welderboy14
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has any one made or seen a homemade backhoe or excavator operated by linear actuators
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kennyd
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No, linear actuators are typically VERY slow. And to get some that would handle the stress would be also be VERY pricey.
simplicityguy92
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linear acuators also blow fuses if put under to much stress
Matt_Jr
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I've seen front end loaders for small lawn tractors with linear actuators for sale on the web but not a bh. A 400# actuator uses about 10 amps to move at full load at around 1/4-2/3" per second(sloooow) and have about a 20% duty cycle. Thats 2 minutes of operation and 8 minutes to cool down. Probably be fun to build and operate in a sandbox but not for real work.