People who have seen posts or youtube of my rather oddball crawlspace layout (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8y5TGxR8Hb8) know that I incorporated a 15 x 5 foot original section into the new layout after moving. However, in the old room I had access to both sides of the 5 foot wide panel. In the new room I had to place this up against the wall…making access to the far side difficult.
Having seen topside crawlers (originally used for work under the hood of high pickup trucks etc.) advertised in rail mags for $250 or so, and needing a low long version (oddly low because of the low height of my benchwork) I had to make my own.
I had the wheels on hand. Just needed angle iron and a few drill bits and nuts and bolts. Fellows over at the metal yard cut all the iron to length when I bought it.
Painted up tuscan red…I needed the outriggers because the bottom rails had a tendancy to bend in under weight…because I could not place a brace across the front of them…I needed them to fit around a leg of the benchwork here and there.
Comfy top.
Didn’t know if I actually had the physics correct and didn’t know if it would actually work…so I called a rather corpulent friend over to give it a test drive…success! That’s over 200 lbs easily on the end. Shocking how friends can let themselves go, eh? Well if it will hold that weight in that position it would have no trouble with me leaning out along the top…and it does
