In college in the 60's I drove a tow truck and we had to lie on the ground to hook chains to whatever we could find and sometimes we retrieved flood damaged vehicles and you can imagine what that was like! Good old days, my ass! LOL Really pleased you folks have used your cleverness to make such wonderful rigs. Best of luck!
I am retired now but I remember 40 years ago I started towing with 440 Holms winch chain tow with stick shift and PTO on 74 old Ford truck which by the way had a couple of bullet holes on the roof which was sealed by duct tape ! We have come a long way and it is so easy and fun to tow . Keep up the good work and GOD bless .
30 years ago i did repos for a car lot and lender.. The top of the line back then was a snatch master. I could grab a car truck van in just a minute and never get out until i was safe to do so. That was an awesome truck and rig
I got towed once, I didn’t obey the signs. I look hard every time since. TI’ll never forget that $160 lesson. There’s no telling how much grief/$$ I’ve saved myself by being aware since.
We had a Vulcan cradle snatcher in '74. Very innovative for the day with the wheel lift, we still had steel bumpers then. Once you got used to it you could do amazing thins no other wrecker could. The only problem was everything on the back was electric and did not care for road salt.
You are right they made it look nice and simple to back up to it so after they had it backed up they ran the video of them pulling away from it backwards and edited it
I watch gtoger's UA-cam channel in Dallas Texas where cars parking illegally are towed. I wondered exactly how the autoloader worked. I really know how to use/waste my time. This video really helped me understand the equipment. Thanks Miller Industries. I like your heavy duty tow trucks too.
he works for u win towing out of Clinton Township Michigan the technique worked perfect it was on a private property impound Thank You Miller for making the video very helpful and made money tonight was so excited to try it we forgot to video it but we will have to video it next time
i operate one these bad boys :) comes in handy in tight spots and when you need to move vehicles around quick. have pulled FWD vehicles from the rear wheels a few times.
I do the 90 degree stuff every once in a while with my Dynamic 601, but we don't have a lot of parallel parking in this area so more common is a 45-60% hook up if I can't get a straight shot. Have never seen that behind-the-wheels connection before and certainly have never tried it. Will keep it in mind though.
This is awesome!! But there are some cars parked so close, that this setup still won't pull, because the cars are parked so close both front and back bumper are force together given no room to pull out.
As those at miller industries heard some feedback from tow truck operators tasked on performing a repo when the feedback was used to redesign the Vulcan 812 when the tow truck operators hook up the default vehicle long before the owners realize they'll been robbed.
Walter George AKA: Mr. Ignorant I for one appreciate repo men because if not for them, the banks and dealers would just pass the costs to those of us that do pay their bills.
@@michaelledford4751 and you don't know how America's banking and finance systems work if you think not repoing cars would kill them. And he didn't say raising the interest rates on loans. He meant the entire kit and kaboodle. Their aim is maximizing profit margins as much as they can without getting caught breaking the law. If repoing was outlawed tomorrow, the biggest institutions would barely flinch.
After using old-school sling tech to repo and transport cars, this vehicle would have been sweet to have many, many times over with this towing capability. Oh, and for the bad-asses out there: Shooting and killing tow truck drivers, no matter how you feel about them, is still considered 1st degree homicide. Us shooting back and killing you in self defense is, well, self-defense. Calm your tits and park properly and/or pay your car payment on time and you won't have any issues, right? Right.
I have a Chevy with a Vulcan 810 and earlier this evening I extended my boom and now it won't retract have you ever dealt with this kind of problem before
I've seen some of these videos when the person realized their car is being repoed they'll get in the car and once it's hooked up to the tow truck they can actually drive off from the truck damaging their vehicle and the tow truck can this happen with this type of tow truck?
I'll assume the Vulcan is controlled same as my Dynamic. There are four 3-position momentary switches [ON-OFF-ON; default position is in the middle (off)]. The functions are FOLD/UNFOLD, UP/DOWN, IN/OUT (or EXTEND/RETRACT), and OPEN/CLOSE (for the L-arms/forks). You do it a few hundred times and you don't have to look at the switches anymore.
