Getting a wheelchair into a car (view report contents)
Which type?
There are buying guides for particular types of equipment throughout
this report. This flowchart may help you decide which type of equipment
may suit you. Below there are illustrations of the various types.
Wheelchair accessible vehicle (WAV)
- means you can stay in your wheelchair as a passenger or driver
Rear hoist
- helps lift a wheelchair into the boot.
Wheelchair trailer
- good for smaller cars, or bigger wheelchairs or scooters.
Portable ramp
- can hook on the back of a vehicle
Rooftop hoist
- can take a wheelchair from the street and put it on the roof automatically
Racks and containers
- mean you've still got space inside
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
