I GOT a new creeper, product review Post 22 "Griot's Cadillac Creeper" Options

[VaccaRabite]

I hate my creeper, and it is slowly dying.

If I have to spend any time on it, I get up with a rocking headache and sometimes a little sick to my stomach too. The wheels are too small to roll on asphalt, and the creeper still sits pretty high off the ground.

I am looking for a creeper that:
1) won't have me cussing a blue streak with an aching head if I have to be on it for a while

2) has wheels that work on asphalt driveways

3) is actually low to the ground.

4) does not suck.

I eagerly await your replies.

Zach

[jonferns]

Hey Zach, hows it going? As far as creepers go I use a harbor freight unit that has held up to alot of use and, most importantly, didnt break the bank. It isn't the most comfortable for the back, but it has a headrest and some neat trays alongside to hold loose bolts, tools, etc.

Harbor Freight Creeper

[URY914]

these Dog Bone creepers look cool. Some models have big wheels to ease rolling.

http://www.northerntool.com/webapp/wcs/sto...970_19656_19656

[VaccaRabite]

Comfort is my number one concern. Rolling is a distant second. If someone has one that is actually comfortable, that is what I want to know. I am tired of dreading getting under my projects for the headache that is sure to follow.

Zach

[d914]

here ya go.. griots...

http://www.griotsgarage.com/product/in+you...vals&page=1

[sww914]

I bought this one after a back surgery. My old one had a steel bar right under my stitches. This is the best creeper ever. You can get a tray for the side too.

[jt914-6]

Sounds like you need one with an adjustable head rest. That makes a difference. Also one with at least six wheels. Steel wheels roll better than plastic ones. I've got one with those features plus a steel frame. I've seen the "dogbone" types and have used them, but none I remember had an adjustable head rest. I prefer the adjustable head rest. Your neck doesn't kill you if you have to be holding your head up to work.

[slackin' at work]

I say ditch the creeper... and get a lift. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/idea.gif)

[BarberDave]

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Zack:
My vote is for a lift ,one you can take apart to move to your next

house. As you age and the eyes go creepers are almost impossible with

Bifocals . Of the ceeepers I like the a from girots garage. Adjustable head rest

is good option. A lift can be gotton for about $2,000 .00 could investment for a

young man. My 2 cents Dave (IMG:style_emoticons/default/slap.gif)

[zymurgist]

I bought this one after a back surgery. My old one had a steel bar right under my stitches. This is the best creeper ever. You can get a tray for the side too.

I have one very similar to that. I like it a lot, but the wheels are too small for your asphalt surface and the head rest is not adjustable. That said, the Griot's Garage creeper looks awesome!

If you buy a lift, though, I bet 914 guys will be beating a path to your door every weekend. Whether that's a Good Thing™ or not depends on your perspective.

[VaccaRabite]

A lift would be ideal, but is not viable this year and probably not next year. In the mean time, I need a good creeper to get my projects on the road.

Zach

[carr914]

This is what I have, but since I have a lift I can't remember the last time I used it.



http://www.craftsman.com/shc/s/p_10155_126...anics+Equipment

When and if you buy a lift, DON"T buy a cheap inexpensive Chinese piece of crap.
Use the same logic we give to Newbies when it comes to 914s, buy the best car you can afford - Pay me Now or Pay me Later.

T.C.

[type11969]

Slide on the ground. Great clearance and you clean your garage floor at the same time!

(stupid stamped concrete garage floor rendering my creeper useless . . . )

[underthetire]

I second the molded harbor freight one. In fact, spent time on it this weekend. On sale for 22 bucks too. I don't like the Metal "bar " type ones. My shirt ends up under the wheels all the time. Not a problem with the molded ones.

[zymurgist]

Slide on the ground. Great clearance and you clean your garage floor at the same time!

(stupid stamped concrete garage floor rendering my creeper useless . . . )

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If your garage floor is really nasty, throw down a large sheet of cardboard, available almost anywhere for free.

[Shade Tree]

Creepers with angled casters roll a LOT better....even on asphalt.

[type11969]

Slide on the ground. Great clearance and you clean your garage floor at the same time!

(stupid stamped concrete garage floor rendering my creeper useless . . . )

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If your garage floor is really nasty, throw down a large sheet of cardboard, available almost anywhere for free.

Yeah, I usually use cardboard or a crappy blanket, helps with the sliding too. Sometimes I am in a rush and forget, end up with a big old black smear on my teeshirt on my right shoulder blade (apparently I favor that one while sliding). The worst is during the winter when sliding and my shirt rolls up just enough that skin hits ice cold concrete. Lovely.

[zymurgist]

I use cardboard if I have to work on a car outside (my driveway is gravel, dirt, and weeds). Plastic creepers get just as cold as concrete in the winter time...

[sww914]

In Hawaii it was different. My boss points towards the corner and says " You gotta get da creepah" (get the creeper). I look and see nothing. He says " Da creepah, right deah" (the creeper right there) and I'm still not seeing it. He walks up and pulls out one of these-



And says " dis is da kine HAWAIIAN creepah!" (dis is da kine Hawaiian creepah).
I still have one. I use it at the track.

[Elliot Cannon]

I bought this one after a back surgery. My old one had a steel bar right under my stitches. This is the best creeper ever. You can get a tray for the side too.

Cup holders?