Ive had two situations in my van that were crazy.One time I pressed down on the
monarch hand control from a stop light and the accelerator got stuck at 85
percent throttle. The other time I was coming down a hill and the engine died,
the people that installed my hand controls never accounted for the engine being
off when you apply the brake using the hand control. Because I had to press
much harder because the engine died there wasn't enough travel for the control
and the control was hitting the dashboard and I couldn't stop. I quickly put
the emergency brake on, then pressed as hard as I could on the hand control
bending the plastic on the dash. I was able to get about 60 percent brake
control and the added help from the emergency brake to be able to top just
short of a pole. I mean only 20 feet to spare.
Ron
On Sunday, March 29, 2015 2:47 PM, Joan Anglin <[email protected]>
wrote:
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{}#yiv4360551755 WOW, and I thought that breaking my leg when my chair brakes
failed was traumatic! But here you are still contributing to this group, thank
goodness.Glad that you made it through what had to have been a miserable time
of your life. Joan From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Sunday, March 29, 2015 10:17 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Fwd: [QUAD-L] Cushions Back in the nineties I bought a brand new
Caravan, an IMS conversion. The tie-down was a floor-post with the latch on the
chair. In the first month it released me twice without cause. Fortunately I was
going slow and able to stop both times. Until.... On July 14 I backed out of my
parents drive. I pulled it into drive and pulled back on the accelerator. The
van lurched forward....and my tie-down released. The van picked up speed and I
went rolling helplessly to the back of the van. I left the road, jumped a
ditch, and hit a large tree head-on at 45 mph. I was thrown forward violently
and jammed under the dashboard. The van was totaled. It took EMT nearly three
hours to get me out. My chair was bent like a pretzel, my legs broke and knees
shattered, concussion and internal bleeding. The docs wanted to amputate my
legs but I refused. Today they stay bent and spastic and make me miserable. I
should have let them cut. Anyway, that's how I broke my legs.
Sent from my iPad
Begin forwarded message:
Resent-From: [email protected]
From: Larry Willis <[email protected]>
Date: March 28, 2015 at 10:34:02 PM EDT
To: [email protected]
Subject: Fwd: [QUAD-L] Cushions
Hit a tree in my van. I'll fill in the details tomorrow.
Larry WillisRetired and proud of it
Begin forwarded message:
Resent-From: [email protected]
From: RONALD L PRACHT <[email protected]>
Date: March 28, 2015 at 8:53:11 PM EDT
To: Quad-list Post <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] Cushions
Reply-To: RONALD L PRACHT <[email protected]>
How did you break your legs Larry? I would like to hear the
story............................. Ron On Saturday, March 28, 2015 7:37 PM,
Larry Willis <[email protected]> wrote: For the first 25 years of my quad
life I used a simple ten dollar inflatable cushion....or nothing. I never had
even a hint of a sore. Then I broke both legs and had to wear casts for six
months. The lousy things created awful sores on my heels, ankles, knees,
everywhere the cast touched with any pressure. It was like that opened the
floodgates. I have fought sores constantly since then. They simply will not
heal. I have three right now -- on my butt, hip, and ankle. Had them for over
five years. I have resigned to take them with me to the grave. I am near 63
years old; can't be that much longer.
Larry Willis
Retired and proud of it
