The address is 1015 West "O" Street
PO Box 82209
Lincoln, Nebraska 68501-2209
Go ahead and get this magazine, it is very neat (and free)
fax# 877-474-5198

 

tanks superduty

but i need to know how much holding force that they have. it doesent take alot of power to move it, but it must resist a great amount of force when u are plowing.

also how do they work? are they screw drive??

and lastly does the company have a website??

later
jon

 

Mine is a worm gear drive and it supposedly has 500 lbs of force. Once it is in position and power switch released it is locked and no amount of plowing has ever moved it in or out. It looks like a hydraulic cylinder but has a small electric motor mounted on the end to power it. Sounds like it is similar to what Superduty described but maybe slightly smaller. The wiring on the motor is only 16 gauge wire so 18 amps would be a little much.

 

This is good stuff! We may actually be getting somewhere with SuperDuty’s find. I am curious about the same things ledebuhr1 is and I’d like to have a “regular” phone # to order a catalog.

Originally I was thinking these units wouldn’t have the ***** to lock the blade in position. That would mean using something like the Polaris cable-type blade lock release in conjunction with the actuator. But if these actuators can actually hold their position under the stress of plowing this is sounding more and more like a worthwhile project. Hell, Polaris gets $50 for the blade lock release cable. For another $75 it sounds like we could have true blade angle control with just the flip of a switch! (I'd go for the heavier actuator I think)

So the questions remain; are these screw-type actuators? Is the screw portion sealed from the elements? Do they operate from a single pole double throw center off switch? Is there more contact info for this catalog available? Thanks!

 

ok thanks now another question.

does it have the same amount of force in pull-back as it does pushing??

do u need two of these actuators? one that goes out when the other goes in. like on a pick-up plow. or is one enough??

later
jon

 

Interesting topic.

If it is a screw drive type actuator, I would think that it would have the same force pushing as it does pulling, don't know for sure though. As far as needing one or two of these actuators. I belive that one would be sufficient. I think having 2 actuators would just cause problems, because the one pushing out would have to be perfectly in sync with the one pulling back so that they would not bind against each other. (Example: If one actuator is pushing faster than the other one is pulling, this would cause the screw drives to bind.)

 

I don't know anything about the actuators other than what I stated before. I would assume they are screw-driven since the other ones were that weren't 12 volt. The other actuators were for 110 and the drive wasn't covered. The 12 volt actuators are for outdoor and indoor use according to the magazine. I searched and couldn't find a web-site at all.

 

thanks all for your help,
i just wish there was a website of a company that had these actuators so i could see how they would work.

would grainger have them? they seem to have everything.

later
jon

 

With no other means of contacting them, I faxed the Surplus Center a request for a catalog. The fax went through so I’m hoping to receive something soon. If I end up doing something with this idea I’ll post the results.

 

you guys got something goin here. i have a v plow i bet i could use this to make it v with two of those things. it will give me something to do this summer. thanx for some cool info guys.