"Leon Fisk" wrote in message
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On Sun, 15 Mar 2015 07:22:38 -0400
"Jim Wilkins" wrote:

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I have three of them, one a Bone that my sister gave me for
Christmas
on the advice of her mechanic husband. And I still prefer cardboard
for wrenching in one spot because it's slippery enough to move
around
on but I stay in place while pulling hard with both hands.

They (creepers) seem to get stuck in bits of debris on the floor
too.
Even if you have a perfect cement floor (mine is old with a few
cracks)
there is always some debris that falls from your vehicle as you
work...

I've got several large pieces of cardboard that I use too. Sometimes
an
old piece of carpeting works okay. It really depends on what you're
trying to do...

Creeper works good to just slide underneath and look at whats going
on.
Not so good to actually do any work...

--
Leon Fisk

The Bone has larger wheels that roll over debris better. It sorta
worked on packed sandy dirt but I gave in and had that area paved so
I'd have a level area safer than my sloping driveway to jack up and
work under my old vehicles and other equipment.

I consider myself ahead if I spend less than $2000 on repairs per
year, versus spending $20,000 on a new vehicle that lasts ten years.
The paving counted as that year's car expense. Most years it's less
than $100, plus a lot of my (retired) time.

-jsw