Neto
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My lift has 4 holes in the boom with a pin that goes through both sections, the shorter the boom, the more weight it can safely lift. I think there is about 1' inside the outer section when it is in the longest hole.
You need one of the jacks designed for a lift, about 2.5' to 3' long. 24" of boom travel isn't much if the boom is extended, closed it can be a lot. I have had mine up as high as it would go more than once while pulling a engine and tranny out of something, and even then I could have used a few more inches because the tranny wanted to drag going over the core support.
OK. That's kinda' what I thought, but it's good to have a confirmation. Your set up for extending the boom sounds like a much better set up than this one. This deal just has a bolt "set screw" that you tighten down against the inside boom section. Maybe I'll see if I can drill through this straight enough to make this work like yours. Are the 4 holes probably in the inner section, then the outer boom just has the one location? I was trying to think of a way to connect a cable or something on the inside back to the boom pivot point, so that the boom could not be extended beyond some certain point. But I think I like the way yours is made better.