Me too. I have the back-up steering. Bobbie Smile Everyday
> On Mar 30, 2015, at 12:40 PM, Larry Willis <lwillis82...@gmail.com> wrote: > > The van I have now, a Ford E150, has backup steering and brakes, a switch and > button mounted on the door. I don't know if they actually work as I have > never had to use them. They do come on when pressed, so that's a good sign. > Hope I never need them. > > Larry Willis > Retired and proud of it > > > Begin forwarded message: > >> Resent-From: quad-list@eskimo.com >> From: diannal...@aol.com >> Date: March 30, 2015 at 11:38:39 AM EDT >> To: r.pra...@sbcglobal.net, quad-list@eskimo.com >> Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] Cushions >> >> 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 <r.pra...@sbcglobal.net> >> To: Quad-list Post <quad-list@eskimo.com> >> 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 <poaj...@sbcglobal.net> 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: lwillis...@yahoo.com [mailto:lwillis...@yahoo.com] >> Sent: Sunday, March 29, 2015 10:17 AM >> To: quad-list@eskimo.com >> 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: quad-list@eskimo.com >> From: Larry Willis < lwillis82...@gmail.com> >> Date: March 28, 2015 at 10:34:02 PM EDT >> To: quad-list@eskimo.com >> 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: quad-list@eskimo.com >> From: RONALD L PRACHT < r.pra...@sbcglobal.net> >> Date: March 28, 2015 at 8:53:11 PM EDT >> To: Quad-list Post < quad-list@eskimo.com> >> Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] Cushions >> Reply-To: RONALD L PRACHT < r.pra...@sbcglobal.net> >> 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 <lwillis82...@gmail.com> >> 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 >> >> >>
