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I, Coño
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My Dad can't walk anymore, really bad back (2 reconstructed discs), lives in a two story house that he refuses to leave, and can't sit in a comfy chair for more than 2 hours before he needs to lie down (which is where he spends most of his time).

Wheelchair is out, he literally crawls up the stairs like he's been on a bender for a week after he wants to go sit on the deck on the bottom floor before he crawls back up-stairs to lie down.

He's completely sane, but just isn't mobile anymore.

So here's the thing: We've looked at the stair master swing around chairs that go up the back wall of the stair cases, and, of course they're HUGE money, 20K+.

Looking at his layout in the house, he's got a small stair case that goes 3 up, 90* right turn, 6 up, and then 90* turn, and then up 3 for another 90* turn.

There's a pocket inside that 3 sided square of a stair case to put in a simple up/down platform elevator, but I haven't been able to find one.

Is there anything out there like this?
 
Ransil said:
move bedroom down stairs :grinpimp:
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That would be kitchen or living room, basically admitting death. Work me with here.

Yes, it's final stages, putting up the show, he's 78, and can still tell you why your motor sucks with details.

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Do you have any fabrication skills?

Shouldn`t be too difficult to 486 something together from unistrut, threaded rod and/or a harbor freight hoist...

Cheap/fast/easy. Which two would you like?
 
Muckin_Slusher said:
Do you have any fabrication skills?

Shouldn`t be too difficult to 486 something together from unistrut, threaded rod and/or a harbor freight hoist...

Cheap/fast/easy. Which two would you like?
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How about real?
 
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I bought a jlg order picker at a auction for in the shop. Works awesome for scooting around working on the crushers. Would work for you in this application. I paid 500 for it.
 
If he can’t walk, how is he getting on/off whatever you install? If he’s that bad one of your main concerns needs to be the transition from the platform to the house floor so you don’t have to worry about him face planting every time he uses it.
 
Two old guys local to me built their own elevators........both ended up with broken ankles. Better plan for some safety catches.
 
The forklift mast is pretty easy but heavy. Use an electric power pack to run it, and put flow controls to limit speed. You could build your own with some channel, ram, chain and rollers if no dead forklifts are available.
 
Poke said:
Build one. Elevators are 20k for the shitty basic ones. Build a platform and buy a winch.
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As much as building an XJ in your experience goes, I think I'll pass. When I ran an XJ, I *knew* I was tempting fate. That was on me.

Different requirements here. :laughing:
 
ThePanzerFuhrer said:

I bought a jlg order picker at a auction for in the shop. Works awesome for scooting around working on the crushers. Would work for you in this application. I paid 500 for it.
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Thought this was a troll, but that is damn near what is needed.

Thanks.
 
I bought a cheap electric forklift at the auction, I figured using a pump like a two post lift uses. This is for the second floor in my shop.
 
Icono said:
Thought this was a troll, but that is damn near what is needed.

Thanks.
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Yeah it should fit through a 36” wide door drive it to staircase make a ramp for him to get on and give it hell. Leave it plugged in and it will not let him drive around with it.

It looks stupid as hell but it gets fought over in the winter.

I would rent on for a week from sunbelt to see if he would use it.
 
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I do a lot of estate sales.I have seen several stair masters sold , all for less than $100
 
I took the elevator out of my moms church. It is just a big giant gear reduction cable winch and the platform rides on a single sided rail with a large trolley and several safeties. It is just laying in the weeds. The elevator in my shop is an old forklift mast that is only a 2 1/2 foot wide platform by about 3 foot out plus the mast is just under 4 foot out. The platform could be However big you want it and however much safety built-in.
I used a pump and resi off a combine and an old motor I had around. One way check valve right after pump. Power pack would work. The down function is off a tee back to tank, the pump stays on the ground, the teed hydraulic line goes into a spool valve outlet and when you pull, it opens the spool and lets fluid back to tank. Most masts have another set of hoses for side shift or otherwise, that’s my down function loop. Us is a monetary switch on the handrail. A hydro pack that rides the basket solves all my duckers I suppose. Button and release in one spot.
move seen a lift with very little weight on it lose a hose. It isn’t a free fall. A winch breaking or losing a brake would be a much bigger deal
 
Newb007 said:
I do a lot of estate sales.I have seen several stair masters sold , all for less than $100
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That’s how grandpa got his. It was cheap as hell, maybe free.

wish op were local to Ks, I have a forklift and that old church one laying around.
 
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