpet or old gym mat I find far more convenient if I'm working outside. The workshop floor is so nice and smooth it's comfortable enough just lying on it.

I have some industrial engineering WPM , basically 2 mm thick hard black slippery plastic ,, I can still get under the caravan by sliding along it if needed ,

 

[8ob]

I guess most of you don't have the problem I have. My long hair constantly gets caught up in the wheels.

Hair? I remember hair

Bob

 

[DAPPH]

Mine as well
My real problem is that I honestly found out those trolley things are useless if not just to check beneath the car.
You figure out as well while trying loosen up something or using a torque wrench.
You'll start rolling around instead of applying any force on the fasteners.
So a piece of cardboard is more useful IMHO

A side cut from an IBC is thick enough to have a good slippery crawler sheet under vehicles and they don't slip or slide away when you are undoing tight torqued up nuts

Another thing is something that can be used lubed with a bit of washing up liquid , so you can slide a washing machine into place with ease . Or put two down and with one on the top slide a big fridge freezer in place then pull then out with . mole grips .

 

[premmington]

I have some industrial engineering WPM , basically 2 mm thick hard black slippery plastic ,, I can still get under the caravan by sliding along it if needed ,

I have tried everything over the years.

Landed at - 9mm 2x4ft plywood - varnished on upper face.

Keeps you off the wet floor - if car drips water on it - you can wipe varnished face down dry.

If you get oil and grease on it - you can just wipe upper varnished surface down with a rag!

If it starts raining and you outside - you can kick it under the vehicle.

Will stand a bit of welding splatter without melting like rubber mats, plastic or carpet.

You can drill a hole in it and hang it on the wall.

"a plywood crawling board" lasts a long while as well (plus they cheap as chips).

The current one - I keep treating upper face with part can of danish oil I got left over.

If you only treat one side - they slightly warp in time - due to lying on wet floors - which is positive - as it make picking them up easier.

 

[DAPPH]

I guess most of you don't have the problem I have. My long hair constantly gets caught up in the wheels.

Get it cut you scruffy individual,

 

[Jack_K]

Get it cut you scruffy individual,

I'd rather buy tools.

 

[graffian]

Unless you have really nice smooth floor they can be hard work, I dont use one just a nice soft mat and its fine getting under, getting out can be a bit more problematic!

I was given a snap-on creeper. It's completley useless on my drive. I don't think it was a lot better on my garage floor, but probably
good on a smooth floor. I have the back panel from and old washing machine, looks galvanised, with a bump pressed in it, it slides
across the drive better than my clothes do.

 

[Wallace]

I guess most of you don't have the problem I have. My long hair constantly gets caught up in the wheels.

Show-off!

 

[JohnH]

Best crawler gadget I have ever had is this crawler mat, top bit slides over the underside, it’s outlived all of the wheeled type and has zero height.

Creeper Rolling Crawler Mat Pad | Ideal For Under Car Repair Work & Moving Heavy Items | Garage Floors Direct

Roll-out creeper pad for working under cars and tight spaces (70cm x 150cm). The magic creeper pad is an innovative rolling mat for working in tight

garagefloorsdirect.co.uk

Bob

This one lives behind the seat of the truck

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I just use the wifes old yoga mat.

As for the creeper, the most useless thing I have ever bought. Totaly useless. When you're in you 70's how the hell do you get on it. As for getting off it, you just lie there wondering, after all you've got plenty of time to think about it, being an old frat.

As for actually applying a lit of load to a spanner, how the hell do you do that with out swinging around the place. Useless.

 

[Morrisman]

I’ve got a similar creeper & don’t use it much, I generally prefer to slide a large piece of cardboard under & work off that. Like Frank said above, they are difficult to get on & off them, they keep rolling away. The best answer is to get someone else to do the underneath bit & you just supervise

Wifey bought me one 20 years ago, and it moved house, and countries with us several times, but I never used it once. I preferred a piece of cardboard, and I could ‘walk’ on my shoulder blades to wherever I needed to be under the car.

 

[zzr1200]

I just use the wifes old yoga mat.

As for the creeper, the most useless thing I have ever bought. Totaly useless. When you're in you 70's how the hell do you get on it. As for getting off it, you just lie there wondering, after all you've got plenty of time to think about it, being an old frat.

As for actually applying a lit of load to a spanner, how the hell do you do that with out swinging around the place. Useless.

Get a creeper with a nice padded pillow tell the wife your repairing the car, get in position and have a nap. She thinks your busy and you get extra peace/quiet and No Nagging....

As for the moving about, just jam your feet in the underside of the car...sorted....

 

[ajlelectronics]

You are all missing the fact that they fold into a nice padded stool, even if you don't get on with the "creeper" function. At Lidl's price of £16 I bought one if only for that.

 

[GRW]

Only time I found a use for my creeper was on the damp but pretty smooth workshed floor where I worked for a while - as I was doing the hub & transmission levels and replacing brake pipes on a Unimog.
It kept me dry, enabled me to scoot around underneath, and the extra height off the floor was helpful.
No use at all at home as I don't have a decent surface (creeper was chucked in with a big set of ramps I bought s/h, so a freebie).

 

[OJCar]

Get a creeper with a nice padded pillow tell the wife your repairing the car, get in position and have a nap. She thinks your busy and you get extra peace/quiet and No Nagging....

I've a sheet of hardboard, varnished on one side.
It was once the back of a bookcase.

 

[dobbslc]

I have one and it doesn't roll smoothly on my rough concrete driveway but when it does suddenly move after using loads of force it makes me crack my head on the front sub frame of a Fiat 500 causing lots of blood and sweating

 

[minimutly]

I guess most of you don't have the problem I have. My long hair constantly gets caught up in the wheels.

No but if you have one of those lumberjack shirts on it can get run over by the wheels and then your stuck...

 

[zzr1200]

I have one and it doesn't roll smoothly on my rough concrete driveway but when it does suddenly move after using loads of force it makes me crack my head on the front sub frame of a Fiat 500 causing lots of blood and sweating

A Fix It Again Tomorrow 500, you should strap the creeper to the roof permanently and just roll the car over to fix the underneath problems....you can then roll the car into the corner while awaiting parts......

 

[graffian]

As for actually applying a lit of load to a spanner, how the hell do you do that with out swinging around the place. Useless.

It's easy once you have mastered lifting 150lb of torqueflite with a knee and elbow.