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08-15-2018, 06:11 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2018
Location: bellevue,Nebraska
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https://ezcreeper.com/
[ed. $950. Thanks I'll pass. b,d]
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08-15-2018, 06:17 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: Tampa (Wimauma actually)
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Love the idea - Hate the Price
This is a great idea but the price puts it in the purely luxury category. I can put a lot of pillows under my head with my $29 Harbor Freight creeper for the $400 price of the EZCreeper! Frankly, the price gives me the CREEPS!
[ed. The EZ is $950 - no thanks I'll pass. I could build 15 of what I'm proposing for that <g>.....probably more! b,d]
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08-15-2018, 06:47 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Cincinnati, OH
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Just bought the HF creeper today for $27 and turned it around to give me a little more ?altitude?, and I have to say, it?s pretty comfortable. I don?t think the plastic wheels will last long, but I?ve saved better castoring wheels from other projects and I?ll change them out when it becomes necessary. Designing and building a home grown version could not be done cheaper.
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08-16-2018, 07:18 AM
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Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Taylorsville, Ga
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DR, why not use a low priced hydraulic jack from HF to do the lifting job. Most will operate from the horizontal position and you could have a large lifting force. Maybe more than the the frame allowed if not careful. Most floor jacks have a horizontal mounting for the cylinder with linkage to the jack plate.
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08-24-2018, 09:06 AM
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Join Date: May 2005
Location: La Luz, NM
Posts: 42
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This is definitely not made out of wood,
nor is it a DIY lifting creeper but,
I came across this called the Human Hoist power shop chair.
I found their website here: http://www.humanhoist.com/human-hoist
No price is shown but I know it's way more than I would ever consider.
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08-24-2018, 12:05 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Taylorsville, Ga
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Wow! I'll bet that one will exceed my weekly airplane budget money for several months. I bet it does DR's also. But nice looking piece of mechanical equipment and appears well made.
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08-24-2018, 12:23 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Taylor Texas
Posts: 811
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electric linear actuators
Quote:
Originally Posted by DennisRhodes
DR, why not use a low priced hydraulic jack from HF to do the lifting job. Most will operate from the horizontal position and you could have a large lifting force. Maybe more than the the frame allowed if not careful. Most floor jacks have a horizontal mounting for the cylinder with linkage to the jack plate.
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This one has 100lbs/force on 12v. I think a drill battery would work fine with an up/down switch (like the flaps switch in your RV). Less expensive models are available from plenty of suppliers. This part could make the "X" in the lifting mechanism fold and unfold nicely...all you have to do is build the X frame, figure out how much travel you need from the actuator, and your dang near done with the job!
https://www.progressiveautomations.c...-actuator-ip66
Some less expensive options:
https://www.northerntool.com/shop/to...tric-actuators
Switches and fittings at Northern Tool too..
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08-24-2018, 02:27 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Boulder, CO
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I was looking at the HF creeper on line and wonder if it's possible to mount the seat and backrest on a separate frame that's hinged at the foot and raised and lowered by a cheap HF jack. That would give you a height adjustment and also a back angle adjustment, but not a foot-height adjustment.
If you added a foot rest for use when the seat is raised (and thus inclined) then it might not be a bad way to do this.
Dave
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08-27-2018, 11:24 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Mount Vernon, IN
Posts: 1,270
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Put a cushy backrest on this and keep rocking......
https://www.harborfreight.com/500-lb...art-60730.html
[ed. Awesome!!!! dr]
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