Nominate your most useless tool! Mine is the Dolly Creeper! - PeachParts Mercedes-Benz Forum

Carrameow · #1 04-22-2008, 01:18 PM

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...

Chad300tdt · #2 04-22-2008, 01:26 PM

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.

Glowplug · #3 04-22-2008, 01:33 PM

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 ?

Carrameow · #4 04-22-2008, 03:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Glowplug

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 ?

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

MattBelliveau · #5 04-22-2008, 04:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Glowplug

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 ?

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...

vstech · #6 04-22-2008, 01:49 PM

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!

Chad300tdt · #7 04-22-2008, 01:54 PM

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Originally Posted by vstech

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!

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.

babymog · #8 04-22-2008, 04:21 PM

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.

zeke · #9 04-22-2008, 04:47 PM

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

lietuviai · #10 04-22-2008, 04:58 PM

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.

#11 04-22-2008, 05:21 PM

I nominate my daughters boyfriend as the most useless tool.

Knightrider966 · #12 04-22-2008, 05:34 PM

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!

pawoSD · #13 04-22-2008, 05:51 PM

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.

alamostation · #14 04-23-2008, 05:53 AM

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Originally Posted by Knightrider966

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!

You were married to my ex-wife?

Most worthless non-living tool has to be the wheel cylinder hone.

It costs as much as a new wheel cylinder. How many wheel cylinders are you going to hone? After using the hone you still need to buy a wheel cylinder rebuild kit (about as expensive as the new wheel cylinder) and install it.

After all that, are you sure you got rid of all the grit? Did you get the cylinder perfectly smooth or will a remaining groove rip up the rubber as it slides back and forth?

Maybe if you have a car with no available parts, a Kaiser Darrin comes to mind, the use of this tool is warranted. Otherwise, it would make a good sinker for deep sea fishing.

vstech · #15 04-23-2008, 10:55 AM

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Originally Posted by alamostation

Most worthless non-living tool has to be the wheel cylinder hone.

It costs as much as a new wheel cylinder. How many wheel cylinders are you going to hone? After using the hone you still need to buy a wheel cylinder rebuild kit (about as expensive as the new wheel cylinder) and install it.

After all that, are you sure you got rid of all the grit? Did you get the cylinder perfectly smooth or will a remaining groove rip up the rubber as it slides back and forth?

Maybe if you have a car with no available parts, a Kaiser Darrin comes to mind, the use of this tool is warranted. Otherwise, it would make a good sinker for deep sea fishing.

back in the 80's when I was full time mechanic, drum brakes were the norm, and nobody sold a "kit" you bought a set of rubber seals, and they were marked with the sizes on the dry side of the seal. a box of 100 various sizes cost about 3.00 and a hone was your friend... now adays... "you want a what?" is the response to a wheel cyl rebuild kit inquiry...