Adapted Car Sales & Hire
At Amvale Ltd, we only sell Adapted Car Sales & Hire, so we are experts in this field, having seen many different people in many different vehicles.
Adapted Car Sales & Hire encompass a range of vehicles that have been modified to allow access by individuals who are in wheelchairs. The typical modifications performed on a Adapted Car Sales & Hire are lowering the floor and adding a ramp so the chair can be rolled into the van or adding a powered lift that picks the chair up from ground level to the same level as the floor of the wheelchair accessible vehicles.
Adapted Car Sales & Hire Modifications
The general steps Adapted Car Sales & Hire manufacturers undergo to convert a vehicle differ greatly from one manufacturer to another. Most wheelchair accessible vehicles conversions involve the following:
- The floor is generally removed
- Front seating is modified to allow access from wheelchair
- Means of external access added. This is most often a ramp, lift, or turning seat
- Suspension stiffened to allow extra weight of power chairs / additional weight from conversion
- Gas tanks may be modified or replaced with custom models
- Adapted Car Sales & Hire is tested to ensure full operation
Adapted Car Sales & Hire Ramp
Ramp based modifications most commonly performed on Adapted Car Sales & Hire (citation needed). In order to provide usable headroom, the floor on the vehicle is lowered. In rear-entry configuration, floor is not lowered, but rather removed, and a composite or steel tub inserted.
- Folding Ramps (Both motorized and manual)
- Sliding Ramps hidden in floor
- Rear-entry with folding ramp.
Adapted Car Sales & Hire Platform lifts
Full size Adapted Car Sales & Hire require that lifts in the form of a platform that can be raised and lowered from inside the Adapted Car Sales & Hire down to the ground outside. There are many types of lifts available on the market. Mono-arm lifts, double-arm lifts and underbody lifts. Double-arm and underbody lifts are best-able for bigger Adapted Car Sales & Hire such as minibuses or buses used for public transport. They have a bigger platform and higher load capacity so they are suitable even for heavy electric wheelchairs with a heavy occupant (more than 300 Kg. in all). A mono-arm Lift is preferable for private transport because it can fit smaller Adapted Car Sales & Hire. A mono-arm lift is lighter and smaller than the other ones and it ensures a clear view when it's installaed in the back of the car. Moreover mono-arm lifts are preferable for the side-door installation because they are thinner than a double-arm.
Adapted Car Sales & Hire Other Types
Crane type lifts are combined with seats that turn and lower to the ground as a means of providing wheelchair access to some types of wheelchair accessible vehicles.
Rear-entry conversions provide easy ingress and egress for attended applications. They are different from side-entry conversions in that the wheelchair occupant is not driving vehicle, but rather is riding as a passenger. The conversion is very simple and does not carry the complicated engineering and electronics typically found in a side-entry conversion. As a result, they are very well suited for commercial and heavy-cycle applications (i.e.-taxi, non-emergency ambulance, paratransit, assisted living, and dial-a-ride) and geographic areas prone to vehicle corrosion from salt and chloride usage on highways in winter seasons.
