mobility pimp
Posted: Sat May 02, 2015 9:53 am
I love my Freda, she's so adaptable! 
After discovering last year that I really can't manage a trailer by myself because I'm not strong enough to move it around on the ground, another solution had to be found for transporting my huge, heavy, off road mobility scooter. Finding ramps that would both fit in the van and be easy enough for me to manage alone proved impossible, and then I came across these amazing hoists - a hydraulic arm that will lift the scooter into the van! The guys from the mobility show room came out and measured my scooter, and PhoebeFreda and we discovers that by removing the rear gullwing seat, we could get the scooter in!
For anyone else with mobility problems who might be wondering if they can keep their bongo, here's the video the mobility company made: https://youtu.be/WkDz2mG3z4E - I've had it a couple of months now and have refined the technique so I can get the scooter in even more easily than he does here. As you can see there's still room for my handy little cupboard that my Dad built and the portaloo still fits too. I'll have to sleep on the front and middle seats instead, and I'm looking forward to my first camping trip (for an outing with the disabled ramblers: http://disabledramblers.co.uk ) later this week.
After discovering last year that I really can't manage a trailer by myself because I'm not strong enough to move it around on the ground, another solution had to be found for transporting my huge, heavy, off road mobility scooter. Finding ramps that would both fit in the van and be easy enough for me to manage alone proved impossible, and then I came across these amazing hoists - a hydraulic arm that will lift the scooter into the van! The guys from the mobility show room came out and measured my scooter, and PhoebeFreda and we discovers that by removing the rear gullwing seat, we could get the scooter in!For anyone else with mobility problems who might be wondering if they can keep their bongo, here's the video the mobility company made: https://youtu.be/WkDz2mG3z4E - I've had it a couple of months now and have refined the technique so I can get the scooter in even more easily than he does here. As you can see there's still room for my handy little cupboard that my Dad built and the portaloo still fits too. I'll have to sleep on the front and middle seats instead, and I'm looking forward to my first camping trip (for an outing with the disabled ramblers: http://disabledramblers.co.uk ) later this week.
