Butt Extractor for a Se7en

[scannon]

Having two severed rotator cuffs, each with a couple of detached muscles makes getting out of a Se7en a difficult and painful ordeal. I decided to see if I could come up with something to help me raise my butt enough to get out of the car without using my shoulders.

The first iteration used a hand winch with the crank handle removed and a cut down Makita drill motor to drive it. The first tests showed that the Makita didn't have enough power even when driving it with 12 volts rather than the 9.6 it was designed for.

I replaced the Makita and hand winch with a small 12v winch designed for ATVs. Now there was enough power but between the grippiness of the cloth Caterham seats and the angle of lift with the pulleys attached to the roll bar it was uncomfortable being pulled up and back into the seat. I found that if I had my heels on the frame cross bar and leaned forward a bit I could ride up to the level of the door opening and step out from there.

The sling type seat is made of denim with steel bar inserts in each end to spread the load. The rope is mountain climbing rope.

There are still a few things to tidy up but I think this is going to make driving the Se7en much more tolerable.

[Boxologist]

You won the awesome post of the day, Skip. Glad this keeps you driving your 7!

[11Budlite]

:iagree: Good for you Skip!!

[snookwheel]

Love it! That is dedication to living the Se7en way of life! Brilliant!

[Terry]

Fantastic

[MoPho]

How much does it weigh?

[scannon]

How much does it weigh?

The winch had a shipping weight of 17 lb. I removed 25' of steel cable and the hook. The rope, pulleys and seat probably add 3 - 5 lb. I don't think it has much effect on the car's power to weight ratio but it certainly affects my fun to non-fun ratio. :D

[MHKflyer52]

That is very COOL and creative. :cooldude:

[Alaskossie]

Skip,

Very neat, and creative!

With a few more lines in strategic places, you could also rig an electric retractable top for your Seven! :<)) No more fiddling with hood-sticks and press-the-dots....

[pi7ot]

You get my vote for hardcore Se7ener Of 2011

Hope your shoulders DO get better though.

m

[Croc]

Hi Skip - Very ingenious! Here is to seeing your shoulders heal.

[Kitcat]

Patent applied:)?

[Z3 Stalker]

Skip,

Where there's a will there's a way, good on ya!

Stewart

[WestTexasS2K]

Necessity is the mother of invention. Great job on clever solution.

[turboeric]

Ejector seat! :hurray:

[lancylad]

I am in Awe....Skip you Rock! Way to go Skip, I knew you could do it..

Never Give UP!!!

[BMW RACER]

It shows how much fun a 7 is to drive! The fact that you went to that much trouble to be able to drive your car.

Great job. Hopefully it's just a temporary solution and you continue to get better so that you can jump in and out by yourself.

[Mondo]

Awesome! And if you scare yourself the seat doesn't get soiled;)

[XR4Bill]

12 out of 10 skip, brilliant. :cheers:

cheers

Bill.

[jbanker]

Skip, that is awesome..!!!
Jack

[squarefour]

I can't believe the number of times I've seen those little Harbor Freight winches put to cool use. I also saw one being used to deploy the "landing gear" in Don Vesco's old Land Speed Record jet bike, but this use is a close second for coolness!

[scannon]

I can't believe the number of times I've seen those little Harbor Freight winches put to cool use. I also saw one being used to deploy the "landing gear" in Don Vesco's old Land Speed Record jet bike, but this use is a close second for coolness!
The winch didn't come from Harbor Freight. The smallest they had was about twice the size and weight of this one. I found it on Amazon.com. It is made by Neiko.