Scooter Lifts

Now that you or a loved one have started to use a powered scooter to help you get around you may find yourself faced with the problem of getting your scooter from one place to another. These scooters are powered by batteries and as such tend to be relatively heavy. This can make it difficult for many people to lift them up into the trunk of a car or into the back or a van. Scooter lifts were created specifically for this purpose and can give a person the complete sense of freedom that they expected when they first bought their scooter. Scooter lifts come in wide variety of shapes and sizes to accommodate the many different styles of scooters that are currently on the market. More importantly than the fact that you can buy a lift that will fit the majority of scooters on the market is the fact that you can buy a lift to fit almost any car, truck or van on the road.

Thanks to the ever developing technologies being used, you no longer need a full size van to haul a scooter lift that weighs hundreds of pounds. Modern scooter lifts are made from lightweight aluminum and use small electric motors to power then instead if heavy steel frames and massive hydraulic systems. The newer lifts are light enough that if you own more than one vehicle, you can have a mount installed in each vehicle and switch the rest of the lift from one vehicle to the other quite easily. In fact with some of models it can be done by one person in a matter of minutes, There are two different styles of scooter lifts, those that are designed to store the scooter on the outside of the vehicle and those that are designed to let the person in the scooter ride his scooter into the vehicle and remain seated in it for the duration of the trip. Those that are designed to be used to help load the scooter and operator as one into position to roll inside the vehicle are generally made to hide away either inside or under the vehicle out of the way.

There are also lighter duty scooter lifts that are designed to lift only the weight of the scooter so that it can be rolled into the back of a truck or van (both full size and minivan). While not quite as heavy duty these units are designed to be folded out of the way when not in use and require only the push of a button to operate. All lifts are designed to make life as easy as possible for both the scooter operator and for anyone helping them. If you would like to learn more about scooter lifts or would like to schedule an appointment to have one installed on your vehicle, you should contact The Mobility Resource. With a large network of dealers they have resources to help you find the scooter lift that is best suited to your needs and the experienced technicians on hand to install it for you.