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For an 18 year old kid I'd say you're doing pretty damn good working with what you have. You are miles ahead of me when I was your age, probably ahead of me when I was 28.

Does the pin necessarily need to be threaded? My Altecs were held in place with C clips. Or even if you did a couple big washers and cotter pins on the ends? Nothing says it needs to have threaded nuts. There's no end pressure on the pins other than keeping them from falling out.

My guy is very reasonable. He's up to about $150 per cylinder now. When I first started using him about 18 years ago it was $75 per.

My hydraulic guy actually subleases his shop from the machine shop next door. So for stuff like this I don't need to make an extra trip. I drop it off and they both coordinate and get it done.

If nothing else, you will get it through sheer willpower.

I've had the pins on the foot like that, but never the upper pin. Maybe see if you can rotate the pin to unlock it before beating it out. May even need to weld a lever on the end for leverage so you can turn it. Once it turns you should be able to move it and push it out. If you destroy the pin...

WoodCutr told me the upper side of the outriggers doesn't look like my old Altec outriggers with a single large pin holding the cylinder in place. The picture he showed me was completely foreign to me, I have never seen that setup before. WoodCutr, get a couple more pics of the upper end of the...