Lift Helps With Getting Back In The Driver’s Seat

Lift Helps With Getting Back In The Driver’s Seat MISCELLANEOUS EQUIPMENT Handicapped Equipment Life Essentials of Wolcott Ind wants to help farmers who have a loss of mobility with lift chairs designed specifically for tasks typical in farming LifeLyfts™ makes easy-to-use equipment like platform lifts for tractors combines and most off-road equipment The goal is to help people access farm logging and tillage equipment quickly and safely The Pilot Lift can help you transfer from a wheelchair to the seat on the lift and the powered lift moves to the operator seat and then to the equipment The Pilot lift and hand controls mount onto the equipment It’s powder-coated comes with radio remote controls and has a lift capacity of 375 lbs The portable lifts are fully mechanical both vertically and horizontally with a two-part mechanical arm for tractor cabs Life Essentials says they use a 5/16-in wall steel tube with a #50 chain drive with breakaway safety features Life Essentials has been in business for over 35 years helping people with mobility impairments regain their independence Through the years lift designs have evolved to meet farmer needs as equipment sizes changed One testimonial on the company website tells the story of Alan who had to quit farming because of a disability His wife Vicki wrote to the company saying “Alan combined for the first time in many years In fact he was so overjoyed that he overdid it ” Alan and Vicki’s sons who farm with him had to pry him out of the combine that first day Contact: FARM Show Followup LifeLyfts™ by Life Essentials 5364 S U S 231 Wolcott Ind 47995 ph 765-563-3158; sales@lifelyfts com; www lifelyfts com

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