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John Scheele has been keeping me informed on his development work regarding a more positive control of the bucket, plus the addition of the downforce feature.
He has adapted the Bear Linear actuator to his existing design, and he did it in a very clever fashion. The upgrade kit includes a new front mounting plate and a new swing-arm frame.
He is now a dealer for the Bear Linear actuator. Don't be surprised if he also announces an electric sleeve hitch.
He sent me some photos that he'll use in his instruction manual. The photos indicate that the kit is very well executed, and it uses the same 4" stroke actuator that is used in the Sears electric sleeve hitch(the latest one). Naturally, I'm very excited about this, since I've been working on this feature already, AND since I already own a 4" actuator.
SSSOOOOO, I will be receiving my upgrade kit in a few days, AND I will post a report as soon as I get it, or as soon as I try it out.
There are many implications to this new feature. First of all, one of the reasons the winch cable breaks is because the cable-strands rub hard against each other whenever you try to make the bucket "dig", and the front of the tractor starts "climbing" the swing arm frame. At this point, the cable wants to stretch and dig itself into the rest of the cable that is wound on the spool. That's the point where the cable breaks. With the actuator, you will end up with a "rigid" link between the tractor and the swing arm. And, this has all kinds of advantages, including downforce capability.
Things are looking up.
He has adapted the Bear Linear actuator to his existing design, and he did it in a very clever fashion. The upgrade kit includes a new front mounting plate and a new swing-arm frame.
He is now a dealer for the Bear Linear actuator. Don't be surprised if he also announces an electric sleeve hitch.
He sent me some photos that he'll use in his instruction manual. The photos indicate that the kit is very well executed, and it uses the same 4" stroke actuator that is used in the Sears electric sleeve hitch(the latest one). Naturally, I'm very excited about this, since I've been working on this feature already, AND since I already own a 4" actuator.
SSSOOOOO, I will be receiving my upgrade kit in a few days, AND I will post a report as soon as I get it, or as soon as I try it out.
There are many implications to this new feature. First of all, one of the reasons the winch cable breaks is because the cable-strands rub hard against each other whenever you try to make the bucket "dig", and the front of the tractor starts "climbing" the swing arm frame. At this point, the cable wants to stretch and dig itself into the rest of the cable that is wound on the spool. That's the point where the cable breaks. With the actuator, you will end up with a "rigid" link between the tractor and the swing arm. And, this has all kinds of advantages, including downforce capability.
Things are looking up.