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Top-Side Mechanic's Creeper
Ink drawing of the device showing all its component parts as described (i.e., caster wheels, steel frame, ladder, and padded/adjustable-height platform).

Wesley Linn of Mena, AR, fabricated a Top-Side Mechanic's Creeper to help reduce the back strain he experienced when working on truck or automobile engines from above. The device consists of a caster-wheeled frame made from steel tubing and angle iron, with a ladder leading up to a foam-rubber-padded, 4-foot-long, adjustable-height platform, which can be raised manually to as high as 6 feet. Linn then lays face down to work on the vehicle's engine.

Estimated Cost Cost range: See below

Limitations Limitations Addressed by Product: Back, Lower extremity, Strength/endurance, Visual


SourceWesley Linn
1307 Ransom Road
Mena, AR, 71953
Est. Cost$60
Last updated: Jan 25, 2022


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