Re: Power Wheelchairs - Bill>Pam

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Pam,

Go for it,girl! Anything that would improve equipment we need and be

cheaper is alright in my book! I will be anxiously waiting!

God bless,

Belinda

> Thanks for the warning on that, I'll pass that along to my friend.

He just

> got it new a few months ago so if there is a problem maybe he can

take it

> back. He really loves the tilt feature, before that he had a

Quickie P200

> for 6 or 7 years and loved it but that one doesn't have a tilt

feature.

>

> So when are you going to start up your own disability equipment

making

> business? Some friends from Texas were here visiting last month

and they

> were talking about needing to design a better trailer to haul their

power

> wheelchair. Someone in England had a great design but no interest

in

> marketing to the US so GAVE them the specs and they know someone

with a

> disabled relative who is an engineer who is going to build a

couple. We

> were saying it would be great if we could start up a non-profit

company to

> make these sorts of things and provide them more cheaply.

>

> Hugs,

> Pam

> Re: Power Wheelchairs - " Tenacity "

>

>

> Pam,

>

> A warning on the Quickie 626, they have had a problem with the

drive wheels

> breaking off and I do not know if they have reengineered it yet.

It is VERY

> expensive to fix. The problem is that they put large drive wheels

and a

> high

> initial torque motor on it which causes the drive pins in the

wheels to

> wring

> off. It also makes it a little jerky taking off. The Quickie 222

has a much

> better rating, so I would guess they fixed it on that chair - I

have not

> seen

> that particular chair, I have seen a 626 and the problem.

>

> Take care, Bill Werre

>

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