Wheelchairs and Toy Haulers

ndrorder wrote:
Cool video. We looked into accessible travel trailers a while back for the MIL. Dune Sport in Mesa looked great, but MIL never pulled trigger to know actual price and availability. I found the link again by googling ADA Toy Hauler.

https://dunesport.com/toyhauler_handicap_accessible.php

Thanks, I looked at the site and I like the room. Don't care about the beds in the back as I will need a small work bench and room for my Blokarts.
I was just out there visiting my son in Coolidge/Casa Grande. Now I have another reason to visit.

smarty wrote:
Are you planning on purchasing a toy hauler with a chair lift?

No, I would use the back ramp or look to a tommy lift type. I have thought about a small single track ramp that could fold up on the side to the 30" door. similar to many ramps in public. Very doable.

dedmiston wrote:
Hi Webb Dawg,

Welcome to the forum.

That's going to be a tricky order, but not impossible.

I assume you would need a bumper pull instead of a fifth wheel, because the fifth wheels all have an upstairs and a downstairs.

Do you travel alone or with a companion? The ramps are all very heavy and the leverage to lift them is high off the ground (over my head standing up). Would you plan to use the ramp for your chair? If so, you'd definitely need to customize it somehow to get over the lip off from the ground to the ramp and then to get across the gap between the top edge of the ramp and the garage.

That video is pretty badass. Where was that?

I don't have any wisdom for you other than my 16 years of toy hauler ownership as an able bodied guy (unless clumsy is a disability). We have another forum here that have some good info. It's kind of a slow forum without tons of posts, but there might be something helpful there or at least people would be good about responding to any questions:

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I'd love to hear more about your boat-cart thing (land yacht?). How long have you been doing that?

I hope you find some help here. You're asking the right questions.

Thanks all for the responses. I checked out the disabled forum first but found nothing really. Most people with placards today are just aging and can get around just fine. I hate seeing these snobirds with the big dualllies parked in handicap spots taking up the lift/ramp access.

Anyway, I've been a paraplegic for 22 years and am now 62. I've been sailing and racing sailboats all my life. After my injury I heard about the blokart, which uses a hand steering yoke where as most land sailers have foot steering. I was hooked. Going 50 knts is way more fun than 5 knots. Here is the factory website.
https://blokart.com/
My video is at Ivanpah near the Primm resorts. But here are more and some of me on my boat. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCujoGJLdmZodqf67iL36TIA/videos

I travel alone lots but a trailer is a different animal. So yea I probably would have someone with me but maybe not for short trips to El Mirage or Ivanpah. I live in the Oxnard/Ventura area. If you guys know any dealers that might have stuff to look at in the LA area, let me know.

Thaks