Creeper build

Then you could put a few upward facing air jets on the lower portion to combat swamp balls!

That would make it a creepy creeper.

Wasn't this fall protection creeper linked to recently? It seems like a good way to get at least a little protection from falling cars, transmissions, engines, etc without interfering with work.

Schmidlap wrote: Wasn't this fall protection creeper linked to recently? It seems like a good way to get at least a little protection from falling cars, transmissions, engines, etc without interfering with work.

Yes, and that may be what inspired this build. He is just trying to make a better one for less money; i.e. he is a GRMer

Taiden wrote: - Not flip up when you try to get out of it - Be as low as possible - Have a removable pad to lower further if needed

I'm a fatty so I don't use a creeper.

Are you aware that a sheet of cardboard will fulfill all the above requirements?

I don't use a creeper if I'm down there for a while working on one thing.. but if you're in and out and up and down a lot a creeper makes things really easy.

I like the three wheel idea. Makes sense.

About that crush-protection... I'm just thinking out loud...

What happens when a car falls onto something on wheels? Does the creeper get spit out like a watermelon seed? Stop laughing, this might be important. Maybe the wheel mounting points are "designed" to shear so the creeper bed lands on the floor, preventing rolling away. I dunno, but it's something I would think about.

David

In reply to DWNSHFT:

From what I could see looking at the crush protection creeper from the previous thread, the wheels and supporting structure are not designed to take the weight of a falling car, but are supposed to give way until the main frame hits the floor and takes the load.

I just don't get the crush protection. If you support the car properly, the only way it'll fall is if a car drives into it.
I put a car on stands, shake the crap out of it. If it moves AT ALL I reposition the stands. Also, when I set the second stand, (then third, then fourth) I jack the car up again to let the stand(s) re-settle.
I've never had the luxury of 4" of room above me when I'm under a car, so I don't see that scaffolding even being practicle. So for me, the perfect creeper would have a magnetic tray to hold bolts and nuts, a tray besides my belly to hold tools, and an adjustable head rest. The wheels would be larger than most, but small enough to afford mobility.
I've seen the hover-creepers, and I'd love one. I just don't know how hard my air compressor would have to work to keep up.

The hover creepers are definitely interesting, but my floor is very porous and collects dirt so it would just blow dust everywhere.

is it more desirable to have your car on 4 stands, or have it on 2 stands and 2 wheels with chocks?

I'd vote two wheels, 2 stands.

As for creeper features, I'd like a massage function.

("Creeper Feature". Say it a few times. It's funny. Or at least I think it is)

Too bad you couldn't have a slippery surface just inside the 4 jackstands (like a 4x8 ice rink). Then you'd be low, agile and kept cool in the summer! What about a 4x8 hardwood section and those furniture-gliding pucks mounted to a 5/8 pressure treated plywood?

Okay, most of my ideas have been hit, but:

Tool trays - make sure they're big enough to drop those 1/2" ratchets and extensions into easily. I HATE having ratchets flip over and fall out.

Air tool hanger - some sort of hanger / retention device specifically for your air ratchet/impact wrench. That and a self coiling hose mostly prevents running over the hose

brakes - I'm not sure how you do it, but wouldn't it be cool if you could lock the wheels so you could actually put some torque on something instead of having to brace with your opposite hand or a spare foot? something similar to a wheel chair parking brake that ties to all the wheels? You could roll under, lock the brakes, wail on whatever you needed, then unlock and roll right out.

and it's gonna need this...

fasted58 wrote: and it's gonna need this...

And we have a WINNER!