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Message: <blockquote data-quote="skidsteer.ca" data-source="post: 12183" data-attributes="member: 307">With a crane you need good control, you won't regret mthre flow control valves, I added them to the swing cylinders on my  backhoe for careful digging sittuations.For a crane I have though about a manual telescopic with a hydraulic winch at the base and a pulley at the tip. That way you would be able to lift things high without sticking the load too far out in front and up setting the balance of the machine. I'm primarly thinking of setting building truses. I hav done this with a fixed length boom, but you really have to be careful with the bucket tilt.I'm not sure how this would compare in cost to a a power telescopic, cost of cylinders versus cost of a winch.Ken</blockquote>