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Old Oct 15, 2010 | 07:34 PM
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Topside creeper

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I saw the techs were using these to intstall the Bulletproof oil cooler in the latest issue of Diesel World. I gotta get or make one of these.
 
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Old Oct 15, 2010 | 07:42 PM
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alot of money for a ladder on wheels. for a mechanic it would probly be great
 
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Old Oct 15, 2010 | 08:28 PM
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I have one and love it. Saves me from hurting for 2-3 days after doing injectors on a duramax :-)
 
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Old Oct 15, 2010 | 09:11 PM
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I have one and hate it.
 
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Old Oct 15, 2010 | 09:47 PM
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I built one and love it.
 
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Old Oct 16, 2010 | 02:06 AM
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Here's a good price on one, I just recieved mine so I will be putting it together this weekend. I am getting ready to change out my egr cooler and some other items so I am looking forward to using it.

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Old Oct 16, 2010 | 03:56 AM
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I did my EGR cooler delete and oil cooler replacement with a short stepladder (2 steps) and a blanket. I like the idea of a topside creeper, but I'd want to know why Cheezit hates his before spending even that much on one. I have read elsewhere that having to lay on top and reach down can be quite uncomfortable.
 
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Old Oct 16, 2010 | 06:11 AM
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no my biggist issue is every truck in the state of texas seems to have a cattle guard of somekind on it, they dont seem to work to well with them. and they take up a lot of room.
 
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Old Oct 16, 2010 | 08:06 PM
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Well I have the room and no cattle guard. If I lived in Montana(deer) or Texas I probably would tho.
 
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Old Oct 16, 2010 | 09:12 PM
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I bought this one. It does look to be built a bit weaker than the other brand but it holds my weight just fine. I weight 210 lbs. I also had to add additional padding because it hardly had any.

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Old Oct 18, 2010 | 05:51 PM
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sit down creeper

Slightly off subject, but I'll probably never see a thread this close to what I want to talk about. I turned a 5 gallon plastic bucket upside down,and sheet metal screwed it to a heavy potted plant dolly ( also plastic, 5 casters, heavy duty and 16" inches diameter) . With an old patio chair cushion on the top, it makes a great scoot around, sit down creeper for working on the exterior of what ever vehicle. working on wheels, brakes, waxing etc. Seat height is 20" from the floor. I know they make something like this, but mine was almost free. When the knees go bad, it hurts to get down and back up off the deck a bunch of times. No picture, I dont have the right to send pics yet dd. re the topside creeper, sounds nice, but I'll make do with the kitchen stepstool. It and a blanket works for me. dd
 

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Old Oct 18, 2010 | 08:04 PM
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I purchased a topside creaper after doing up-pipes on my father's OBS because my back hurt for a week. I did up-pipes on another OBS last weekend and I feel great. I feel I got my money's worth after 1 use!
 
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best way I have found to replace those pipes is to just pull the trans.
 
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