No transmission dammage, doesn't move far enough to cause any harm, maybe a slightly more worn out spot on the tires... It's a common repo tool called dragging.. As long as you don't run down the road with it dragging you don't cause any damage
You know that’s not the case. It’s completely legal and even though a repo is never a pleasant thing, we all know that our bills need to be paid and done so at the agreed upon time for the agreed upon amount.
wait... what??? what kept the van from rolling off the stinger while being pulled from the back while in park? can you do that if the vehicle doesnt have the ebrake on?
While parking pins are not designed for this, any parking pin that would fail is something a car company doesn't want to defend in court. Parking pins are not unbreakable, but they are incredibly strong. If you've seen cop chases, you know what a wheel will do as it disintegrates. And you probably know that the coefficient of sliding friction is less than starting friction. In other words, the longer it is pulled, the stress on the pin actually goes down, not up.
for all you saying rip transmission the parking pawl can take some abuse its no worse than putting your car in reverse or drive while you're still rolling in the opposite direction or putting your car in park while moving this is why you should always put the car in neutral set and the parking brake before putting the car in park.
Most if not all modern cars won't let you remove the keys unless the car is in park. Also, parking brakes aren't predictable, and should never put alone, especially in hilly roads.
I loved the 810 intruder.. other than a couple hoses, it remained all original through 270k miles and carried weight very well... Come check out my repo videos and watch the 810 in action!
All I can think about is the front end of the truck and how much weight you could pull Notice how much of a space there is between the front tires wheel well ?
Some of the self-loaders have adapters. I have them for my Dynamic, but stopped even trying to use. The loading is a serious PITA and a lot of bikes now have tires that are too wide for it.
With a flatbed or dollies. Those four little mini tires you see on top of almost every tow truck; they can be used to pick up the back axle of a car. So all four wheels are off the ground.
All the more reason to have your frame kissing the ground, which is pretty badass if you aren't using air. I don't tend to park in places I'd get towed, but I don't approve of this technology for the potential damage to the vehicle (I doubt most operators would check for chassis/sump clearance) and just how easy it would be to steal a car.
My guess is they either dolly it or have a flatbed nearby. This unit would be used to simply move the repo into position so the flatbed could line up and drag on (again, probably with dollies).
What about an all wheel drive car like Subarus and BMW x drive? Can I drag one out of the way to put the dolly under it. With no damage? More impound less repo?
If you listen to the narrator, he mentions this is for demo only. In a real life hookup, we use straps over the wheels and tow lights for safety. The guys not interested in safety will just hook and go. Insane.
Hay le daño la trasmisió cuando la halo por atras y estaba en parking, la goma se vio claro qu e estaba trancada. Que se hace en esos casos para no hacerle daños mecanicos al la transmisión.
they make sure they don't harm an oil pan, but pulling a van by the drive wheels while it is NOT IN NEUTRAL is ok? Doesn't it potentially ruin the transmission or other parts?
It doesn't ruin the transmission if a car is front wheel drive then you can lift it by the front and the back wheel's roll freely. I'm a tow truck driver that's how I know.
the ability of these things to do a parallel parked pickup is badass.
that 90 degree grab feature is absolutely gorgeous.
Legend has it that white van is still getting towed away
Tahoe Joe prolly did this week
Tahoe Joe Love those “Legend has it...” comments. Keep up the great work! 👍 A+++++
In college in the 60's I drove a tow truck and we had to lie on the ground to hook chains to whatever we could find and sometimes we retrieved flood damaged vehicles and you can imagine what that was like! Good old days, my ass! LOL Really pleased you folks have used your cleverness to make such wonderful rigs. Best of luck!
I am retired now but I remember 40 years ago I started towing with 440 Holms winch chain tow with stick shift and PTO on 74 old Ford truck which by the way had a couple of bullet holes on the roof which was sealed by duct tape !
We have come a long way and it is so easy and fun to tow .
Keep up the good work and GOD bless .
I'm not a tow trucker but DAMNNN that thing is soo cool it makes me want to become a tow truck driver!
