Posted on the two 2dr lifter thread as well but I do wonder if a drywall lifter with a counter weight might work as well? There’s some inexpensive ones on Amazon.
Sponsored
Sponsored
- First Name
- Sean
- Joined
- Nov 27, 2021
- Threads
- 8
- Messages
- 456
- Reaction score
- 874
- Location
- Arvada, CO
- Vehicle(s)
- '22 Badlands Sasquatch, 2-door, EG, 2.7, Auto
- Your Bronco Model
- Badlands
Awesome re-purpose of a topside creeper! My son works on large (i.e. F350 and bigger) diesel pickups and work trucks that are often lifted and he has one at his shop because he uses it so much. They are really a brilliant tool. Looks like you can get some cheaper ones for new online for like $150 to $200.......then the cost of the modifications. Nice option, for sure.
- First Name
- Danny
- Joined
- Aug 11, 2021
- Threads
- 12
- Messages
- 468
- Reaction score
- 540
- Location
- Indian Rocks Beach
- Vehicle(s)
- Shoes! Waiting for that 2 door to ship!
- Your Bronco Model
- Outer Banks
A guy in the neighborhood across the street from our family farm has a blue one of those. LOVE that thing. Sounds like freedom!
I will get some more pictures of the lift and details of what I did tomorrow.
Thank you for the kind words everyone.
Have a great day
OP
OP
- Joined
- May 27, 2023
- Threads
- 17
- Messages
- 1,168
- Reaction score
- 4,048
- Location
- Springfield
- Vehicle(s)
- Charger Hellcat
- Your Bronco Model
- Badlands
- Thread starter
- #19
Ok.
1) Take the cushioned pad off the top of the creeper. Clean the surface of any glue residue. Weld/Bolt in support beam (circled in red) in the center of the roughly rectangular frame where the pad used to sit.
2) Weld/Bolt in additional flat support pieces to the top of the frame/support beam.
This is where the motorcycle jack will sit.
It's hard to see but there is another flat support piece under the front.
3) Weld/Bolt the motorcycle jack to those pieces, centered in the middle of the frame.
4)Weld/Bolt Clam Shell support arms to the top of the motorcycle jack.
5) Use self tapping screws and attach rubber pads to the support arms. (I glued them down with superglue to hold them in place then used a screw)
6) Paint the metal to prevent rust and hide your shit welding.
I put the top back on this morning and the screw type lift mechanism on the motorcycle jack means you can lower the top millimeter by millimeter when aligning the guide pins on the shell to body.
Over all I am super happy with how this functions. It's stable when moving the top around and it's easy to wheel around.
Because the creeper is designed to carry the weight of a large adult it is not even close to being overloaded with the weight of the top and motorcycle lift/steel support beams.
1) Take the cushioned pad off the top of the creeper. Clean the surface of any glue residue. Weld/Bolt in support beam (circled in red) in the center of the roughly rectangular frame where the pad used to sit.
2) Weld/Bolt in additional flat support pieces to the top of the frame/support beam.
This is where the motorcycle jack will sit.
It's hard to see but there is another flat support piece under the front.
3) Weld/Bolt the motorcycle jack to those pieces, centered in the middle of the frame.
4)Weld/Bolt Clam Shell support arms to the top of the motorcycle jack.
5) Use self tapping screws and attach rubber pads to the support arms. (I glued them down with superglue to hold them in place then used a screw)
6) Paint the metal to prevent rust and hide your shit welding.
I put the top back on this morning and the screw type lift mechanism on the motorcycle jack means you can lower the top millimeter by millimeter when aligning the guide pins on the shell to body.
Over all I am super happy with how this functions. It's stable when moving the top around and it's easy to wheel around.
Because the creeper is designed to carry the weight of a large adult it is not even close to being overloaded with the weight of the top and motorcycle lift/steel support beams.
- First Name
- Mark
- Joined
- Feb 15, 2022
- Threads
- 59
- Messages
- 1,222
- Reaction score
- 1,653
- Location
- San Antonio, TX
- Vehicle(s)
- 2020 Hyundai Palisade
- Your Bronco Model
- Outer Banks
And you sir... Win my internet for the day...
Sponsored
- First Name
- Danny
- Joined
- Aug 11, 2021
- Threads
- 12
- Messages
- 468
- Reaction score
- 540
- Location
- Indian Rocks Beach
- Vehicle(s)
- Shoes! Waiting for that 2 door to ship!
- Your Bronco Model
- Outer Banks
Really great. And I can wheel it to the corner of my barn. Thanks
I love my Top Lift Pro but this is slick!
**slow clap getting increasingly faster**
I really dig the ingenuity! Bet it's a heck of a lot cheaper to fab than those 1000-1300 units with thin wall tubing.
I really dig the ingenuity! Bet it's a heck of a lot cheaper to fab than those 1000-1300 units with thin wall tubing.
Plus... I'm sitting here on my computer with Solidworks and the Harbor Freight website open. I might give a design a whirl this weekend with yours as a good, real world template 
Would you happen to have the floor to the surface of the top you are lifting at (approx)?
Would you happen to have the floor to the surface of the top you are lifting at (approx)?
Last edited:
Nice work! Don’t worry about the welds not looking pretty, they look plenty strong enough. 
One thing to consider… If you make it to where the scissor jack assembly could be bolted on instead of welded, you could still use the topside creeper as intended if you ever need to…
One thing to consider… If you make it to where the scissor jack assembly could be bolted on instead of welded, you could still use the topside creeper as intended if you ever need to…
Sponsored
OP
OP
- Joined
- May 27, 2023
- Threads
- 17
- Messages
- 1,168
- Reaction score
- 4,048
- Location
- Springfield
- Vehicle(s)
- Charger Hellcat
- Your Bronco Model
- Badlands
- Thread starter
- #26
I have it at 70" right now but the creeper is adjustable it could be 15" lower or 6" higher.Plus... I'm sitting here on my computer with Solidworks and the Harbor Freight website open. I might give a design a whirl this weekend with yours as a good, real world template
Would you happen to have the floor to the surface of the top you are lifting at (approx)?
The motorcycle lift has about 12" of adjustment.
Absolutely.Nice work! Don’t worry about the welds not looking pretty, they look plenty strong enough.
One thing to consider… If you make it to where the scissor jack assembly could be bolted on instead of welded, you could still use the topside creeper as intended if you ever need to…
I wish I had been smart enough to think of that before welding and throwing away the cushion.
- Joined
- Aug 1, 2018
- Threads
- 49
- Messages
- 4,227
- Reaction score
- 8,582
- Location
- Laker Land
- Vehicle(s)
- '11 Mustang GT 5.0
- Your Bronco Model
- Badlands
Which model topside creeper did you use?
OP
OP
- Joined
- May 27, 2023
- Threads
- 17
- Messages
- 1,168
- Reaction score
- 4,048
- Location
- Springfield
- Vehicle(s)
- Charger Hellcat
- Your Bronco Model
- Badlands
- Thread starter
- #29
I don't know. It's an old one I had from 2016 when I had a lifted Ram 1500.
I would buy the cheapest one I could find.
It looks like this one though.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/3147307381...VWLlRyFSxEfG+/djNI/jkkXA==|tkp:Bk9SR-SyoNe6Yg
- Joined
- Aug 1, 2018
- Threads
- 49
- Messages
- 4,227
- Reaction score
- 8,582
- Location
- Laker Land
- Vehicle(s)
- '11 Mustang GT 5.0
- Your Bronco Model
- Badlands
Thank you Sir!!
Sponsored
