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HOMEMADE RESIDENTIAL FRONT END LOADER WITH 12 VOLT ACTUATORS POWERED BY 24 VOLTS

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For some time now I have been experimenting with 12 volt actuators. These actuators are normally used for hospital medical beds and recliner chairs. They are relatively inexpensive thus making them ideal for the homemade builds. Kits using the faster but more expensive actuators run in the neighborhood of $3000.00. These 12 volt, worm gear driven actuators are very slow. So my experinents were in regards to getting more speed out of them by increasing the voltage to 20 VDC at first and then to 24 VDC. The residential loader in this video uses 12 volt actuators but they run on 24 volts. In addition the tractor incorporates a joy stick instead of toggle switches to operate the movements of the loader. The joystick makes the loader a little more like the feel of a hydraulic joystick run loader. I have not altered the actuators because I want to see how they will hold up under the 24 volt input. So far so good. In my experiments at 40 volts the actuators came apart. At 24 volts they are doing fine. I will make an update video to report any problems sometime in the future.

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