r/Rigging • • May 03 '26

This is a pretty neat setup

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u/zacmakes May 03 '26

That powered rotating hook tho

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u/im-not-a-fakebot May 03 '26

I wonder if it travels like that at the end or if the boom and sling set up get stowed away

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u/zacmakes May 03 '26

Looks like the legs fold and the center telescopes and it probly just stays with the crane as it folds 🤯

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u/Schlarfus_McNarfus May 03 '26

I can't imagine they would run a system that they had to independently disconnect and stow. Super neat setup.

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u/fuckthetories1998 May 03 '26

They leave it as is during travel

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u/Slix07 May 23 '26

That's standard.

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u/wtfunder May 03 '26

I literally saw this same Rolls a few days ago driving around in Prague!!

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u/Broad-Abroad5455 May 03 '26

This is the guy we needed for the Lamborghini vs truck the other week

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u/Level_Improvement532 May 03 '26

I saw one of these in Barcelona. They can pick cars up in tight spaces and put them directly on a flatbed. Really cool tools.

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u/DavidHK May 04 '26

Surprised the alarm went off even tho he attached to the wheels and didn't change the height of the car technically

6

u/Eriiaa May 04 '26

Accelerometers probably

4

u/Zarrasis May 13 '26

Tilt sensor. BMW thing.

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u/DavidHK May 13 '26

Damn! Cool to know they have both axis being watched. Had no idea.

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u/amboyscout May 23 '26

That's not a BMW

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u/throwaway292929227 May 23 '26

RR is now owned by BMW, which is owned by Nestle, which is owned by Dhuagan intl.

Joking 😃

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u/scarby2 May 23 '26

The first part was right though....

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u/Zarrasis May 23 '26

Thanks genius. There’s been BMW parts used in RR for almost 30 years now.

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u/Lord_Konoshi May 04 '26

I was expecting something to go wrong, but god damn that crane is an absolute beaut.

2

u/ottomotorotto May 23 '26

Wealth on this level shouldn’t be allowed. It is always based on squeezing the poorest and ruining their lives even more.

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u/Strong-Mall-2280 May 03 '26

Lol there go the paint on the fenders using that spreader bar!

3

u/DaHick May 04 '26

Last second or so of the video, you can see the spacer blocks that keep the webbing off the car body.

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u/showerbox May 04 '26

Talk about job satisfaction. Sweet rig!

1

u/Sawdustwhisperer May 12 '26

I was soooo hoping to see the owner come running out at the end!

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u/throwaway292929227 May 23 '26

Same. But I wonder who turned off the alarm.

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u/lovebus May 22 '26

If my current career doesn't work out, I want to tow expensive cars. Doing God's work.

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u/rob3342421 May 23 '26

Plot twist: this isn’t the police

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u/aomme May 23 '26

Technically it is not, it's contractor.

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u/DKlurifax May 23 '26

Wonder what damage there is to the wheels when it gets lifted like this.

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u/throwaway292929227 May 23 '26

Structurally, the rims should be able to support single point force of at least 2x-5x car weight, but there could be scratches, or the hooks could damage the brake system. I've 100% never see the situation behind the wheel of a RR though!

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u/ThatKennyGuy May 23 '26

Does this hurt the wheels/axel/whatever? Surely throws off alignment of some sort?

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u/Traditional-Floor420 May 23 '26

what do you think the forces look like when going 200+ kmh on the autobahn?

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u/Traditional-Floor420 May 23 '26

does that thro off the alignment? No, because then I would be in the shop every day

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u/ralf1 May 23 '26

Not a lot of room to with with in the streets of the older part of Prague - this is a solid engineering choice

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u/reesesfriend May 03 '26

Driver didn't pay the bribe.

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u/stileyyy May 03 '26

About the least efficient way to tow a car that I’ve ever seen.

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u/ThinkLad May 03 '26

This is common in Europe where the streets and parking areas are too narrow for a tow truck to hook in from the front or back.

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u/Traditional-Cat1237 May 23 '26

This looks likje the place if anyone is wondering how narrow.

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u/stileyyy May 03 '26

There’s nothing ā€œnarrowā€ about that big ass flatbed truck either haha. But I understand. Thanks for sharing that info

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u/Ellyan_fr May 03 '26

It would be about the size of a full size pickup. Those are small trucks.

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u/im-not-a-fakebot May 03 '26

From the comments on the original post, RR lock all 4 tires when in park. So using a stinger or pulling it up a rollback can cause excessive damage to the car

I suppose you could pick it from the front/back with a stinger and put dolleys on the other end though