Boom / Head Installation
6.Connect lower end of Lift Cylinder. The Base end (lower end) of lift cylinder will mount into the turret under the boom mount. The Cylinder will have to be extended to connect, If cylinder has to be extended the best way is to unplug the ends of the lift cylinder hoses where they come out of the boom, these will be the # 6 hose with the Orange Tie and the # 6 hose with the orange / White Tie. When pulling (extending or collapsing cylinder) always put the opened end of the hoses into a clean drain pan as oil will run out of the cylinder when extended or collapsed. After installing the cylinder lower mounting pin
7.Connect Head to Boom. The mounting pins to in- stall the head onto the boom will be shipped installed in the mount weldment. Remove the mounting pins. Use the hoist to lower boom down over head to connect head, Align the upper head mount pin. The lower mount pin is the connect the lift link. (See Figure 4). The Door Cylinder and the Swivel Cylinder are shipped installed on the head with the hoses connected to the cylinder.
8.Heads Are received from the Factory with the Cylinder and Head hoses Attached to Head. The head will be received with the door cylinder, swivel cylinder and Motor attached to the head. The Hoses for the cylinders and the motor will connect to the boom. There is a decal that is installed on the side of the boom that shows where the hoses connect to the fitting that have the metal caps on them. The fittings for the head are located on the side of the main Boom. The hoses must be connected in the correct order to make certain of correct operation (See Figure 4, 5, 6, 7 & 8).
9.Two Head Options. There are two heads available, 60" (See Figure 4 & 5) which has the head Swivel attach- ment on it. The 50" Head which will not have the swivel attachement (See Figure 6 & 7) If using the 50" head leave the ports for swivel cylinder on boom capped (See Figure 8) More types of heads are tobe made available at a later date.
10.Connect Hose From Boom to Control Valve. The cylinder hoses will connect to the control valve mounted on the front of the tractor with the exception of the Door and Swivel Cylinder hoses they will connect to the diverter valve and then there are two hoses that connect to thediverterr valve to the 6 spool control valve (See Figure 11). The hoses for door and swivel will be routed under the tractor along the center under frame weldment to the diverted valve which will be mounted on the LH side of the tractor on the front frame mount bracket.
Turret End
Of Boom
Boom Mounting
Pin Hole
Figure 3A
Lift Cylinder
Mount Pin
Figure 3B
Figure 3C
Axtreme Boom (Asy. Man) 07/06
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