The next problem was the size and stroke of the hydraulic cylinder. I need a cylinder with a closed length of 13' maximum and a 10" stroke. The one I used at first was too long and had too short of a stroke. This picture shows how much space is added to the length of the cylinder by the mount and the front seal. All of the cylinders available had about 5" more cylinder than stroke.

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