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[whitt]

Hi everyone my name is terry and i don't have a spinal cord injury but i am an above the knee amputee, i have a prosthesis but i can't wear it because my right leg is in poor shape (the good leg) i can drive and i have a car but i haven't figured out how to get my wheelchair in and out of the car (either back seat or trunk) while balancing on crutches and trying to wrestle with the wheelchair, 1 false move and i am on the ground without the ability to get back up because my right leg is too weak to lift me up from the ground,so i have my sister take me to doctors appointments and such which puts a lot on her shoulders, if i could figure out a fairly safe way to handle the wheelchair i could be more self sufficient, is there anybody out there with similar conditions? does anybody have any ideas that could help me?ant ideas would be greatly appreciated.

[russ1]

Most of us use a variation on that theme.....

[KayDub]

russ1, on 08 January 2012 - 04:50 PM, said:

Most of us use a variation on that theme.....

Thanks for that video! It's exactly what I do except I haven't made adjustments to the driver's seat. I now see how that will help when I want to put me chair in the backseat and not just beside me. Eureka!

[wheelie182]

I notice a lot of people seem to flip the chair up like that and then let it bang down as they take the wheels off. I find it works much better to have the chair lean on the sill.

Edited by wheelie182, 08 January 2012 - 06:23 PM.

[russ1]

Thanks for that video! It's exactly what I do except I haven't made adjustments to the driver's seat. I now see how that will help when I want to put me chair in the backseat and not just beside me. Eureka!
[/quote]

Electric Memory Seats - wouldn't drive a car without them now! One setting for driving, another for getting chair in/out. One of my cars I get both feet in and brace my shoulder against the door pillar as I lean out to dissemble/assemble the chair, the other I have one foot in one foot out as it stabilises me as the door is much bigger (2 door) and I can't brace against the door pillar.

Russ

Edited by russ1, 08 January 2012 - 06:37 PM.

[Ches]

wheelie182, on 08 January 2012 - 06:23 PM, said:

I notice a lot of people seem to flip the chair up like that and then let it bang down as they take the wheels off. I find it works much better to have the chair lean on the sill.

My chair takes a beating, putting it together is way worse than taking it apart! Im so glad I didnt pay extra for a polished finish!

russ1, on 08 January 2012 - 06:34 PM, said:

Electric Memory Seats - wouldn't drive a car without them now!

Amen to that!

[Quad65]

It's not possible now, but years ago when cars had bench seats in front instead of bucket-seats with a console between them, many paras used to transfer in on the passenger side. Then they'd slide over a bit and break down the chair and pull it into the passenger section of the front seat before they slid over behind the wheel. I'm talking about the mid-60s to the 70s.