[TheForge] suggestions needed

[robert hensarling]

Terry, this probably won't be of much help, but my Dad has his pickup truck 
rigged with one of the little hoist units good for 200 lbs.  All he has to 
do is to operate the hand control to lift it and so on.  The hand control 
even has switches that will raise and lower the chair, move the chair in and 
out of the vehicle.  Now his chair is electric, so the hoist really gets put 
to use.
He got his by checking the San Antonio Express and News.  After a few weeks, 
there it was.  He went and checked it out and bought it.  I don't know what 
he paid for it, but it was much much lower than retail.
Later on, he found another one, and as luck would have it, he ended up with 
the 2nd one also.  I think he had ideas of putting the 2nd one in my Jeep 
Cherokee, but that didn't happen.  So, there's this second hoist at the 
shop, and I don't know if he has plans for it now or not.   If  you'd like , 
I'll check with him on the second one and get back to you.  Seems like 
$600 - $800 is what he paid, but I might be way off base here.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "terry l. ridder" <terrylr at blauedonau.com>
To: <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Sunday, July 01, 2007 9:30 AM
Subject: [TheForge] suggestions needed


> hello;
>
> i am attempting to figure what an inexpensive lightweight way
> to place my wheelchair into the van and out of the van. currently
> i sit in the passenger seat and whoever is driving must lift the
> wheelchair in and out of the van. the wheelchair is not particularly
> heavy but after several times it gets old.
>
> i have googled for ideas but all the commercial units are out of my
> price range.
>
> -- 
> terry l. ridder ><>
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