“Made It Myself” Wheelchair Lift
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Anyone who has a physical disability that requires use of a wheelchair will be interested in this wheelchair lifter built by Mark Daun of Kiel, Wis. It lets a disabled person lift himself into the passenger seat of a pickup without the need for hydraulics.
The lift consists of a vertical steel rail fastened at the top with a horizontal length of channel iron, which stakes and bolts into a box pocket on the side of the pickup. A boat winch bolted on top raises and lowers a carriage fitted with metal rollers that ride up or down the rail. The seat is supported by a horizontal steel arm with a welded-on vertical pin that fits into a socket on the carriage.
The seat can be swiveled out for someone to slide onto it from a wheelchair, and then raised by using the winch. The seat can then be swung back in so the person can transfer to the pickup seat.
“I built it as close as possible to the pickup so it won’t wipe out mailboxes or pedestrians. Ideally, the seat doesn’t protrude out any farther than the mirror,” notes Daun.
Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Mark Daun, 19734 Point Creek Rd., Kiel, Wis. 53042 (ph 920 894-2051 or cell 920 284-6983; m_daun@icloud.com).
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“Made It Myself” Wheelchair Lift MISCELLANEOUS EQUIPMENT Handicapped Equipment Anyone who has a physical disability that requires use of a wheelchair will be interested in this wheelchair lifter built by Mark Daun of Kiel Wis It lets a disabled person lift himself into the passenger seat of a pickup without the need for hydraulics The lift consists of a vertical steel rail fastened at the top with a horizontal length of channel iron which stakes and bolts into a box pocket on the side of the pickup A boat winch bolted on top raises and lowers a carriage fitted with metal rollers that ride up or down the rail The seat is supported by a horizontal steel arm with a welded-on vertical pin that fits into a socket on the carriage The seat can be swiveled out for someone to slide onto it from a wheelchair and then raised by using the winch The seat can then be swung back in so the person can transfer to the pickup seat “I built it as close as possible to the pickup so it won’t wipe out mailboxes or pedestrians Ideally the seat doesn’t protrude out any farther than the mirror ” notes Daun Contact: FARM SHOW Followup Mark Daun 19734 Point Creek Rd Kiel Wis 53042 ph 920 894-2051 or cell 920 284-6983; m_daun@icloud com
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