HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1997-03-19, Page 43lift .for freedom
by Tracey Doerr
"hen 'a motorcycle
accident put Bryan.
Jones into a wheel,
chair 22 years ago, hospital staff
• told him he could still lead a
normal life, working at a. desk
or Making bird houses.,:
He grew up on a farm, and: at
• age 2.1, there was no way he
was going to settle into an office
job and he wasn't very fond, of
crafting.
Over the years, Jones has
constructed wheelchair:lifts, ,
ramps and other contraptions, to
helphire onto his farm machin-
ery. Still, time and "again, he's
had to callon someone for •addi
tional help.
All that's changed now since.
Jones has purchased the
Freedom Lift.
The lift was the first ,one to
travel to Ontario to tone's Bruce
Township home;
The $22,000 lift is fastened
to the back.. of Jone's pickup
truck. Its hydraulic arm, is
attached to its own battery and
can lift Jones and his wheelchair
'eightfeet in the air and ten feet
to the side.
With the' help of a: rerriote
control, Jones can mount the lift
and steer himself to the platform
on his tractor where he has
installed- bars to pull himself.
into the driver's seat.
',The first time I got on it it
scared •the hell` out of' me.
There's' nothing beside you or in
front of you so you're kind of
terrified," said Jones,
Still, his desirefor freedom
surpassed hisfear and he soon.
became used to being suspended
in thin air. •
"it enables handicapped
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Bryan Jones shown operating the Freedom Lift. Jones said if could have had the
.unit 22 years, ago, his life would have been a lot easier. (Doerrphoto)
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