Customer Reviews

Dale Adams Enterprises 7031 The Bone Rough Rider Mechanic's Creeper

5 star:		(14)
4 star:		(7)
3 star:		(2)
2 star:		(2)
1 star:		(0)

 

 

I use this for outdoor automotive work and foundation repair under my house. The black body is stiff and strong, quite comfortable too. It is an excellent design. My only complaint is that the casters bring down the overall performance of the creeper. The ads say, "Wide, flotation-type tread," but these solid tires don't have any tread at all. The are hard plastic, and mostly flat. As a result they don't "float" over surface irregularities like a rounded pneumatic or low-density tire would. On pavement, the creeper gets hung up on air hoses, tools, etc. because of the rigid tires. On dirt, the creeper tends to sink into the ground, again because of the rigid tires. I weigh 160 lbs.

I may end up buying a better set of casters, but for [the money] I expected a top-notch product right out of the box. This is probably the best creeper for outdoor work, but it would be unstoppable if Pegasus had selected better casters.

We have a construction business and bought this for getting around under houses!!! If you have had to drag yourself around under a house you will quickly see what a great item this can be!! I highly recommend this item!

This creeper is excellent in durability, and function when it comes to outside work, I am a Diesel Technician, I usually work outside in all kinds of enviroments, this is the only creeper that gets around in rough suraces anything else you are better off with a piece of cardboard. This is my second one I owned, my first lasted my three years until someone ran it over with a forklift.
However there is a trade off, it is not the most comfortable creeper. As the entire surface is hard plastic and not ergonomic is tough on the body anly one small paded section for your head, and is not enough padding.
If you constantly working in a rough area this is the tool for you.

I purchased two of the Bone Rough Riders to use on rough surface
and often over materials that fall out of construction and
forestry equipment. This is the best creeper I have found.
Today I watched a mechanic roll over a 1 1/4 combination wrench
and didn't have a wheel hang up, really amzing.

This is great, goes anywhere, my husband and son both think its great. We have a part cement & dirt drive. The Rough Rider handles it very good. We've had other creepers, that just can't move in dirt or over the cracks on cement. So far this one has handled everything pretty good. The way its designed, low, sure helps get that extra couple of inches to get under vechiles.

This thing is huge! Not heavy, just really big.

My partner is a big guy and I've watched him struggle to shuffle under our 4x4, so I researched creepers on the internet and got him this one for Christmas.

Note to parents of small children: the wheels would be great for a go-kart. If your wheels go missing, you know where to look!

The whole design is sturdy, the wheels are obstacle crunchers, and if you could find some way to steer it, it would make a fantastic go-kart chassis! In the interim, it's an excellent creeper, well worth the money.

This creeper is such an improvement over my last one that there is no comparison. I only work on truck however so I cannot comment on the clearance issues other may experience. The wheels get stuck on tools like impact wrenches instead of tiny little pebbles. I bought this for use on my outdoor projects and it has proved extremely useful. The brochure that came with the creeper was a very pleasing read, all about manufacturing in the USA. Buy this!!!

This creeper is great, it rolls over sand, cracks in concrete, small stones & even a piece of 1/2" plywood with little effort. The same obstacles with my small wheeled creeper would have stopped it way before I get to the plywood, just about any BB size pebble stopped it where the Bone goes over stones this size without even noticing them. Only regret with this creeper is that I didn't get it sooner.

This is my second Rough Rider Creeper. The first one I received eight years ago as a birthday present. It was used everyday in a heavy equipment shop and stood up extremely well. We are adding this one because there are occasions when mechanics have to wait on the one creeper. Excellent product.

I will say that I am surprised that such a well built product is being manufactured in the U.S.! I figured with all the tax breaks to outsource everything, companies would be foolish to do that...but I am glad to see that DAE is not worried about those types of things! They appear to be more focused on building a relatively nice creeper! This thing is comfortable, sturdy, easy to maneuver, and can roll over just about anything! Required minor installation of the casters, but that became an activity that my four year old could do!

My only complaint is that the "neck padding" is extremely hard and painful! As the item is pictured on Amazon, it just looks like a soft rubber pad, but IT'S NOT! It is a very hard rubber bone design that becomes painful after about 5 seconds of resting my head or neck on it! Basically, it is completely useless for what it was designed for! The only options are to either flip the thing around and place a different pad on the blank end, or roll up a soft towel and hope it stays in place while you are working! I mean for this amount of money this thing costs...I almost expected the thing to lift me off the ground and stand me back up, but a decent neck pad would have sufficed!

Minus one star for the neck rest disaster, other than that...very nice!