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I have cable on my boomtruck and it works fine. It's the easiest. Use the shortest cable possible and still get long bends. Do you have the bracket for mounting the cable to the PTO? Picture shows one but on a different PTO than yours. It has 2 U bolts for holding the end.
While the 5 ton...
Here is a flow control. This one meters in one direction and is free flow in the other. I'd probabably want two of meter in both directions, one on push and one on the pull side. That would slow it down. Normally I meter out, but on such short stroke, meter in and out.
Sure...the stiff tube...
I use 1" stroke in high security jail locks and have a few that could be made shorter, might have a 1" dia but most are 1 1/2" dia....I'm headed to my little bus where they are stored. Thanks for the drawing.
Yes, a manual valve and a small double action cylinder. It would be nice to have the same stroke length, especially if directly in line instead of an arm.
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