Greetings,
It is now time to ask of you a question that has recently confronted me.
Years ago, I purchased a Trans-Aid Personal Lift with Manual Crank handle.
I suspect because of recent that many or most may not know what I am
talking about because, Trans-Aid was not popular compared to the Hoyer Lift in
the private and public sector. The Trans-Aid Lift was chromed, with a C
base, an almost vertical boom with an extending arm that was lowered or raised
as you cranked the handle. Attached to the arm was a 4 point hitch, chains
and the netted carrier. For traveling purposes the boom came out for easy
travel and made the lift portable. This lift has sat in our basement for 10
years without being used. Trans-Aid, was sold to Guardian Medical and
then sold to Sunrise Medical and finally a couple of years ago to Medline
Medical. This lift was probably 1st or 2nd generation of personal lifts back
then. Who would want such a lift today? I mean, the design of this lift
went hydraulic a decade ago before the battery operated lifts of today.
About 3 weeks ago, someone frantic using the internet wanted such a lift,
by Name, Model and Style. They had been trying for several months to get one
of these lifts, for their personal lifts and none were to be found. This
party did have one of their own, but after time.. it was failing and they
didn't want any fancy hydraulic or motorized personal lift. Upon reading the
plea, I realized that I had exactly what the person needed, so I contact
them. Another Quad. I don't believe anyone from this list, but a Quad. They
wanted me to package this 75 pound lift to them without disassembling the
two pieces and ship it to them. They wanted me to protect this lift at any
cost as I have discovered, this is apparently the last one or the only one
on the planet and if it is damaged or broken during shipment, the carrier
would not be able to obtain another one.
My first issue is shipping this "one of a kind" lift in two pieces,
safely. Trk-Freight would cost around 500 dollars. And then what should I
charge
for a "one of a kind" personal lift.
Sorry for the book, but I thought I'd ask of the experts first.
Best Wishes
