To me the Dolly Creeper would work well on a Polished Ballroom floor and if I were about 90% less clumsy.

Unfortunately I have given up all semblance of trying to use it on bumpy driveways.

The problem is that between the bumps catching the wheels and my clumsiness I somehow end up teetering on two out of six wheels and then falling off the ^%*( thing. Or else one of the wheels catches on a Ratchet or a crack in the driveway or an air hose or light cord and my weight shifts and then the process is repeated. Or else the dolly wants to go backwards but i want to go forwards. My favorite is when it hits a Jackstand and gets stuck

Using a Dolly properly to me is like making love with an elephant. To me that means jsut follow the dolly. Of course that might put you under the transmission and not the engine where you want to be.

Maybea ballerina or or a circus acrobat could use this thing correctly. But my salvation has come in the form of Cardboard Sheets I lie on the ground.

Finally a dolly raises me say 4" which is 4" less clearance or 4" higher I have to jack the car. Trying to use it to swap a Tranny is really dangerous...

My most useless tool is my air compressor hose reel. The ratchet broke and it never recoils evenly. I need to get a new one.

I agree with your thoughts on the creeper, but I still use it. I especially hate them when you roll over the tail of your shirt and can't move. I've ripped a few shirts that way.

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Chad
2006 Nissan Pathfinder LE
1998 Acura 3.0 CL
OBK#44
"Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work." - Aristotle (384-322 B.C.)

SOLD
1985 300TD - Red Dragon
1986 300SDL - Coda
1991 - 300TE
1995 - E320
1985 300CD - Gladys

Gave up on creepers along time ago . My least favorite tool is a flathead screwdriver, i mean c'mon, when the phillips head was invented, shouldn't that have put the flathead out of business ?

They're good for slipping off and stabbing your finger . Why do they still make flathead screws ?

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93 300 D 2.5 turbo

I like the 6 wheel composite caster wheels. they roll over everything. I've not had it stuck yet... if you are wearing a shirt that can be caught under a creeper, you deserve to be stuck! Loose fitting clothing while working on a car... not smart.
for close to the ground work, I have found that 24" commercial carpet squares are a god send!

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John HAUL AWAY, OR CRUSHED CARS!!! HELP ME keep the cars out of the crusher! A/C Thread
"as I ride with my a/c on... I have fond memories of sweaty oily saturdays and spewing R12 into the air. THANKS for all you do!

My drivers:
1987 190D 2.5Turbo
1987 190D 2.5Turbo
1987 190D 2.5-5SPEED!!!

1987 300TD
1987 300TD
1994GMC 2500 6.5Turbo truck... I had to put the ladder somewhere!

I never get caught wearing the overalls, just tshirts. They don't stay tucked in.
I believe I have a solution though ... this will be great and won't get caught on anything.

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Chad
2006 Nissan Pathfinder LE
1998 Acura 3.0 CL
OBK#44
"Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work." - Aristotle (384-322 B.C.)

SOLD
1985 300TD - Red Dragon
1986 300SDL - Coda
1991 - 300TE
1995 - E320
1985 300CD - Gladys

veryonce in awhile I grab a good flathead to open a can, pry something or jam a hole in drywall and catch myself thinking--Wait--thats a good screwdriver--no it isn't--its not worth much

Get a real creeper. The Bone - Rough Rider (or the BoneRR to us fans) has BIG wheels, can roll over an air hose with ease, even works pretty well in gravel.

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Gone to the dark side

- Jeff

I couldn't agree more...although they did help alot when I did drum brakes on my truck this past weekend. If anyone would like a list of all the new cuss words I created, please send $3.95 to...

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1989 300E 144K

My english wrench set.....Used it before I traded the Jeep for a 300TD

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Current Mercedes
1979 maple yellow 240D 4-speed

Gone and fondly remembered:
1980 orient red 240D 4-speed

Gone and NOT fondly remembered:
1982 Chna Blue 300TD

Other car in the stable:
2013 VW Jetta Sportwagen TDI / 6-speed MT

A crescent wrench. It has absolutely no place near a car. I also vote for creapers as well. Worthless unless you can raise a car high enough and even then there's something you can bash your head into while on a good fast roll.

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DJ


84 300D Turbodiesel 190K with 4 speed manual sold in 03/2012

I nominate my daughters boyfriend as the most useless tool.

My most useless tool would have to be my ex-wife. Cost me money everytime I turned around AND I still had to do ALL the cooking, cleaning and houshold chores and she wouldn't even get a job! And no, the sex wasn't worth it!

My most useless tool....hmmm....I'm probably going to say my set of wratchet box wrenches....half the sizes needed by MB vehicles aren't in the set...and they're too big and clumsy and don't fit in tight places (glow plugs) (alternator) etc....so I hardly ever use them. A normal socket works wherever they do, negating their existence.

I don't own a creeper, so I can't comment on that....I am rugged and slide along the ground, or on cardboard.

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-diesel is not just a fuel, its a way of life-
'15 GLK250 Bluetec 118k - mine - (OC-123,800)
'17 Metris(VITO!) - 37k - wifes (OC-41k)
'09 Sprinter 3500 Winnebago View - 62k (OC - 67k)
'13 ML350 Bluetec - 95k - dad's (OC-98k)
'01 SL500 - 103k(km) - dad's (OC-110,000km)
'16 E400 4matic Sedan - 148k - Brothers (OC-155k)

english/standard socket and wrench set.. as well as a whitworth socket I found

Standard (U.S) size socket set/wrenches. The only time I've used an english wrench was to tighten the nuts that hold the wheels on my air compressor. I bought one of those starter US/Metric wrench sets, too bad I couldn't find a big Metric starter set instead.

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1980 240d
1999 SL500