4 point tie downs

[lafguy]

Have any of you added 4 point tie downs to chair? My Bounder is too heavy to use on public transportation in my area. I want to add to my Golden Lite Rider Envy. Do you think someone to weld 4 prongs on chair? Dumb to buy new chair just for 4 point tie downs Thoughts ideas
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[Burgerman]

Usually the chairs are tested (crash tested) and once they fix all the stuff that fails and will injure you then they automatically add those things. At least here.

[foghornleghorn]

My Bounder is too heavy to use on public transportation in my area.
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What is the weight limit? Is it some sort of light rail / bus service, or a dedicated whelchair van with a lift?

I want to add to my Golden Lite Rider Envy.
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Don't! If you are sat on a Golden Lite Rider Envy in a crash the whole chair will snap, and you will be double disabled.

[lafguy]

In this area I have only one service. The lift handles 650 lbs me and my Bounder are 700 lbs. Any other service is not handy for me.
I thought about getting new chair but, 10k just for getting tie downs is dumb.
I check Marcs Mobility for used chairs too.

[Burgerman]

Lie. 50Lb extra wont break anything. Likely tested to 1.5 the rated load. Or more.

[Dan]

If anyone asks the weight id tell them me and the chair weighted just under 650lb. I guess the worst thing that would happen would be the lift not going up? But I have seen vehicle lifts being used with both the wheelchair user and the person operating the lift standing on it.

[ex-Gooserider]

I don't have tie-down points on my chair as such. When they need to tie my chair down I just tell them what the best places are to hook on... Sometimes they even listen , other times they get creative and pick the spots they like - unless the spots they pick are clearly bad (i.e. my tilting leg rests) or cause a problem otherwise, I don't fight about it...

Keeping Foghorn's comments about the safety of the chair in general in mind, if you do want to use it anyway, I'd just figure out 4 spots that they can hook onto and just be ready to point them out.

If need be, I have seen people use so called "soft hooks" which are basically a loop of webbing that you girth hitch around a frame tube and then hook the tie-down into the loop. You will find them in motorcycle shops. (Another possible option might be a small rock climbing slings)

ex-Gooserider