30 years ago i did repos for a car lot and lender.. The top of the line back then was a snatch master. I could grab a car truck van in just a minute and never get out until i was safe to do so. That was an awesome truck and rig
I got towed once, I didn’t obey the signs. I look hard every time since. TI’ll never forget that $160 lesson. There’s no telling how much grief/$$ I’ve saved myself by being aware since.
You are way smarter then most.
If only everyone else had your practical common sense, that's rarer than a golden swines piglets
This guy owning the van should really start paying his bill, gets towed like 5 times in this video!
😂😂😂
Hahahahaha
Omg love the sarcasm still my favorite language
Lol
not kidding 😂
The driver of that white van can't seem to catch a break....jeeeesh.... ;)
ya he tried all kinds of stuff to deture that repo agent
If he would just pay his payments. Maybe we should start a gofundme. Poor guy 🤣
We had a Vulcan cradle snatcher in '74. Very innovative for the day with the wheel lift, we still had steel bumpers then. Once you got used to it you could do amazing thins no other wrecker could. The only problem was everything on the back was electric and did not care for road salt.
The narrator has an awesome voice! Perfect for this type of work.
Does it turn you on??
Bullet proof rear window sold separately?
3:44, couldn't help but notice traffic driving backwards in the background. xD
You are right they made it look nice and simple to back up to it so after they had it backed up they ran the video of them pulling away from it backwards and edited it
but the guy stopping traffic was normal---anyone know why??
They paid him to act that way.
Echo Tiger mind blown
it was opposite day !
Why am I watching this? ... I got on here 1 hour ago watching a documentary on cruise ships and now I’m watching a repo truck tow a white minivan.🤔
Isaac Kamau I have no idea how I made it to this video either lol
I watch gtoger's UA-cam channel in Dallas Texas where cars parking illegally are towed. I wondered exactly how the autoloader worked. I really know how to use/waste my time. This video really helped me understand the equipment. Thanks Miller Industries. I like your heavy duty tow trucks too.
Your a dude, dude. It's what we do
GToger brought me here don’t know why towing vehicles maybe
he works for u win towing out of Clinton Township Michigan the technique worked perfect it was on a private property impound Thank You Miller for making the video very helpful and made money tonight was so excited to try it we forgot to video it but we will have to video it next time
Don't remember how I got to this section, not in the tow truck business but after watching this I want one of these.
i operate one these bad boys :) comes in handy in tight spots and when you need to move vehicles around quick. have pulled FWD vehicles from the rear wheels a few times.
the 90 degree hook up is impressive.
I do the 90 degree stuff every once in a while with my Dynamic 601, but we don't have a lot of parallel parking in this area so more common is a 45-60% hook up if I can't get a straight shot. Have never seen that behind-the-wheels connection before and certainly have never tried it. Will keep it in mind though.
i wanna become a repo guy now
my boy used this to steel cars and chop them, THANKS MILLER INDUSTRIES
Im not even a repo man. Those things just look menacing. Forget Truck Nutz I want one of these instead!
Amazing! well done to the driver for that skill must have practiced a bit.
Cool you finally did what jerrdan had already accomplished but hey to each is his own
This is awesome!!
But there are some cars parked so close, that this setup still won't pull, because the cars are parked so close both front and back bumper are force together given no room to pull out.
As those at miller industries heard some feedback from tow truck operators tasked on performing a repo when the feedback was used to redesign the Vulcan 812 when the tow truck operators hook up the default vehicle long before the owners realize they'll been robbed.
That's a nice autoloader. Might buy one!
That driver is a beast
Walter George AKA: Mr. Ignorant
I for one appreciate repo men because if not for them, the banks and dealers would just pass the costs to those of us that do pay their bills.
Todd Szymanski they already do dumbass
sharkheadism you obviously don't have a clue how vehicle financing works by your ignorant post ,repo costs don't raise interest rates.
@@michaelledford4751 and you don't know how America's banking and finance systems work if you think not repoing cars would kill them. And he didn't say raising the interest rates on loans. He meant the entire kit and kaboodle. Their aim is maximizing profit margins as much as they can without getting caught breaking the law. If repoing was outlawed tomorrow, the biggest institutions would barely flinch.
