Kubota L4479 vs L4474 (front utility vs front commercial snow blower)

   / Kubota L4479 vs L4474 (front utility vs front commercial snow blower) #11  
Don’t know anything about Kubota, but competitors appear to be switching from hydraulic actuators to electric actuators. Snow blower chute controls are an example. My Kioti has a hydraulic cylinder on the chute, and long hoses to the rear of the tractor.. New models that I have seen have a simple electric actuator.

Not just compact tractors and snow removal equipment, but across the board in Ag and construction/industrial equipment.

Electronics are the wave of the future: cheaper, easier to install, more reliable, etc.
Electric are not more reliable than hydraulic. Cheaper, sure.
 
   / Kubota L4479 vs L4474 (front utility vs front commercial snow blower) #12  
Electric are not more reliable than hydraulic. Cheaper, sure.
The many many threads about failed electric actuators on snow blower chutes of all makes proves this.
 

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