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I need this bad !
- Thread starter Dafey
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CDA 455
3/4 ton status
Yeah, we all do 
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Dafey
1/2 ton status
Almost 200 bucks though... Theres several parts i`d like to get instead for 200. 
Damn , decisions decisions...
Damn , decisions decisions...
save the $200 bucks and work on your truck this way. 
Randy92782
1 ton status
and as for this. it's kinda hard when you're 6'4" and your legs take up the engine compartment. i'm constantly like wrapped up in the alt., fan and suchgmc4cw said:save the $200 bucks and work on your truck this way.
CDA 455
3/4 ton status
Randy92782 said:
Yeah, I do that too!
My wheelwell covers are off so I have easy access to the engine bay, and even a nice place to sit (tire)!!
sandracer799
1/2 ton status
I got one of those for Christmas a couple years back, all I have to say about it is that it is AMAZING!!! I couldnt imagine working on the truck with out it now!
CDA 455
3/4 ton status
fordeater said:
Get adda here
!!!Really????
You're definitely in the 5% bracket!
Dafey
1/2 ton status
Im not 6'8 , but I am really disabled , so its just as hard or harder for me to get in there , or bend over for more than 30 mins...
Thats why I was looking at these kind of things. Working under it is not a problem at all though , I have a cool thick padded creapper with the 5" wheels
Who has plans to build one outa scrap wood?
Thats why I was looking at these kind of things. Working under it is not a problem at all though , I have a cool thick padded creapper with the 5" wheels
Who has plans to build one outa scrap wood?
Randy92782
1 ton status
i hate working underneath too. my arms get tired fast holding em up after working all dayDafey said:Im not 6'8 , but I am really disabled , so its just as hard or harder for me to get in there , or bend over for more than 30 mins...
Thats why I was looking at these kind of things. Working under it is not a problem at all though , I have a cool thick padded creapper with the 5" wheels
Who has plans to build one outa scrap wood?
walla2k5
1/2 ton status
gmc4cw said:save the $200 bucks and work on your truck this way.
That's how I do it....
my dads 6'9 but sadly im only 5'10 i can fold up pretty easily on the core support with my feet on each frame rail.
lectric80
3/4 ton status
There is one of those at the shop where I do most of my work, and I couldn't imagine doing work on my K5 without it. When I was younger, getting under the hood of my dad's high boy was no problem, but now that I am older and fatter, and 6'4" I just can't fold myself up that much. Well worth the cost in my opinion.
Randy92782 said:
You need more lift so you can just sit under the truck
Man we have a lot of tall dudes around here...I'm 6'-1" and still growin' like a weed so I'll be up there with you all soon enough!
That would definately be a handy tool to have in the garage...my ribs are tired of sitting on the fan shroud/radiator...
CDA 455 said:
Yeah in the picture I am sitting on the tire with my feet on the spring. 11" lift with 44's, so there is plenty of room there. If I take the tire off I just stand in the whee well, thats how I installed my headers. with inner fender liners you could not do that. I mostly posted the picture because it makes me laugh, I look like an idiot.
I would love to have one of the creepers you posted a link to. I just don't have the $200 to buy it. I just don't work under the hood often enough to justify it. and when I do most of the time I lean through the wheel well and lay my chest on the tire. mostly to check fluid levels. I only need to pop the hood to check the trans, everything else I can do with it closed.
dlm1984
Registered Member
gmc4cw said:
Thanks for saying that - I didn't want to be the first one to say or think something like that . . .
Dafey
1/2 ton status
I was telling my daughter I might get a little bit taller tires when these wear out.
She asked how we both would get in , because she is only 4' and I'm 5'10"
. We need steps on the side as it is now.
Now I know how all of ya`ll can have 35 plus tires and still get in.... your all giants
I bet I can find enough scrap wood to build something like that , Its just 2x4`s and a small piece of plywood.
I would just have to buy some locking casters.
Then I would just have to find a place to store it in my 2bedroom apt AND hide it from my ol lady....
She asked how we both would get in , because she is only 4' and I'm 5'10"
. We need steps on the side as it is now. Now I know how all of ya`ll can have 35 plus tires and still get in.... your all giants
I bet I can find enough scrap wood to build something like that , Its just 2x4`s and a small piece of plywood.
I would just have to buy some locking casters.
Then I would just have to find a place to store it in my 2bedroom apt AND hide it from my ol lady....
lectric80
3/4 ton status
Time for a recessed driveway. Of course that only works when you are getting in at home, not sure what you would do when you got to your location.Dafey said:I was telling my daughter I might get a little bit taller tires when these wear out.
She asked how we both would get in , because she is only 4' and I'm 5'10"
Now I know how all of ya`ll can have 35 plus tires and still get in.... your all giants
I bet I can find enough scrap wood to build something like that , Its just 2x4`s and a small piece of plywood.
I would just have to buy some locking casters.
Then I would just have to find a place to store it in my 2bedroom apt AND hide it from my ol lady....
