Man, do I feel old! Stiffer than the Lord ever intended for me to be!

[Joseph Garcia]

You're not getting older, your getting better. It's just that nobody's told your body that, lately.

They say that we're supposed to get smarter over the years, but that doesn't seem to happen.

If we were indeed getting smarter, we'd have someone else do all the grunt work, and we'd simply observe and advise. I'm sure that this works on some planet.

 

[OR VietVet]

My biggest problem of sitting back and watching and instructing someone else, is that I have no patience at times with them. You tell them something about the use of a special tool or why something needs a certain torque value and then you get that blank look staring back at you. Some people have mechanical abilities and lots don't. That was readily apparent when I tore down this vehicle. Good enough has never been a phrase I can live with.

 

[Tonyrodz]

OMG!!...you're worse than Tony!

Hey--I never even thought that! Not until you mentioned it lol! Yo no soy malo

 

[Joseph Garcia]

My biggest problem of sitting back and watching and instructing someone else, is that I have no patience at times with them. You tell them something about the use of a special tool or why something needs a certain torque value and then you get that blank look staring back at you. Some people have mechanical abilities and lots don't. That was readily apparent when I tore down this vehicle. Good enough has never been a phrase I can live with.

Yes, that is a problem with folks who only want to do the job right. As I'm sure that many of our fathers or mothers told us, "A job worth doing, is a job worth doing right."

When a person wanting the job to be done right, combines with a person who just wants the job done, sparks are apt to fly at some point in the job.

In my younger son's earlier years, he just wanted the job to be done (preferably by others). As the years past by, and we completed many jobs together (with enough sparks to set an entire forest on fire), he became a do the job right person. I'd like to think that I somehow convinced him that this philosophy was better in the long run, but perhaps, he modified his behavior only because it stopped my continuous badgering him to do the job right. In any event, mission accomplished with him, as he has become a fine home and truck/auto mechanic, who does the job right.

 

[OR VietVet]

@Joseph Garcia it sounds like he saw the time and effort difference between just getting the job done and the job done right was not so far apart related to the time for the whole job. Plus, the thought of just flying thru the job and then having to go back in later because the original job was rushed and steps missed, finally popped in his mind and now he is watching to make sure YOU do it right. The baton has now passed. Life goes on. As it should.

 

[avalonandl]

OLD AGE IS NOT FOR THE TIMID....

My best friend used to say that....sadly he died at 59...

 

[gooffeyguy]

I've had a few different types of creepers and currently have a Bone which I like the best, but I have the hardest time getting up off them, not matter what kind it is.

 

[George B]

I've had a few different types of creepers and currently have a Bone which I like the best, but I have the hardest time getting up off them, not matter what kind it is.

I was considering getting a Bone but was concerned about the distance between the wheel humps. I am 6'4" and will need to fit between them.

 

[OR VietVet]

I thought about the Bone creeper but was worried about the same thing. I am 6'4" as well. I also knew I wanted a new stool because the rollers on my 30 year old Snap On stool were trashed. So, I got this Pro-Lift creeper that has great wheels, very comfortable on the ground and it folds to a chair as well. There is a spring loaded lock pin that holds it in either a lay down or a stool position.

 

[wjburken]

My wife bought me one of these last year and only used it a couple of times because I usually just use a sheet of cardboard, but the center wheel on the left side busted off so I am in the market for new one.

 

[OR VietVet]

I see a recall coming for the creeper that loses wheels. Harbor Freight is gonna take another hit.

 

[gooffeyguy]

My wife bought me one of these last year and only used it a couple of times because I usually just use a sheet of cardboard, but the center wheel on the left side busted off so I am in the market for new one.
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My previous creeper was one of those. The bottom center would drag if I wasn't positioned on it right (I'm only 6' and 200lbs) After a few years one of the wheels got tore up when it got stuck in a crack in my driveway.

I couldn't find reolacement wheels for it, so I bought a Bone and pulled the remaining wheels off the Harbor Freight one (in case I ever needed a use for them) before throwing the board in the trash.

I still have a couple of the wheels, spacers, and nuts if you want them. Send me a PM with your addy if so.

2001 Yukon SLT
2012 Yukon Denali XL
2011 Yukon Denali RIP 5/20/18

 

[gooffeyguy]

I was considering getting a Bone but was concerned about the distance between the wheel humps. I am 6'4" and will need to fit between them.

Get the Bone-ster model. That's actually the one I have. It's flatter shaped and not as big wheel humps in the corners. Wheels are a bit smaller than the Bone, like 3" or 4" instead of 5", but still rolls great.

2001 Yukon SLT
2012 Yukon Denali XL
2011 Yukon Denali RIP 5/20/18

 

[wjburken]

My previous creeper was one of those. The bottom center would drag if I wasn't positioned on it right (I'm only 6' and 200lbs) After a few years one of the wheels got tore up when it got stuck in a crack in my driveway.

I couldn't find reolacement wheels for it, so I bought a Bone and pulled the remaining wheels off the Harbor Freight one (in case I ever needed a use for them) before throwing the board in the trash.

I still have a couple of the wheels, spacers, and nuts if you want them. Send me a PM with your addy if so.

2001 Yukon SLT
2012 Yukon Denali XL
2011 Yukon Denali RIP 5/20/18

Yeah. I call BS on the 300# load rating. I'm 6-1 and 275.

Appreciate the offer for the wheels, but the wheel itself was fine. The plastic tore out where the wheel attaches.

 

[OR VietVet]

I like the big poly wheels It was great rolling around under the rig this last weekend and also when folded in to the stool. The wheels rolled so easily I was a little frustrated when I was trying to torque something under the rig and the creeper would roll away from the pressure.

 

[Tonyrodz]

I thought about the Bone creeper but was worried about the same thing. I am 6'4" as well. I also knew I wanted a new stool because the rollers on my 30 year old Snap On stool were trashed. So, I got this Pro-Lift creeper that has great wheels, very comfortable on the ground and it folds to a chair as well. There is a spring loaded lock pin that holds it in either a lay down or a stool position.

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I have the same one.

My wife bought me one of these last year and only used it a couple of times because I usually just use a sheet of cardboard, but the center wheel on the left side busted off so I am in the market for new one.
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They sell replacement wheels at HF.

 

[wjburken]

They sell replacement wheels at HF.

Not sure that would help.

 

[Tonyrodz]

Not sure that would help.
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Broke--edd

 

[OR VietVet]

Broke--edd

If you hadn't been sleeping on that comfy Pro-Lift creeper you would have seen earlier in the thread about how it was broke out. At 67 I forget all the time. You creepin' up on that "forgetfulness age?"

 

[Fless]

If you hadn't been sleeping on that comfy Pro-Lift creeper you would have seen earlier in the thread about how it was broke out. At 67 I forget all the time. You creepin' up on that "forgetfulness age?"

I see what you did there....