1,500 is average price for a Dana 60 kingpin axle with 4.56 gears to most people? Having problems finding cheaper.
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What happened to the d60 plans? I would not give $100 for a stock10b.
Ignore that lost my mind for a moment.
I've sold them for higher here in Texas.
Around here in Iowa it rnges from about $700- $1800.
$700 is rare and $1800 usually gets you the matching 14b. Which are usually $150 around here.
So $1500 if it's decent...?. Yeah if it's all you can get.
$700 is rare and $1800 usually gets you the matching 14b. Which are usually $150 around here.
So $1500 if it's decent...?. Yeah if it's all you can get.
Thanks for the feedback on pricing
Getting the lift installed in the back for my chair, and the steering effort reduced so my cripple self can turn the wheel. The steering gear box is not currently attached when they're done a infant will be able to turn the steering wheel.
I am curious, are you still able to move from the tailgate to the driver's seat after loading your chair?
So I have a unique spinal cord injury where I have "some" use of my legs as long as I can hold on to something. On the side of the truck is going to be a 1" dia pipe bolted on for me to hold on to, so I can shuffle to the front and back. It may all be for nothing and I might have to rely on assistance from others but I have to try.
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Love that attitude! Way to stay positive!
I think I have told this before. Several years ago, my partner and I had a contract to rewire the telemetry on the 5th floor of the Shepard Center in Atlanta.
You do not ever want to go to this place. But, if you need it, its the best I have ever seen. As far as I know, they deal exclusively with neck and spinal cord injuries.
My partner had been there before, but I had not and had no idea what they did there. We parked in the parking structure, and started in the door. We were looking straight down a long hallway.
Going some of the places I have gone, and hanging out in various swamps, I have seen some spooky things. This beat them all.
Heading down the hall away from us was some kind of gurney/bed thing. It had normal gurney sized wheels on the back, and wheelchair type wheels on the front. That did not bother me. There was obviously not any one on it, the sheet on top was flat.
And the fact it seemed to be navigating down the hall by its self was fine, I would just figure it was following some kind of track or wire in the floor.
What made the hair stand up on the back of my neck, and made me want to go back to the car and get my rifle was the power source.
There were two human looking arms sticking out the sides of this thing up towards the front and they were grabbing and wheeling it down the hall using the wheelchair wheels.
No head, no feet, no body, just two arms.
I stopped, pointed, and asked my friend if he saw that. He looked disgusted and said don't point. I said, don't point?? I want my gun!
He shook his head and kept walking. I did too, but I headed toward the specter, or whatever the heck it was. The closer I got, the worse it looked. I could see the muscles working in the "arms", and they even had hair.
Like I said, the surface of the bed was flat, no way there was anyone under the sheet.
It was making good time down the hall, but my hip was not bad yet, so I was faster.
Finally I got to where I could see the front. And was very relieved to see a smiling head sticking out front.
The guy was laying in a sort of trough below where you would expect the surface of the bed to be, and there was a cutout for his arms on the side. Below his head was a framework.
I followed him a ways, and he hung a left into the lunchroom.
It was setup for situations like his. He rolled along, put a tray on the framework in front, grabbed plates, and what he wanted to eat as he went.
When he was through, he had his lunch right in front of him, at just the right height to use the regular utensils and eat normally.
It was obvious that a lot of thought had gone into that setup. I found out later, that mostly it was for folks who had had surgery and could not sit up for a while until things healed.
I saw lots of innovative things those three days it took to do the job. Plenty of them in the hospital, but many in the parking structure. One of the best, I wanted to see better but did not get the chance.
I was getting in my car, when a guy came wheeling up to a dark pickup truck in a chair. The truck might have even been a Chevy, don't remember at this late date.
He hit a button on a remote, and the driver's side door opened. Then a crane arm raised up out of the bed where it was attached right behind the driver side of the cab. It swung over, and he hooked a cable to his chair.
It raised him up, and swung farther towards the front of the truck. Putting him right in the side of the driver side doorway. He was basically up against the side of the driver's seat facing into the truck.
Reached up, grabbed something, and swung into the seat. Made it look easy.
Then, the arm swung back, lifted the chair higher, and put it in the bed of the truck.
I think it lowered down and clamped down on the chair, but I was too far away to tell.
