Fit checker
Will your chair fit?
Put your measurements in and the arithmetic happens here, against the figures we publish for the van we build ourselves. No phone call first.
35 x 98 in
Floor opening, width by length
57 in
Entry height
58 in
Interior height at the centre position
1,200 lb
Ramp capacity
77 in
Overall height at the rear fin
Our own published figures for the Sidewinder Chrysler RAV. Overall height is approximate and moves with wheel size and tire pressure.
The measurements
Check your chair against the numbers
Your chair
Width and seated height matter most. The rest just sharpen the answer. Fill them in whatever order suits you, and skip anything you do not know.
Measure the widest point, usually across the wheels or the armrests.
Floor to the top of your head while you are sitting in the chair. Include your cushion and your headrest.
From the front of the footplates to the back of the wheels or anti-tippers.
Just the chair, with the batteries in. A figure off the spec sheet is fine.
Only so we can add it to the chair and check the total against the ramp. Roughly is fine.
What we are checking against
- Floor opening
- 35 in wide by 98 in long
- Entry height
- 57 in
- Interior height at centre
- 58 in
- Ramp capacity
- 1200 lb
Our own published figures for the Sidewinder Chrysler RAV, the rear entry conversion we build here in Chilliwack. The lowered floor is the dropped section you sit on once you are inside, which is what gives you the headroom.
The result
Put your numbers in and the answer appears here
Nothing is sent anywhere and nothing is stored. What you type stays in your own browser unless you decide to send it to us.
What this is, and what it is not
This is a starting point. It is not a guarantee of fit, and it is not a medical or clinical assessment. All it does is compare the numbers you typed against the numbers we publish. Neither set knows how you transfer, how you take a ramp, or what you carry with you. Fit gets confirmed in person, with your chair, in the van. That part is free and it takes about twenty minutes.
The only way to know for sure
Bring your chair. We will measure it with you.
Drive in, roll up the ramp, sit where you would sit. Twenty minutes and you will know, from the van itself rather than from a table of figures. No charge and no appointment fee. We are at 44658 Yale Road West in Chilliwack, Mon – Fri 8:30am – 4:30pm. If it is easier to talk it through first, give us a call on 1-888-266-2299.
The other measurement
Will it fit where you park?
Garage and parkade clearance
The Sidewinder Chrysler RAV stands about 77 in tall
That is 195.6 cm, measured at the highest point on the rear fin, and it moves a little with wheel size and tire pressure. It is the number that decides whether the van goes in your garage, under your carport, or down into your building's parkade. Measure your own opening at its tightest point. That is usually a door track, a pipe or a sprinkler head, not the doorway itself.
For reference: 7 ft is 84 in, 8 ft is 96 in.
The height of the opening at its tightest point, not the height of the door frame. Not sure? Measure it and give us the number, and we will tell you either way.
Why we can publish them
- Our Transport Canada National Safety Mark
- L43
- Companies in BC authorized to build disabled access vehicles
- 4
- BC accessible vehicle dealer that is also a Transport Canada manufacturer
- Only one
Four classes, one of them Final Stage Body and Equipment.
Counted in Transport Canada's own registry. Every credential, linked to the body that issued it.
What this tool does not cover
We will not print a number we have not checked
The checker measures against one van, the rear entry conversion we build. We have no verified accessibility dimensions published for the other two, so there is no number here to give you. Five minutes on the phone gets the real figures for the exact van.
Side entry
Kerb side, with an in-floor ramp.
Rear entry
The Sidewinder RAV. The one this checker measures.
Lift
Full size vans, heavier power chairs.