Daniel,
Thanks for the awesome response. As far as the issue with booming up with the weight, I made sure it was fully charged with the dial to 2000 PSI every time I tried yesterday. Sometimes it would move the arm very slowly (nowhere near full speed when the boom knob was fully turned) or it wouldn't move at all. Today, I still made sure it was fully charged and we had a little more weight on it (switched to a remote head setup from the 7+7). With more weight on it, it worked flawlessly with several lifts per charge. I'm not sure at all what was going on, but I definitely think checking the nitrogen levels is the best place to start. I'll be checking the nitrogen level on set tommorow as it is my school's dolly and it has not been in to be serviced for at least the last three years.
Just for clarification on the cue dials, I think what you are saying is that they control the point at which the boom knob starts actuating the boom. Not the actual speed or ramp of the boom, just the point at which it becomes engaged; almost like a tight steering system on a car starts to steer as soon as you barely move the wheel, where as on a truck you can move it a quarter of a turn in either direction and you would not start turning right or left.
Thanks so much for the heads up about the cue dials; glad I didn't experiment too much on set today but I don't like how much the knob has to be turned before the boom starts to respond as it is.
Regardless, after two 13+ hour days 100% on the Fisher, we have some amazing shots as of yet.
Thanks again,
Riggs