There’s only one pin on the jack end, so I assume that both rod end of the cylinder and the jack end of telescope supposed to be connected and fastened to inside box with the same pin. Otherwise the jack hoses would be the ones which will be pulling on telescopes when extending. But I’ll pull the other one and see for sure!
I’ll do my best free the cylinder without cutting anything and bending the rod.
But if it will come to that, we will only cut the top ( not the sides) of the box, and make sure that we will butt weld the patch with tight fit and good bevels followed with good weld! For compression action!
This crane is a yard crane, and 99% will never will be used on outside jobs ever, and don’t have to be inspected. But still I don’t want anything to happen to it!
The other departments is riding my behind because now as they see this machine in the yard they want to use it! Although I told everybody that it will not be work ready any time very soon, because the bottom of the machine was not used or maintained for 17 years! And needs to be gone through and rebuilt thoroughly before putting in service, so it will not start having annoying and dangerous break downs on the middle of the job.
They have barge coming in on Monday, with something on it that they use to have two machines to unload, but now they want this one because it will be faster and easier! But they having problems understanding that it is not ready!