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The brackets, are only used to set the push bar on, to extend the boob extension.
once extended, you pin the extension with 2 large(about 2" pins) though the side of the boom. Then the push bar is unneeded.
To collapse, you unpin the 2 pins and use the hoist cable to pull the extension back...
The push bar is stored loose on the bed, no particular storage place that I know of.
If you look closely in pics 1 and 2, you can see each of the brackets(also shown in pic 4). It is just a piece of angleiron with the V up, and about 2 inches long.
I made up a 3 piece bar for the boom extension. (no pics).
Post #14, pic 4, shows the boom extension push out tube.
Yes, there are 2 positions at the bottom, for the boom supports.
Here's a few pics of the M819 bed.
Single boom lift cylinder.
5th wheel plate.
Extra boom extension(manually operated).
Gondola cab.
It has a hydraulic rotary motor for the turn table (unlike the earlier M62)
Same truck as the earlier M246 (gas engine), but has the Cummins NHC-250.
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