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From: Burgerman on 21 Apr 2008 17:00 "Ray Fischer" <rf31(a)verizon.net> wrote in message news:0h6Pj.4893$WU.1896(a)trndny08... > Thanks. Mine is a Toyota Sienna. It's a side ramp, the same configuration > as yours'. The difference is that I come in forward and back out later to > exit down the ramp. I'll try it the way you suggest and see if I can then > be in a postion to slide over into the driver's seat. I also don't > understand how to transfer over to the driver's seat with my wheelchair > facing toward the passenger side but I'll try and see if can manage that. > > RF I used to do the transfer thing. Had a drivers seat that turned and moved rearwards. This meant that I was alongside the drivers seat facing the same way once I reversed in. Transfer was easy - just slid across. But driving from a wheelchair is much easier and faster. Straight in and go! How do you like the toyota? > > > "Burgerman" <burgerman(a)ntlworld.com> wrote in message > news:xTJKj.56987$jH5.21235(a)newsfe3-win.ntli.net... >> "Ray Fischer" <rf31(a)verizon.net> wrote in message >> news:1YwKj.3225$N62.2236(a)trndny07... >>> >>> "Burgerman" <burgerman(a)ntlworld.com> wrote in message >>> news:CKKIj.7021$h65.4822(a)newsfe2-gui.ntli.net... >>>> "Ray Fischer" <rf31(a)verizon.net> wrote in message >>>> news:YawIj.12662$gS1.8134(a)trndny07... >>>>>I use a power wheelchair and a Toyota Sienna Minivan. When I drive >>>>>s;pnr I use a remote to open the ramp; I drive up the ramp and transfer >>>>>into a swivel driver's seat. I can't use an EZ lock since my wife and I >>>>>share the driving and I'm unable to lock down the chair myself. If >>>>>we're only going a short distance on local roads I sit in the >>>>>wheelchair in the back (with the car seatbelt around me in the >>>>>wheelchair. Obviously driving with a very heavy loose wheelchair in >>>>>the car is very unsafe. >>>>> >>>>> Does anyone know of any easy way I can lock down the chair when >>>>> transfering into the driver's seat alone? >>>>> >>>>> RF >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> I still dont understand why you cant use an ezlock - they are just >>>> drive in and clunk its got you! And a single button to push to release? >>>> Unless its in the way on the floor? >>>> >>>> Otherwise the tie downs and ratchet straps is the only way. >>>> >>>> I do the same - but then I always drive from my wheelchair and use a >>>> ezlock (similar) in the driving position. >>>> >>>> The drivers seat can be refitted in about 5 mins if needed. >>> >>> >>> >>> I drive my wheelchair up into the back of my ramp equiped minvan and >>> transfer into the drivers seat. >> >> >> This is where the misunderstanding is coming from. You didnt say the ramp >> was at the rear so I presumed that like the majority of honda, toyota, >> and chrysler lowered floor rampvans the ramp was in the side door like >> mine is >> http://www.wheelchairdriver.com/images-chrysler-dodge/chrysler-minivan-rollx-medium.jpg >> >> In which case you would just reverse in, straight into a electric tie >> down with the chair facing sideways, towards the ramp. Then presumably >> you transfer sideways to a rotating seat as most people do? (again you >> didnt say) so you would have been in the correct place to transfer. If >> you wanted to be seated in your powerchair then it wouldnt be as safe >> though since you would be facing sideways. >> >>>As you surmised there would not be room to manuever onto an ezlock with >>>my wheelchair in a position where I can transfer into the driver's seat. >>>The ezlock would also be in the way of me driving the wheeelchair into >>>and out of the van. >> >> Maybe a side ramp is a better solution for you then? A vehicle swap >> needed! >> >> >> Likewise it's not >>> possible for me to reach down to use the chains for the recepticals that >>> are built into the car. >> >> Even with a "grabber"? Then you are buggered. The best solution will be a >> side entry van at great expence maybe. >> >> >> If my wife is with me we wrap the rear shoulder/seat >>> belts around the wheelchair but I can't do that if I'm alone. >>> >>> Thanks >>> RF >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> > > -- DIY Nitrous www.nitrous.info Powerchairs www.powerchair-review.co.uk Disabled vehicle conversion www.wheelchairdriver.com Engines www.more-power.info |