| There are many different types of wheel chair | | | | wheelchair accessible, there are several options |
| accessible vans available in the market today, but the | | | | available for wheelchair vans and these include folding |
| most important considerations that you need to keep | | | | ramps whether they be manual or motorized, sliding |
| in mind before slapping any money on the table should | | | | ramps that are hidden in the floor of the van and even |
| be not only the size of the wheelchair that you will be | | | | rear entry folding ramps. All of these are an excellent |
| using but also the means by which you be getting it | | | | addition to wheelchair accessible vans as they make |
| into the van. Different types of vans have different | | | | life much easier for the person on the wheel chair and |
| levels of access: from portable ramps, to those that | | | | those around them. Platform lifts can also be added to |
| lower the floor all the way, to even power lifts that | | | | any van so that the wheelchair and its occupant can |
| actually pick up the chair. But if the vans that have | | | | be lowered and raised from the inside of the vehicle to |
| these types of improvements already installed prove | | | | the ground. There are several types of platform lifts |
| too much for your pocketbook, know that there are | | | | and these include mono and double arm lifts to choose |
| other simpler and less expensive modifications that | | | | from as well as under body lifts. The mono arm is |
| can be made to standard vans for you to enjoy | | | | preferred for private vehicles because they can fit in |
| hassle free entry and exit. So what are your options? | | | | better while the other two are more for minibuses and |
| These changes include stiffening the suspension of the | | | | buses. |
| vehicle to allow for additional weight to be carried with | | | | Wheelchair accessible vans make movement and |
| ease. The floor of the van could also be removed and | | | | overall transportation that much easier for the person |
| the front seats adjusted accordingly to give the | | | | using the wheelchair, but they shouldn't have to cost |
| wheelchair and the person on it more room to | | | | you an arm and leg just to get them. Keep in mind that |
| maneuver. Furthermore a turning seat could also be | | | | simple additions like that of the folding or sliding ramp |
| added on as this will make it that much easier for a | | | | perform the same basic tasks that more expensive |
| wheel chair to be manipulated. When it comes to | | | | ones do but at a much lower price, plus they can |
| ramps, which by the way is one of the best ways to | | | | make almost any vehicle wheelchair ready. |
| save money and at the same time make any van | | | | |