Designed to solve a real access problem
The original lift was created because someone needed a safer, simpler way to access an RV.
About CoachLift
Mobility lift systems built around real people and real needs.
CoachLift designs custom-built access solutions for RVs, tractors, combines, vehicles, boats, aircraft, and home applications.
Our Story
From the original Lectra Aid Person Lift to today’s CoachLift.
The original person lift, the “Lectra Aid Person Lift,” was developed in 1986 by Bob Finklea. Bob, a World War II pilot, subsequently made his living as an airplane pilot for 45 years before chance, and possible destiny, led him to develop the CoachLift® concept.
Many years ago, a friend of Bob’s, who was a structural engineer, needed a way to help his wife into and out of their RV. He designed and patented a device that allowed her to sit in a chair and be lifted into the RV easily.
Some time later, the personal needs of Bob’s own paraplegic wife led him to seek out his friend and obtain permission to produce the lift. The design has been refined over the years, and Bob’s daughter Susan and her husband Steve continued making the same quality product, which is now known as the CoachLift.
Refined for different applications
Today’s CoachLift systems are built around the vehicle, equipment, and customer need.
Proudly manufactured domestically
CoachLift continues to focus on quality, practical design, and dependable long-term use.
J&D Mobility, LLC
Continuing the same quality, innovation, and care.
CoachLift is now under new ownership — proudly owned and operated by J&D Mobility, LLC. J&D Mobility is comprised of former CoachLift employee of nearly 13 years, James Przewlocki, and partner Danielle Cooke.
Based in the Greater Phoenix Area, Arizona, J&D Mobility is committed to the same quality, innovation, and care that Bob Finklea brought to the original “Lectra Aid Person Lift.” This business is about more than the bottom line — it is about creating solutions that impact the world in a positive way and grant a higher quality of living, one person at a time.
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