Fast and slow valves on same axis

My application has an axis which has two proportional valves in parallel driving a hydraulic cylinder. One large valve to move the cylinder quickly to its start position and a small valve to implement position/force control once the start position is reached. The two valves will not be used at the same time. There is one feedback transducer connected to axis 0 (small valve).

As there is only one feedback transducer I want to copy the axis 0 position to the axis 1 position so that I can used closed loop control on axis 1 to move the cylinder to its start position. I am thinking of writing a user program to continuously copy the axis 0 position to axis 1. Is this the best way ?

There is a simplier approach you can take if you like. Two valves on one axis for high speed and low speed explains two approaches. I think the second one will work better for your application.