Getting a wheelchair into a car (view report contents)
Buying guide
If you drive and want to travel independently you can use any hoist that fits your car and is strong enough to lift your wheelchair or scooter. You need to have enough strength and dexterity to operate it and need to be able to walk round the car and get into the driving seat. Use the What to look for checklist and the summaries to help find a hoist that suits you.
If you can’t walk around the car and if you have a folding manual chair, consider a hoist which allows you to transfer into the car before stowing your chair – either a rooftop hoist , or one you can use to put a wheelchair into the back seat area, or even into the boot (see Transferring first section).
Report Contents
Introduction
Which
type?
Wheelchair
hoists
- Using the hoists
- Travelling with a hoist
- Installation, safety and maintenance
- Transferring first
- Wheelchair/scooter lift
- Using a hoist for a manual chair – a pictorial guide
- Buying guide
- What to Look for Checklist
- Adaptacar Wheelchair Hoist
- Autochair Mini Hoist 100kg
- Autochair Mini Hoist 150kg
- Autochair Mini Hoist 30kg
- Brig Ayd 30 Kg Hoist
- Brig Ayd Jib Hoist 100
- Brig Ayd Jib Hoist 150
- Brig Ayd Telescopic Hoist
- BR Mobility Boomerang Hoist
- Bruno/Carolift ASL-450
- Bruno/Carolift ASL-325
- Bruno/Carolift ASL-350
- Bruno/Carolift AWL 100
- Bruno/Carolift AWL- 150
- Bruno/Carolift VS- 570
- Bruno/Carolift VSL-620
- Bruno/Carolift VSL-672
- Bruno/Carolift VSL-692
- Carolift 140
- Carolift 90
- EasyLoader
- Electric Mobility Euro Bootlift
- Gosling Lightweight Hoist
- KC Mobility Wheelchair Hoist
- Pride Hercules 3000
- Techmo Maxi Hoist
- Techmo Midi Hoist
- Techmo Mini-Hoist
- Autochair automatic hoist
- Cowal GZ-91
- Gentle Giant Automatic Cartop Wheelchair Hoist
- Wymo rooftop stowage hoist
Other
ways of carrying a wheelchair
Racks
and containers
Buying
guide
Ramps
Finance
Helpful
organisations
Mobility
Centres
Suppliers
