y'all are scaring me! the only back-up i have on my van is for the 0-effort
steering. it has a button to push should something happen to that for whatever
reason. should i have a back up system on hand controls or check the brand?
other than that, it's a 07 caravan with EZ-locks.
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
-----Original Message-----
From: RONALD L PRACHT <[email protected]>
To: Quad-list Post <[email protected]>
Sent: Sun, Mar 29, 2015 8:15 pm
Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] Cushions
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:
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.
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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 Willis
Retired 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
