More to a mobility scooter than getting from A to B!
I have had my TGA Maximo for a couple of weeks now, I think it’s important that I name drop occasionally one it helps inform you the reader/watcher but secondly and probably more importantly, the more I use her, yes she’s a “her”, it is obvious that its no ordinary “mobility scooter” I think she’s possibly a transformer!
Ok, ok, I will be serious for a second, since I received her the weather has been rubbish, (watch my allotment videos you will see what I mean) we have had so much rain that the ground is sodden and I have been itching to get her down the allotment again but to be honest its not been pleasant being outside, let alone outside on a scooter.
This weekend we had a break in the weather and so I asked my fiancee if she would drop me at the allotment with the scooter. I had a plan in my head and wanted to see if it would work because we had some bark mulch delivered and any allotmenteer will tell you, bark mulch is gold!
I have been around the streets and across some relatively mediocre ground but the wetness of the allotment this week I knew would be a serious test. If she coped today then summer with dry cut grass will be a breeze!
So to the plan… Could I use my Maximon to help me with the bark?
I have always struggled with walking as I have written about before. so taking advantage of the free gold, I mean bark, is very hard for me. I can do one barrow load two at an absolute push then I’m done, for the day! Literally, in so much pain and cramps that I need to go home and sleep, then rest all the following day.
So I borrowed a garden trolly, I hooked it up to the rear of the Maximo and created a machine that Joseph Cyril Bamford would be proud of! I have to say it was an absolute dream, I managed to move 5 barrows of bark today with ease and still had some energy to do a few other small jobs as well as spend time out in the fresh air on the plot and with my chickens.
Where there’s a will, there’s a way… He who dares Rodney, He who dares!
Embrace your disability!
That scooter looks like a beast! I have a little 3 wheel jazzy scooter and it would never handle that sort of terrain like that. Thanks for sharing!
Cheers mate, your my first comment was beginning to wonder if i'd ever get one. im on Twitter and YouTube too, feel free to drop me a message and a look.
Have to say, She's a cracking machine. changed my life.
I noticed you didn't seem to be getting any activity. I hope you keep at it. Your content is really great. I will be sure to follow you on youtube as well (not much of a twitter person).
I am also disabled (I have ankylosing spondylitis and Crohn's disease) and a gardener. I have only made one post about gardening so far. I garden at a local community garden. Don't really have room to do it at home. Gardening season is just starting in my region. Our last average frost-free date is May 14. I plan on posting more about gardening as spring and summertime continue.
I have been keeping my eye out for other disabled or chronically ill content creators on steem, and they seem to be few and far between at this time. I am glad to have found your post. Thanks for sharing!
Here is the link to my gardening post if you would like to check it out... https://steemit.com/life/@veckinon/spring-is-coming-community-gardens-and-grandmas
There may be more than you think, lol. Most people just don't talk about it. I was stopped at a red light when a semi-truck hit me at 55+ MPH. Its been 11 years, but I just can't seem to get strength in my legs back and I lost all but my distance vision in one eye. I really think we should start a group for disabled persons. In the next few months, Steemit will have a new ability to have groups that sounds like it will be AWESOME for something like this.
Right now a lot of the groups and extra features seem to exist on discord if you know where to find them, although I am not aware of any that have to do with disability. Hopefully, they will add that feature directly to steemit as well.