PROGRESSIVE AUTOMATIONSElectric Linear Actuator - 8 Inch Stroke, 400 lbs Force, IP66 Water Resistance - High Load Linear Actuator for Automation, Manufacturing, Automotive, PA-04-8-400

Works great so far. Sturdy construction. Make to cycle once before attaching the brackets to find the exact closed or open distance.

I uses this on my side by side to lift the snow blade. The down pressure that the actuator creates permits me to scrape by blacktop driveway. I previosly had a winch but the snow blade floated across the ice bumps.This actuator is relatively fast and I wouldn't be without one. Ditch the winch !This probably wouldn't work good for soemoen with a gravel driveway as you would push off all your gravel/

I installed this actuator to lift my Nordic plow on my ZT 1 50". It lifts the plow to max height in 7.4 seconds and lowers it in 5.71 seconds. The plow is 8" clear of the ground when fully raised. The raise time is almost twice as fast raising as another actuator I tried and more than twice as fast lowering. The clear height is 2" higher than the other actuators and is considerably stronger. I also use a smaller Progressive Automation actuator (325 lb push: 262 lb pull 6" travel) to angle the blade.If you use a Nordic plow on your zero turn and are tired of using your foot to raise and lower the blade and having to get off your zero turn to angle the blade you should give these actuators a try!

there is no monting brackets in the box or pins

Working great! But pricy! I'm using this to open a trap door approx.. 70lbs installed in Jan. It April now so far so good. Price and not coming with mounting brackets is the only reason for not giving 5 stars

Works good so far, I used it too open the quick attach on my bobcat so I don't have to get off..

Both slotted articulation ends are round in cross section, making the use of a bolt fastener a problem unless one uses a machined shim that matches the curvature of the ends on one side, and has a flat surface on the other side. The articulation end of the piston has plastic (polyethylene?) bushing inserts that are a joke, these will not stand up to heavy dynamic loading. I popped them out and am using a grade-8 1/2-13 bolt that has a .495" diameter shank that very snugly fits the holes in the piston end. The other end has .402" holes in it, I bored these out to .405" so that I can use some titanium aircraft bolts I have on that end.

Perfect for my project! Haven't used it yet, waiting for more parts to complete project. Appears to be high quality and operates smoothly. Lift strength untested, but I am sure it will be just fine!

I needed something like this to lift up my engine hatch on my05 Rinker Fiesta Vee 300 boat. The original one failed and at first, I found the right one but it was $800.00 and they could get it to me by September. Then I found these online and seemed too good to be true but it worked as promised and is even quieter than the original. Great Product!

Le damos un 10! ya que es el producto que esperamos, robusto y funcional, super recomendado

I liked that it's much more powerful than my other one. I use it on my snowblower.Wish I could tell you it works good blowing the snow but I'm extremely happy to tell you we don't have any yet.Praise God.Have a good day.

Installation pour lever mon moteur de bateau.Fonctionne très bien .

The media could not be loaded.  Got it to lift a oldschool VERY heavy snow thrower mounted on a garden tractor. A little slow, but, seems to lift just fine without strain.I'll update if anything changes.