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Wheelchair adapted cruiser
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12-04-2016 7:43am#1Join Date:Posts: 6069
This is a project I'm working on at the moment http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057583016 to help get my wife "MS" and son "CP" out on the water for weekends away and holidays. I am going to need two bits of equipment.
One is a small lift like this to get from one level to the other.
And I'm thinking of using a 4 way car wheelchair hoist to lift them from the chair to the bed. I'd also be interested to know if any of you got a grant for something like a caravan, mobile home or holiday home that this might fall under the same category
also any tips or advice on the project would be most welcome.
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quietsailor wrote: »The first looks very similar to a scissors lift for motorbikes that has had a box welded on top - are you allowed to adapt items to suit or does it have to be specifically designed for disabled people? Something like this on donedeal could be bought & adapted
I'll be adapting anything I can find that is cheep
that jack looks perfect and I think you can get 12v hydraulic jacks that I could swap out for the pump one in the add. Good thinking I'll look into it a bit more:) Cheers.
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I'll be adapting anything I can find that is cheep that jack looks perfect and I think you can get 12v hydraulic jacks that I could swap out for the pump one in the add. Good thinking I'll look into it a bit more:) Cheers.
your more than welcome. If you want to remove the hydraulics out of it already to avoid mess and smell you could replace it with a motor driven linear actuator - they're used in some hospital beds so there is 220v options out there.0 -
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quietsailor wrote: »your more than welcome. If you want to remove the hydraulics out of it already to avoid mess and smell you could replace it with a motor driven linear actuator - they're used in some hospital beds so there is 220v options out there.
Yea that could work the hoist I use at home is run on 12v actuators, another option might be to use a scissor jack and use a motor to turn it
I was able to get photos of one in another boat but it's hard to see the workings.
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Yea that could work the hoist I use at home is run on 12v actuators, another option might be to use a scissor jack and use a motor to turn it
I was able to get photos of one in another boat but it's hard to see the workings.
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Pity your not in cork I'd lend a hand but I think your in Dublin! I've added the crash panels on internal doors for a friend of mine in a wheelchair and also overhauled his wheelchair another time - it's interesting engineering0
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