Hydraulic cylinder ?'s

[dodge85rc]

I am adding a separate hydraulic cylinder to lift the sleeve hitch on my Case GT. I'd like to use what I have on hand as much as possible to keep the costs down. I am going to mount it so that when the cylinder extends it is going straight up and down to lift the hitch. I have a cylinder that has a 5 inch stroke just like what I want but it only has a 5/8ths rod. Seems a little light to me but I tend to overbuild everything. Realistically all I will ever lift with this sleeve hitch is about 250 lbs max because that is getting to be a lot of weight hanging off of the back end. Would that cylinder work in this application?

 

[J_J]

It will probably work as long as there is no side load on the cyl shaft.