Thread: Using ramps? - WheelchairJunkie.com Message Board

Ohhhh I miss the suburbs so much!!! And SOUTHLAND even more lol. Dandi was a drag, saw the surgeon (nice guy by the way) and am on the list for my next op - yay NOT!! Mary and Warren (from the place I got the chair) came out and did some tweaking so it's running much better now. The factory settings for speed levels were not right but it's ok now. Went into Melb last Thursday coz I had to go out Paraquad and it was easy peasy,...

Pottaroo, based on your description, it sounds like the ramp transition (where the bottom of the ramp meets the flat ground), was too steep. When a ramp transition is too steep, the front casters raise to their limits, then the drive wheels lose traction -- and the wet weather likely exacerbated the issue, as well. Thank you.

Hi Judi, Now you tell me about the wrong end of the carriage!!! I Do not know you can manoover a scooter in that small space---very impressive. I am in Ormond, lived there for ever, so we have probably traveled over the same roads. Good luck at Dandi Hospital, hate that place. Have fun with Mary next week, has she helped you before,I owe her my freedom. 28deg. down here for the next few days --too hot for the end of spring! Good luck if you...

Hi Pataroo, I had trouble controlling my chair, it's a 4000R, because the program is set for a delay before it activates in turns to right and left, and then it would come on like gang busters. This caused me to wobble back and fourth trying to regain straight line motion. I used to run into door frames and so on. I had my DME cut the delay OUT. And no more trouble. Mark has it right about using a slower down speed its just good sense to...