<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div></div><div>Hank,</div><div>my first thought was satellite dish actuator.</div><div>This one is claiming 500lb capacity.</div><div><a href="https://www.ebay.com/itm/Venture-18-Inch-Linear-Actuator-36V-Jack-Arm-with-Saddle-Clamp-Satellite-Dish-/271574942987">https://www.ebay.com/itm/Venture-18-Inch-Linear-Actuator-36V-Jack-Arm-with-Saddle-Clamp-Satellite-Dish-/271574942987</a></div><div>But you wouldn't need that with horizontal travel. Any idea what force it</div><div>takes to pull / push it? I assume it is external.</div><div>Just wondering why you need 400lb! </div><div>Cheers Alan</div><div><br></div><div><br>On 12/08/2018, at 8:54 AM, hank pronk via Personal_Submersibles <<a href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><div>Hi All,</div><div>I am in need of a long stroke electric actuator to move my 400 lb trim weight. Of coarse I want to make one. I am planning to either add a oil filled trolling motor to a trailer jack or mount the trolling motor to a satellite dish actuator. I have not dismantled the satellite dish actuator yet to see if it can handle the job. I think it can but I will see. </div><div>Anyone have another idea?</div><div>Hank</div><div style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;"></div></div></div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><div><span>_______________________________________________</span><br><span>Personal_Submersibles mailing list</span><br><span><a href="mailto:Personal_Submersibles@psubs.org">Personal_Submersibles@psubs.org</a></span><br><span><a href="http://www.psubs.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/personal_submersibles">http://www.psubs.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/personal_submersibles</a></span><br></div></blockquote></body></html>