Problem? I have a 4 post lift which I perched because I couldn't use the pit any longer. The low ceiling height ( 9 ft 4 in) restricted how high I could raise the car and I bought an adjustable height creeper that required getting off to raise or lower and getting back on. I just purchased an Aero Creeper that uses an 18-20 volt battery to ,power it up/down without getting off. You sit on it , then lower to get under the the lift and raise as needed to work under the car. I thought some on here might be interested in something like this.
That's an interesting chair. I mean creeper. Wondered what was available for those with low lift hoists.
Wow, that looks pretty spiffy. I'll probably stick with that old office chair I picked up at a going out of business sale. Phil
I remember that there was an announcement of a similar product about 6 or 8 years ago. I was interested, but it didn't go anywhere and all references disappeared soon thereafter. It looks like a real product this time. and being 6 or 8 years older, I'm even more interested this time. What they need is a little competition to get the price to a reasonable level. I don't see $2300 worth of extra cost between the $529 basic unit and the $2900 motorized version. It's just a $60 drill and some linkage.
I want one! How fast does it raise and lower? I can picture Tim Taylor altering it for “More Power “ so his would be the fastest. Then being flung over Wilson’s fence…
I have a regular creeper and never use it, so I’ll keep sliding underneath the car on a piece of cardboard pulling diffs, transmissions….the traditional way.
The main value I see in one of these is for those of us that have trouble getting up off the ground because of age or infirmity.
I'd have to go out to his shop to take photos but when one of my buddies put a lift in his shop he had the trusses reworked and seriusly reinforced so the vehicle (he was working on full size Chevy vans used to haul people in wheelchairs) and the vehicle was lifted up into the space that was opened up in the trusses. I don't fault anyone who buys what they need to do what they want ot do though. The older I get the more I look for things that make it easier for me to do what I want to do.
I kind of looked at that price like you do, but over time and getting some people to look at raising the ceiling of a section of my building; it became a more practical option for me. My unit was $2598 with free shipping because I didn't get the Milwaukee charger and 2 batteries . Between my son and I , we have 4 chargers and 6 or 7 Dewalt batteries. The sales at Aero Creeper advised me I could get an adapter on Amazon that would allow using my batteries . Adapter was around $16 . BTW I have the base model and have used it for about a year; I finally got to the point I couldn't lift myself on and off while under the car. Just part of aging for me.
It moves pretty fast but not uncontrollable; the company recommends practicing out in the open to get a feel for the lift rate and warns that it can push you into what is above you if you're not careful.
I am 76 years old. When I built my shop, 37 years ago, I never considered that I would be able to afford a lift. Later, I looked at raising part of the ceiling in my shop and buying a lift. Then there is a problem, because I wear bifocals, looking up to work on things is difficult. It is doable but requires some adjustment. I decided to continue jacking up the car and using jack stands and a regular creeper. It's harder on my old body body to get up and down, but easier on my pocketbook. It's not like anything is done in a rush anyway.
I would have laughed at this last year. Not laughing now. This year I am frustrated by injury, all my fault. Injuries heal slowly now that I am the same age as old people, doc thinks maybe a year to fully heal. My two best recent purchases have been a Baker scaffold (Amazon $220) for working at height and a Craftsman padded mechanics work stool (Lowe's $50) to work while seated.
You can only do that for so long before old age creeps up on you. I was still doing it last year, but not this year. My most valued tool has become a magnet on a stick pickup tool. I have a half dozen strategically located around the shop.
Getting older means more time for the good stuff, but at the price of not being able to do all the things you could. Had long hair most of my life, so the creepers were always cardboard. When I helped build a race car, we had carpet under it while fabbing and constructing. It got tossed after the floor and firewall were cut and fitted with a nibbler. So long as that new tool doesn't tip and does the thing where it stays put when tugging on a wrench but also rolls to position easily, good for you!
The whatever is designed and built to be able to do everything from the top. I don’t like working under things on jack stands, get crap in my eyes, trying to get up from the floor, etc. and I don’t think a lift is in the cards.
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