I really got tired of getting off and on the tractor to adjust the chute deflector on the snow thrower mounted on the John Deere 455 diesel. So I designed and installed a linear actuator on the chute hood - see pictures below. It is controlled by a DPDT toggle switch mounted in the cab.
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I got tired of getting off and on the tractor to change the snow blower chute deflector, so I added a 12v linear actuator. You control the actuator from inside the cab with a DPDT co. momentary toggle switch
I've joined to share ideas for my garden tractor fleet and they are all green & yellow. 4 diesel 455's 5- 420's and a few others. I enjoy building / re-building implements.
John