Yes - Thank you! I have seen those videos! My concerns would probably be answered if I could actually try it myself, but I am just not certain I will be able to lift the chair adequately to get it into my car, and it's a spendy little proposition if I can't! When I get closer to actually purchasing I am going to reach out to the company for sure. They seem like they are pretty chill, and I am looking seriously at adding several of the accessories that they sell right off the bat. I really do like everything I see about it; it just comes down to being able to load/unload by myself, and with my condition continuing to deteriorate, and nothing to be done to stop it... I have to think ahead a bit more
I'm (for the moment) still able to use my TravelScoot, (as well as load/unload it on my own) because it weighs 35 pounds without me. With the recent seat modifications we did, it's actually proving to be much more comfortable than I thought it might. I love Angus, and I'm going to try and hang on to him for as long as I can!
I have only rented an SUV once using my Fold and Go Wheelchair and I got lucky with the rental of an SUV with a flat rear entrance door that was level to the rear opening instead of a drop down like you might see in a car trunk.
I own the heavy duty version and I carried a bath towel with me and placed it sideways over the bumper and into the rear SUV area that I was loading into.
I closed the wheelchairs with the wheels facing the rear of the SUV area and up close to the bumper.
My plane was not to lift my wheelchair and put it directly in.
My plan was to lean against the wheelchair and rear of the SUV to lift the wheelchair from the bottom metal area and to get it half of the way up to a tipping point into the SUV.
The towel helped slide my wheelchair up and over the edge.
Once I reached the halfway point, my wheelchair tipped forward and it became much easier.
I still lifted the bottom of my wheelchair and with the wheels on the bottom, I was able to push and roll the wheelchair all of the way into the SUV with the help of the towel and wheelchair wheels.
Then I locked the rear wheels again and just folded the towel into the SUV.
I reversed the process when removing the wheelchair.
I don't like to do it often and that is why I like WDW. I can fly, use DME, and use WDW transportation without me lifting it.
I thought about buying a collapsible ramp, or rather two ramps to roll the closed wheelchair into the rear of a rental SUV.
Since the Fold and Go Wheelchair folds front to back instead of side to side like a manual wheelchair, I can use this advantage of the four wheels to roll it up and into the rear of the SUV.
At least that is my theory.
I am still waiting for the company to come out with a lift that they are designing. I don't know what it will look like or how it will work or much it will cost, but if it is made especially for their wheelchair, I am interested.
Anyway, it is far easier than taking apart a mobility
scooter, loading each piece and reversing the process and putting it together again.
My Fold and Go Wheelchair is all one piece. I don't even remove the joystick like I would on an Airline.
This isn't my photo, but this is just about what my heavy duty Fold and Go Wheelchair looks like when it is folded and rolled up to the bumper of an SUV. And I used a towel instead.
I would leave it in freewheel mode.
I would lift it using those cross bars between the two large rear wheels. So I had a good grib on the heavy part at the bar and I would lean against the wheelchair and SUV as I lifted and slid the wheelchair to a space between the front and rear wheels.
For me, this was the tipping point.
Then the front wheels are ready and positioned to roll forward automatically.
Then with less lifting and more pushing until the rear wheels touch the SUV floor until it is inside the SUV.
I lock the freewheels and push any protruding towel around the wheelchair and close the SUV rear door.
I reverse the procedure when I take it out.
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