His door closed, not sure if it did under power or he did it, the truck cranked up, and he was gone.
It was obvious he was in a hurry, or I would have gone over and admired the system. It was a nice setup.
You do not ever want to go to this place. But, if you need it, its the best I have ever seen. As far as I know, they deal exclusively with neck and spinal cord injuries.
My partner had been there before, but I had not and had no idea what they did there. We parked in the parking structure, and started in the door. We were looking straight down a long hallway.
Going some of the places I have gone, and hanging out in various swamps, I have seen some spooky things. This beat them all.
Heading down the hall away from us was some kind of gurney/bed thing. It had normal gurney sized wheels on the back, and wheelchair type wheels on the front. That did not bother me. There was obviously not any one on it, the sheet on top was flat.
And the fact it seemed to be navigating down the hall by its self was fine, I would just figure it was following some kind of track or wire in the floor.
What made the hair stand up on the back of my neck, and made me want to go back to the car and get my rifle was the power source.
There were two human looking arms sticking out the sides of this thing up towards the front and they were grabbing and wheeling it down the hall using the wheelchair wheels.
No head, no feet, no body, just two arms.
I stopped, pointed, and asked my friend if he saw that. He looked disgusted and said don't point. I said, don't point?? I want my gun!
He shook his head and kept walking. I did too, but I headed toward the specter, or whatever the heck it was. The closer I got, the worse it looked. I could see the muscles working in the "arms", and they even had hair.
Like I said, the surface of the bed was flat, no way there was anyone under the sheet.
It was making good time down the hall, but my hip was not bad yet, so I was faster.
Finally I got to where I could see the front. And was very relieved to see a smiling head sticking out front.
The guy was laying in a sort of trough below where you would expect the surface of the bed to be, and there was a cutout for his arms on the side. Below his head was a framework.
I followed him a ways, and he hung a left into the lunchroom.
It was setup for situations like his. He rolled along, put a tray on the framework in front, grabbed plates, and what he wanted to eat as he went.
When he was through, he had his lunch right in front of him, at just the right height to use the regular utensils and eat normally.
It was obvious that a lot of thought had gone into that setup. I found out later, that mostly it was for folks who had had surgery and could not sit up for a while until things healed.
I saw lots of innovative things those three days it took to do the job. Plenty of them in the hospital, but many in the parking structure. One of the best, I wanted to see better but did not get the chance.
I was getting in my car, when a guy came wheeling up to a dark pickup truck in a chair. The truck might have even been a Chevy, don't remember at this late date.
He hit a button on a remote, and the driver's side door opened. Then a crane arm raised up out of the bed where it was attached right behind the driver side of the cab. It swung over, and he hooked a cable to his chair.
It raised him up, and swung farther towards the front of the truck. Putting him right in the side of the driver side doorway. He was basically up against the side of the driver's seat facing into the truck.
Reached up, grabbed something, and swung into the seat. Made it look easy.
Then, the arm swung back, lifted the chair higher, and put it in the bed of the truck.
I think it lowered down and clamped down on the chair, but I was too far away to tell.
His door closed, not sure if it did under power or he did it, the truck cranked up, and he was gone.
It was obvious he was in a hurry, or I would have gone over and admired the system. It was a nice setup.
I wondered from another thread, can your chair lift be used to lift the spare tire?
Haha yea those gurney "wheelchairs " are a trip. Generally they are given to people who cannot lay on their back side either because of surgery or wounds that won't heal due to pressure. Being in the spinal cord injury Community really exposes you to trials and tribulations that most people never even consider. Luckily the adaptive resources for automobiles is pretty dang big and some people who are very mechanically inclined have come up with some great ideas.
A sense of humor and some determination is necessary when you have injury like this. If not life is going to be long and miserable.
Thank you I'm going to check it out shortly.
That is a pretty damn good idea. The lift they installed can pick up a 500 pound wheelchair so there's no reason y
it couldn't handle a 35 in tire
I have seen a wheelchair lift from a van get converted into a front end loader for a garden tractor before,and it didn't require all that much modification ..
If that isn't enough, you can install a special roof rack with a track type suspender system to support your weight while you move along the pipe. Obviously, you would prefer to support your weight as naturally as possible. I am a mechanical engineer and love seeing unique solutions.
