Hello,
I live in Toronto and I was looking for handicap vans.
I need to know how much the rental cost is and where I can find one.
Can anyone please help me.
There is a company called Wheelchair Getaways that rents 2wd vans around the country, they are usually mini vans.
As far as I know there are no 4wd wheelchair vans for rent, including the Disabled Explorers Sportmobile, well until I my $75K loan paid off
Red Crocs,
Well thanks for the comments but there are a few things you should be aware of...
As far as my research has show it is very tough to lower the floor of a 4wd van, if you have any examples that have held up to tough off road driving it would be great to see them and get the info out to others.
Also when I looked into the cost of lowering the floor it would add around $10,000 to the build and Sportsmobile wasn't sure if any of their other mods would work. I work as an ICU RN to be the primary funder of Disabled Explorers, there are only so many dollars to work with.
Matter of fact without the support of Sportmobile West and Alan & Lis personally the project would not have happened at all. The other company that supported the project like Equipt/National Luna, ARB, Nitto, Atlas and more (see our website) were beyond gracious.
Chris is not the main driver, but a great volunteer. And just so you know me doesn't drive from his chair in his own 4wd rig. Matter of fact most manual chair users I have met don't drive from their chairs...most power chair users do.
The Sportsmobile WAVE (wheelchair accessible van for expeditions) was designed by me to reach as wide an audience as possible, strokes/amputees/paras/incomplete quads/MS/MD and more.
When a person wants their own rig they can design it to suit them, in my case I am trying to just get people out there.
Not trying to be harsh, it has been a tough year paying for it (thanks to those who have donated as every dollar helps), it is good to hear comments and learn new things, just thought you should be aware of the details that went into the design.