You might want to consider the EZ-Lock Slide-lock. This uses the same EZ Lock bracket on your powerchair, but the floor docking bracket is mounted on a track so it can be out of the way while you position your chair. Once you're in place hit a switch and the floor docking bracket slides on the track back under your chair and locks you down. I use this system in my Honda Element.
I've had my slide-lock system for 18 months with no problems. Only 2 small 'cons' I can think of: 1. the floor mounted slide-lock is a little higher profile, so if your footrests are low to the ground, as mine are, there can be a clearance problem. On my vehicle we put a half-inch thick aluminum plate under each wheelchair wheel to give me just enough clearance. 2. if you eat in your car [and what quad doesn't?] food and trash can fall down in the track and need to be cleaned out periodically. I just looked on the EZ-Lock Website and could not locate this product, so it may be another manufacturer. If you're interested in this product I can find out from my vehicle manufacturer who produces this Slide-lock. Don. ________________________________ From: Quadius <[email protected]> To: Mike Murach <[email protected]> Cc: Cullen <[email protected]>; [email protected] Sent: Mon, October 12, 2009 12:51:58 PM Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] permolock I am using a Chevy Uplander. My problem is that I am really tall and sit less than an inch from the top of the van when I am sitting fairly comfortable. I'm concerned about being able to maneuver into the van since my Ezlock sits back a little bit. Right now I'm driving an Invacare which has the ball in the rear under the two reardrive tires. My new chair, Permobile C-350, is also a rear drive system, but the front casters are quite a bit larger than my present set up and they also sit out wider. So I'm concerned that my casters will be all over the easy lock as I'm trying to maneuver in my wheelchair into position. This is complicated by the fact that I have a fold-down jump seat on the left side of the van, so I'm not able to go back as far as I normally would be able to. I guess the best thing to do is get the wheelchair and test the system out to see if I can get in and out fairly quickly. It took me awhile to learn how to maneuver using my present chair, which I have been in for more than 14 years now, so I might give it a little time before I pass judgment. Quadius On Sun, Oct 11, 2009 at 5:44 PM, Mike Murach <[email protected]> wrote: What type of van lift do you use with your Permobil? >Mike~ > >-----Original Message----- >From: Cullen [mailto:[email protected]] >Sent: Sunday, October 11, 2009 3:07 PM >To: Quadius >Cc: [email protected] >Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] permolock > >Quadius > >I have permolock mounted on the passenger side . I use chin control and it is >not that hard to move into. The unit does take the slack out of the >suspension, the wheelchair is extremly stable and hardly moves at all. One of >the main reasons I chose perolock is that the pin that is attached to to my >chair retracts and leaves the full clearance under the chair. My dealer tried >to discourage me from getting the permolock, I'm glad I did not listen. > >Cullen >C2/3 > > >--- On Sat, 10/10/09, Quadius <[email protected]> wrote: > >From: Quadius <[email protected]> >Subject: [QUAD-L] permolock >To: "quad-list" <[email protected]> >Date: Saturday, October 10, 2009, 11:09 PM > I would like to hear from anyone having a permolock, but what I'm trying to >find out is the following: >Does this thing work well from the passenger side? (The manager of the shop >that has done my work tells me it is extremely difficult to get into, is this >true?) > >Does this system take the slack out of the suspension on the wheelchair? > >Is anyone using an ezlock with a Permobile? >If so, does the wheelchair bounce around a lot? > >I presently have an ezlock already in my vehicle, but I don't want to install >the bracket on the new wheelchair if I'd really don't want to use it later on. > >I look forward to your feedback. >Quadius >PS I'm still waiting on some modifications to my wheelchair, but I am hopeful >I will have it shortly. I know it's taken an unbelievably long time, but >there have been so many things go wrong with the process but I think it can >only be my bad luck. > >__________________________________________________ >Do You Yahoo!? >Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around >http://mail.yahoo.com
