Better than cardboard?

[rkep01]

https://www.bestbuyautoequipment.com/2-Po...CFcGc7QodrziWOQ

You've worked hard your whole life, you deserve it!

Actually, I will be getting one when my 3-car garage is done - probably June or July. I'm seriously considering this one. :banana: :banana: :banana: They have a place in Philly, so the shipping shouldn't be as much as the place in Texas I was considering.

 

[rkep01]

would it help me get off the creeper?

That's what the engine hoist is for.

 

[Guest]

I don't like the plates. You trip over them and it sucks w/ a trans jack. Buy only if you have a low ceiling.

 

[elrey]

I work in the dirt on rocks and broken glass in a cold blustery wind. I just throw down a fresh batch of poison oak and have at it.

 

[Guest]

I work in the dirt on rocks and broken glass in a cold blustery wind. I just throw down a fresh batch of poison oak and have at it.

No no NO! You are supposed to ~CHEW~ broken glass when working on these things. I find it helps tsker your mind off of it.

 

[elrey]

Since I am a carpenter there is usually a supply of hardboard to slide upon. I also use an old school style Napa creeper that belonged to my best friend who died at the young age of thirty-seven from pancreatic cancer. He was a champion boxer in the navy who served as an aircraft mech. in Vietnam. Lotus and Rolls trained, he was a great mentor, not to mention a fearless offshore fishing buddy. He taught me never to groan or complain when crawling under or out from under an auto. Thank you-Marty-

 

[DWeeB]

I work in the dirt on rocks and broken glass in a cold blustery wind. I just throw down a fresh batch of poison oak and have at it.

Ditto on the dirt and cold, I do add a blue tarp on the dirt and rocks to keep from have the pig pen dust cloud follow me threw the house.

 

[aeronca65t]

I like the corrugated plastic sign-board material that is used to make real estate signs.
I have a sheet that is about 3' by 4' that I use all the time. It was from an old promotional sign from work.

 

[Guest]

I like the corrugated plastic sign-board material that is used to make real estate signs.
I have a sheet that is about 3' by 4' that I use all the time. It was from an old promotional sign from work.

Chloroplast IIRC.

 

[BillW103]

I thenk the best is using somone else's. Kind of like a boat you only need it 2 or 3 times a year.

 

[Silverghost]

They have a location in Washington...

"gee hon, I know I said we could go to Maui for our 25th anniversary but..."

Apparently here in my state you can just log onto the state website and pay a fee and you are divorced - guess I don't want to go there.

NOOOOO!!! Online divorse?!?!?!

What's next, tweet weddings?!?!?!

Nah....just update your Facebook status!

 

[Guest]

I thenk the best is using somone else's, you only need it 2 or 3 times a year.

HA! I wish.

 

[nomad]

I have a creeper - though I rarely use it.

:




So when mine gets used more for rolling differential's and transmission's under and out from cars I'm not alone.

Kurt.

 

[Boink]

It's been mentioned, but I prefer a creeper. There is one at Harbor Freight that is, I believe, currently advertised as on sale (by coupon) for just $19. This ad has the original price: https://www.harborfreight.com/oversized-low-profile-creeper-67449.html . Obviously, a creeper with a LBC requires some serious elevation of the car.

 

[HAN8L1965]

HF has this on sale for 19.95

 

[58Custom]

I hate creepers. The casters are crap and often will not rotate so that you push to move and a wheel skids sidways instantly flat-spotting it. That wheel will catch more and the problem gets worse.

That HF one would cost 19 bux + tax before I could test it for the same basic defect. Cardboard is a lot cheaper.

 

[Damon]

Harbor Freight also has those "anti-fatigue" mats--four squares of foam, and usually you can pick them up for around $7 or so with one of their coupons they put in the Sunday newspaper or your favorite car magazine. I use two squares that fit together like a jigsaw on edge, keeps you insulated from the cold floor, cushioned from the hard floor, and then you can slide it out with you when you get out and stand on it to cushion your feet when standing at your bench, which in my case it mere feet from where the car sits...what more could you ask for?

 

[Nelson]

The HF creepers got horrible reviews. Even with light weight guys the casters broke off after very little use.

 

[twas_brillig]

carpet underlay. Not so good for sliding around on, but easy to throw around, cheap (we had some left over from some rug work); and provides a bit of padding and insulation, plus easy to double ply. Doug

 

[dklawson]

Hokey Smoke ! What brought this 6 year old thread back to the top?

As long as the thread is open....
Years ago a friend of mine gave me a General Tools version of the product shown in the link below. At first I thought "I'll never use that". Then I started using it and I love it. It's thin and low but the padding is great. Folded it's great as a kneeler. I've patched mine several times (weak seam stitching) and will keep patching until it is more patch than pad. Then I will definitely replace it.

Harbor Freight Item 93896 (or equivalent folding foam pad)

https://www.harborfreight.com/folding-mechanics-pad-93896.html