Shop-Built Adjustable-Height Creeper

Shop-Built Adjustable-Height Creeper FARM SHOP Miscellaneous Robert Greenwood of Bellwood Neb has engineered a solution to inaccessible vehicles “Pickups are so tall now that I can’t service them from the ground ” he explains “So I took two bad floor jacks some steel a fiberglass step tread and a folding tall creeper that allows me to adjust the height for any of the trucks and walk right up to work or get to a dipstick ” The project only took a few days after Greenwood worked out the design “I welded everything in my shop; most of the design was based on the material I already had My costs were just my time and welding materials; everything else I pulled from my iron pile ” He made the base from two worn-out floor jacks while the structure was tubing which he salvaged from packing crates and old machinery The grating on the steps came from leftovers from a shop stand in another building and the front-end shield is a repurposed pickup bed liner “About the only things I purchased were the plywood rubber foam pad and Naugahyde vinyl I used to form the cushion Maybe $50 in total ” The project has proven to be a quick way to improve his ability to access vehicle undersides “It worked out so well that I don’t think I’d do anything different Maybe I’d add a tool tray to one side or maybe the end ” he says “Shop space is always at a premium so I recommend making it fold like I did so it can become smaller  I store this one under a workbench most days ” Contact: FARM SHOW Followup Robert Greenwood 3961 E Rd Bellwood Neb 68624 ph 402-367-9774; greenwoodcreations32@gmail com

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