A few months ago I posted information about Life Motors and their wheel-chaired ATV.  Well I received some comments from Jill Harden pretty much condemning Life Motors for taking her money and not delivering a custom wheelchair ATV.   Well I kind of got upset that I may have posted information that was not helpful to others.  And I certainly didn’t want to put other people in the same situation.

Instantly I emailed Jill Harden to find exactly what happened to her and I wanted to know everything so maybe I could help her or others by getting the word out.  I got several emails from her in a matters of hours.  She is clearly upset and strongly feels she was taken advantage of by Life Motors. She had made a deposit of $12,000 and felt she had been scammed.  To the point that she even contacted a local TV News station that did a story on it.  See it here:  She also sent a letter to Life Motors local paper in PA. 

I immediately wanted to hear Life Motors side of the story. I had already emailed them to see if they were still in business prior to posting the original post about their Tara wheelchair ATV.  So I waited for a response to Jill’s claims.  Ed Dillon the man behind Life Motors Inc.  returned my email and thanked me for allowing him to tell his side.

Jumping back to last year when this story started to unfold, Life Motors ran into a production problem.  The particular hydraulic system that they used had safety and supplier production problems that were out of their control.  A new system had to be designed to be utilized in the Life Motors custom wheelchair ATVs.  Life Motors was told by the supplier that it would be at least twelve weeks before a new hydraulic system would be ready.  When the time came for the new units, the suppliers needed twelve more weeks.  So once again Life Motors and its customers are left in the dark as when they will receive their units. 

Ed at life Motors answered my questions about Jill being left in the dark as to what was going on.  I’m not going to get into the  he said she said debate but he did state this:

“I can understand her unhappiness with the situation. She has waited longer than I had anticipated for her ATV.  However, I have been in contact with her and have repeatedly let her know the delay was due to a supplier backlog.  In fact, I was on a conference call with Ms. Harden last month with my supplier, her lawyer and a reporter that Ms. Harden contacted regarding her situation.  In that telephone conversation, my supplier indicated to her that the extended delay was beyond my control.  We have since been able to resolve the hardware problem and I am currently in process of completing her machine.”

So now we are in April, and I get this email from Ed:

“Just wanted to give you an update.  Jill’s ATV is done. She was notified of this a week ago and was asked to make payment / delivery arrangements.  We have not heard a response from her.  You asked us to keep you updated and this is where we are at now.  Thanks.

Ed

LIFE Motors Inc.”

Again I emailed Jill to see what she going to do:

“Not sure how this is going to finish playing out.  You have been very helpful and I am sorry you might have got caught in the crossfire.   I will keep you updated on any changes…thank you…jill ”

Sooooo,  this is where we are at  on the Life Motors wheel-chaired ATV Story.

I feel for both sides and I hope that they can meet in the middle to settle this matter.  And the idea that hunters (and non hunters) could regain some mobility using a product like the Tara custom ATV, well I just hope that both Jill Harden and Life Motors can get passed this and help others get out into the outdoors.

I will post an update when they let me know……. hope this helps.