Height Adjusting Lidar Testing Cart

This quick project was done in about 6 hours at work when I was tasked to create a quick cart that would allow for one of our Lidar flight assets to be mounted and have an adjustable height with a max of 2 meters. This was to enable local, in-house testing, which would provide rapid results. The requirements for this were:
-The height needed to be adjustable
-The setup needed to be on a moving object that was operator-friendly
-The system needed to be able to be operated by one person
-The Lidar system needed to be fully secured
-Needed to be done as soon as possible, but still reliable

The design process was quick and sketched out to prove out the features conceptually. The plan was to use a pallet that I had made for a different project as a base, create a crane base and crane using spare 2x4. My plan for making this quick was to use everything we already have in-house. I had a metal rod that pierced through the crane base and the arm with makeshift spacers to keep the crane arm centered. I did basic calculations to figure out the necessary height of the crane arm while still being able to support a 10lb system at the end. I used L brackets to secure thecrane base to the pallet and placed the apparatus on a cart we had. I used packing straps to secure the pallet to the cart. At the end of the crane arm were two prongs that protruded to act similarly to a forklift. I drilled holes in the center arm to allow for a rod to pierce through and support the prongs at various angles, depending on the height. The adjustable height was solved by using paracord, eye bolts, and a carabiner tensioner. This allowed you to pull on the cord, and the tensioner would keep the tension, holding the crane arm up. I placed two safety eye bolts and paracord links in the front of the crane base to prevent the crane arm from swinging back, keeping the angles between (30-90 degrees).