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Overhead Creeper
With the creeper frame in front of the truck and the hood up, an adult male, lying face down on the device’s horizontal platform, is reaching down into the engine making a repair.

The Overhead Creeper makes it easier to work on large trucks and tractors in awkward and other-wise out-of-reach positions. Constructed of square tubing, the device is mounted on a rolling base with five caster wheels, which add stability while the worker is in an elevated position. The base can be extended or retracted, depending on degree of stability needed and space avail-able to work in. The creeper's platform, which starts at 40 inches high, can be raised to 60 inches by the manually operated hydraulic cylinder and can also be adjusted to five different working angles. At the steepest angle and with the platform pads removed, the creeper can also serve as a mobile, free-standing ladder.

Estimated Cost Cost range: See below

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


SourceDSLA Company
R.R. 3, Box 115
Sisseton, SD, 57262
Phone800-387-3752
605-698-7492
Fax605-698-7444
Est. Cost$30 (for construction plans)
Last updated: Feb 10, 2017


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