Anyone in a wheelchair ever use one of these things that makes it like a motorcycle?

[Maraya1969]

I'm wondering if there is much difference between them. I've seen some for $4,000 and some as low as $800. If there is not much difference I'd prefer the $800 one. (Not for me personally)







https://www.ebay.ca/sch/i.html?_nkw=electric%20wheelchair%20attachment&ssPageName=GSTL

[KewlKat]

1. My dad had a tri-wheel setup and he rolled and broke his leg bone...Do they offer a quad wheel?

I wouldn't let my spouse use that nor would I. JMHO

[Maraya1969]

4. It's for my cousin who is in his early 40's. They are very poor and he doesn't get to do much.

He is not married but lives still with his parents.

[Maraya1969]

16. I just figured out your question. The one wheel in the front pulls the entire wheelchair - all

four wheels. It is not like a tricycle.

EDIT: Maybe I am wrong. Maybe those front legs a pulled up once the motorcycle wheel is attached.

[soothsayer]

2. Someone posted something like this the other day

Maybe in the DU lounge. Might still be some chatter on it?

I did look it up after that out of curiosity. Seemed like people liked it (reviews) but mostly I remember that the one I saw didn’t work with a transport chair.

Hope that helps in some way.

[Maraya1969]

3. Er....I believe that was me. I'm still trying to get information so I decided to come to the lounge

I posted in Chronic health forums.

[soothsayer]

5. Ha, rats

[csziggy]

6. No, but my question is how do you get in and out of one?

I used a wheelchair some while in a rehab facility after my knee replacements. A regular wheelchair was hard enough to negotiate in and out and I was not fully reliant on it.

Both the one shown here and the notawheelchair shown the other day could be difficult to deal with as far as I am concerned, maybe because I have lost most of the strength in my arms and hands.

[Maraya1969]

12. I believe he may need some help getting in and out of it. But what makes it seem so cool to me

is he could ride down the road, on the sidewalk I suppose faster than if he was in his regular electric wheelchair and I think holding onto it like it was a motorcycle would be fun I would think. They seem like they would be easier to maneuver, except you can't go backward.

[csziggy]

18. A regular mobility scooter would do the same

Without the problems with transferring in and out. The one linked below is nice, but would have clearance problems if the operator wanted to go over rougher ground. The same place has scooters with large wheels and more clearance for less than the one linked.

Before my knee replacements I bought a mobility scooter off Craigslist. I was scheduled to go to a seminar and knew how far the walking would be and that I could not do it. I could have rented one for the week, but the one on Criagslist sold for less than a week's rental. The man I bought it from was wheelchair bound and could easily transfer from the wheelchair for indoors to the scooter for outside.

After the seminar I used it to go to the Audubon sanctuary at Corkscrew Swamp - it handled everything but the rougher dirt paths well. That's why I'd recommend a higher clearance - the standard wheels are small and can't handle much.

If your relative (?) has any kind of disability definition, they may be able to get a mobility scooter - I don't know how the Canadian health system works for that kind of thing. The man I bought my scooter from got his on Medicare. They had upgraded his scooter but since his old one was years old, they did not want it back - that's why he was able to sell it.


Another advantage of a mobility scooter - it can reverse and is very maneuverable.

[ismnotwasm]

7. My husband uses a regular electric wheelchair for his MS. It's a good four wheel one.

BUT my SIL modified their bicycles with similar engines and they can go 30 miles an hour, not street legal of course


Showed this to my husband and he doesn’t think it’s worth it.

[ornotna]

8. I'd be worried about the wheelchair

Is it rated for those speeds for an extended amount of time.

[MerryBlooms]

9. I have one client full-time electric

wheelchair. With his damage, there is no way he could get in and out without me transferring him. Second, no way in his small place, that machine would work.

The first thing I'd consider with that machine is client ability, second would be home space to maneuver.

[Maraya1969]

13. Yea, and I'm having a bit of a problem getting his parents to make sure everything is OK. But

one of his other cousins tried to make one several years ago but couldn't swing it and he was real excited when I brought up the prospect of getting him one.

And they are just going to have to figure out a way to make it work. Unfortunately I cannot travel to Canada right now so I can't help that way. That's why I've been asking around.

He is still a young guy and I think that since they live close to the city it might open up some worlds to him. But maybe I am a dreamer.

[bottomofthehill]

10. Keep you from having to touch the wheels in COVID times

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it may look odd, but could cut down your exposure to virus and bacteria.

[Maraya1969]

14. gtom? I won't be there. I live in the states and they are in Canada

[bottomofthehill]

19. Fat thumb mistake

Should read from

[KY_EnviroGuy]

11. Not something I'm familiar with but a few points to consider....

* Wheel base (front-to-back) is quite long so it might be impossible to maneuver in some homes. I had friends that could not get all the way through their house with a regular wheel chair.

* I would want a trial period on anything that expensive and "iffy" so it can be returned with no penalty in case it does not work out. Return shipping cost for something of that size can be quite high.

* Ask the companies what the replacement cost is for the battery and if it is user replaceable.

* If the battery goes dead, it could be difficult to move the chair any distance.

* This would not be usable for most persons for transferring themselves onto a toilet.

* How would one person maneuver this thing through a closed doorway?

* I would not purchase any device like this without access to lots of customer reviews like those we see on Amazon. That's where the bad aspects of products usually get flagged.

Hope that helps. Sorry if I appear negative but I'm a techie type and a natural skeptic.

KY

[Maraya1969]

15. Thank you. That is why I am asking questions. And I've been to Amazon and read the reviews.

Most seem positive for the ones that I was looking at. And I can't find much of a difference between the expensive ones and the less expensive ones.

[KewlKat]

17. CHECK OUT THE QUAD at the link below

https://www.electricwheelchairsusa.com/products/rmb-e-quad-powerful-4-wheel-mobility-scooter

I think you're looking for something he can use to get away on his own...not in the house, correct?

It's more expensive, but maybe we could do a fund raiser or something?