Systems and methods for monitoring the operational status of passive lift suppports and related work machines

A work machine, comprising:

• a frame;
• component supported for movement relative to the frame across a range of movement between a first position and a second position;
• an actuator coupled to the component and being configured to be extended or retracted along a stroke length to actuate the component across the range of movement;
• a passive lift support coupled to the component and being configured to provide a supplemental actuation force as the actuator is being used to actuate the component across the range of movement;
• a computing system configured to monitor a load-related parameter indicative of a load being carried by the actuator and compare the monitored load-related parameter to at least one threshold, the computing system being further configured to determine an operational status of the passive lift support based on the comparison between the monitored load-related parameter and the at least one threshold.

A method for monitoring an operational status of a passive lift support, the method comprising:

• controlling, with a computing system, an operation of an actuator such that component coupled to the actuator is actuated across a range of movement between a first position and a second position, the passive lift support being coupled to the actuator and being configured to provide a supplemental actuation force as the actuator is being used to actuate the component across the range of movement;
• monitoring, with the computing system, a load-related parameter indicative of a load being carried by the actuator as the component is being actuated across the range of movement;
• and
• determining, with the computing system, the operational status of the passive lift support based at least in part on the monitored load-related parameter.