Accessible Vans For Sale
November 12, 2007
The luxury of having a healthy body is often overlooked. Simple activities like moving around the house, getting dressed, taking a bath, or going to the grocery store can be quite challenging for physically disabled individuals. Even getting in and out of a vehicle is a chore, and requires assistance. As technology is constantly advancing, people are discovering new avenues, which will improve the lives of physically disabled people. Adaptive Mobility Systems is using its resources to assist men, women, and children that are wheelchair bound. AMS Vans offers wheelchair accessible vans for sale, offering access to the road, to the community, and to the amenities that most people take for granted.
Currently, the wheelchair accessible vehicles for sale on the market include vehicles encompassing a wide range of makes and models that have been customized and modified to create access to wheelchair-bound passengers.
Modifications to a van include lowering the floor and either adding a ramp for the wheelchair or adding a powered lift that picks the chair up from the ground and lifts it to the same level as the floor of the van. The van conversion process is intense and is completed with extreme care. AMS Vans has a range of safe wheelchair accessible vans for sale for personal use or for institutions that look after physically disabled people.
While the general steps taken by specific manufacturers to convert vans into wheelchair accessible vehicles differ, some changes that are generally included in all conversions are as follows:
- The floor of the van is removed.
- The front seating is modified, which gives the wheelchair access to the front.
- A ramp, lift, turning seat or other means of external access is added.
- To allow for the extra weight from the power chairs and/or the conversion, the suspension on the van is stiffened.
- The gas tanks will either be modified or replaced with custom-made gas tanks.
- Finally, the vehicle is tested to ensure it works properly and operates safely.
The wheelchair accessible vans currently offered for sale, can either be a side or rear entry van conversion.
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