Hi This is me and my partner Amy.  I love to get out of the house and enjoy nature but like many  others who use a wheelchair…I’m limited in where I can go.  Wheelchair casters don’t travel well over grass, sand, crushed or loose rock, twig or woody areas…well pretty much anywhere that isn’t a paved or dry hard packed surface.

I was considering saving up for an all terrain wheelchair such as the CrossFire or Trekinetic both of which are very expensive.  In searching for less costly all terrain chairs I came across this invention.

He has a few videos about this too, what it is an wheel that attaches to the foot plate of your existing wheelchair  turning it into an all terrain chair.

Rather than  $2000.00 + for a chair, this little invention is $499.99 plus shipping and handling.  Far less costly and can be put on any other future wheelchair.

Check out the Video:

Here is the Website and Info:

http://gofreewheel.blogspot.com/

To get your own FreeWheel and Perch contact: pat@gofreewheel.com
$499 plus shipping & handling, please allow up to 2-4 weeks for delivery.
PayPal accepted.

Money Back Guarantee. One Year Warranty

Of course saving up for one of these is a bit of a challenge.  I still have to open my back yard up and get privacy fencing and we are still plugging away at some home renovation and battling a vehicle that constantly breaks down.  Saving up for this comes dead last on the list and is a hope for somewhere in the distant future.  I’m accepting donations towards this piece of equipment if you would like to help me get it a little faster.  Please know this is a greedy wish…I am able
to get around like any other person….I just really would love to be able to enjoy nature.  I have all my life been the walk in the woods kind of person, I love getting close to the shore of a river just to dip my toes, but as you see…getting close to the edge of the Savannah river is not something I can do on my own.  You can see from this image that my casters are totally sunk below the sand as well as my foot plate!  Amy had to back the truck down as close as she could to help me get to the truck because my chair casters were stuck in the sand and I couldn’t move.

I had a great time!  But I went back not long ago and couldn’t even get to the water, the path was far too eroded from  recent rain and my casters couldn’t roll down.  Amy had to push me down there, but she is not strong enough to push my fat butt back up the hill and helping me walk up is dangerous to both of us.  Usually she winds up backing the truck down so I can hold onto the truck to get back inside.  Only on this day she had to ask people who were fishing to move  their cars from the side of the path so she could back the truck down.  It would be nice to do these things myself and  not have to have Amy or people who don’t know us put themselves out of the way just so I can dip my toes in the Savannah river.

Oh  yeah…and if you haven’t noticed I’m a tad overweight..LOL…it would also be REALLY cool to be able to go outside of my kennel (which is why I need my yard opened up) and get some good all terrain exercise.  My only real exercise is going shopping and we make a full day out if it going lots of places so I can roll miles and get some good exercise but once a week isn’t quite enough to burn off my weight.  I can’t  get my chair down my driveway as it’s just an eroded path…everyone who comes to my house actually parks on the road because my driveway is so bad it’s dangerous to cars.   If they need to bring something to me they actually use my neighbors driveway then cut across the easement to park next to the kennel.   I can’t get up nor down so I can’t even go out and take a stroll about the neighborhood.  I could be exercising if only I could roll over some rough terrain.

Finally one more thing.  Many who know me know I enjoy taking part in charity events.  In August 2009 our local motorcycle rights organization in which I’m a proud member, did the annual back to school run for the Helping Hands Shelter for Abused and Neglected children.  When it came time for group photo, I couldn’t manuver the curb to get to the field, then couldn’t traverse the filed and had to have one of the men push me into position.  Sounds petty….but think about his.   How would you feel if a man had to pick you (a walking person) up and carry you  over a curb in front of a hundred people, then carry you to the photo area just because you were wearing high heels that you couldn’t  remove?  Wouldn’t you…perfectly able to walk feel embarrassed to be assisted in such a way? Ok yeah…you might have simply removed your heels, but work with me here…you are stuck in heels, all your friends are getting ready for a group photo you either can stay out of the pic or get carried to the site..and you really want to be in the pic.

I am perfectly able to wheel my chair, unfortunately chairs are simply not factory designed (unless specially ordered) to be all terrain.  If you can’t do something wearing 4 inch high spike heels…chances are I can’t do it either.  You can take your shoes off though.  I have to buy extra equipment.

So if you wanna help…

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