Just pay your bills. Don't complain if it gets snatched if you stopped making payments 6 months ago.
Nice. Wheelifts have come a long way since my first one in mid 80s. Lol
Now THAT is Asset recovery!!! I've never had a vehicle towed away like that!
i recognized a couple of the buildings. Chattanooga Tennessee. and there is a wrecker museum that is quite interesting in Chattanooga.
the tow truck is amazing
Wheel lift trucks are the bomb.
I could achieve the same versatility with an old style wrecker. It just took more preparation. These new systems can really hook and book!🚔
Great bit of kit for all you car theirs out there.
That's one bad ass tow truck
This is what my Dynamic's have been doing since the early 1990's
Dynamic INVENTED the self-loader; my 601 is 1997 vintage.
GANKED!
I gotta get one of these for my car stealing side business
After using old-school sling tech to repo and transport cars, this vehicle would have been sweet to have many, many times over with this towing capability. Oh, and for the bad-asses out there: Shooting and killing tow truck drivers, no matter how you feel about them, is still considered 1st degree homicide. Us shooting back and killing you in self defense is, well, self-defense. Calm your tits and park properly and/or pay your car payment on time and you won't have any issues, right? Right.
Yep no issues, just like Lincoln Towing in Chicago. www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/towing-companies-worst/Content?oid=37062911
Thiefs use these too
You say that like it's common for tow drivers to get shot and killed..... More plumbers get shot and killed.
That is awesome, I want one now. Our repo truck had a Dynamic but my carrier has a Vulcan wheel lift.
Excellent! " Gone in 7 seconds"!!
That's a beautiful tow truck, right there.
Nice innovation for towing
All the way around that's a sweet Rig
trespass towing is my favorite
I have a Chevy with a Vulcan 810 and earlier this evening I extended my boom and now it won't retract have you ever dealt with this kind of problem before
it is just da best towing system for the driver
Thats about as good as it gets folks
I love my tow truck. It's a beautiful thing.
That's at the Tennessee aquarium!
I've seen some of these videos when the person realized their car is being repoed they'll get in the car and once it's hooked up to the tow truck they can actually drive off from the truck damaging their vehicle and the tow truck can this happen with this type of tow truck?
I reaized they werent selling a Repo unit.
But they were offering tips in how Chrysler Vans.. can do burnouts in reverse!
Could you add a video on what the inside of the towing vehicle looks like, the switches, etc. and an instructional video on how it operates?
I'll assume the Vulcan is controlled same as my Dynamic. There are four 3-position momentary switches [ON-OFF-ON; default position is in the middle (off)]. The functions are FOLD/UNFOLD, UP/DOWN, IN/OUT (or EXTEND/RETRACT), and OPEN/CLOSE (for the L-arms/forks). You do it a few hundred times and you don't have to look at the switches anymore.
No transmission dammage, doesn't move far enough to cause any harm, maybe a slightly more worn out spot on the tires... It's a common repo tool called dragging.. As long as you don't run down the road with it dragging you don't cause any damage
Be a good thief be a tow truck driver and the police department will always be on your side
You know that’s not the case. It’s completely legal and even though a repo is never a pleasant thing, we all know that our bills need to be paid and done so at the agreed upon time for the agreed upon amount.
Looks like someone didn't paid his bill and got his car repo'ed 😂
wait... what??? what kept the van from rolling off the stinger while being pulled from the back while in park? can you do that if the vehicle doesnt have the ebrake on?
video recorded in reverse and played backwards the vehicles were already hooked up up,watch traffic moving backwards
TheDieselbutterfly ,
Good catch. I so dislike companies that do that.
TheDieselbutterfly good catch
Was impressive
Whoaaaa
Hemmis all day!
The most versatile rig I have ever seen. Thought the Intruder was badass! Does it come in a f-550/650 chassis?
And parking brake?
hadraplana 2:41
hadraplana, we would unlock your car for a small additional fee and release the parking brake. No problem.
James Faison that's actually illegal
Next on our list.... nice
Between this brand and the dynamic big difference dynamic is much much better faster and better visibility
Oh man. I wish I had this instead of my regular vulcan wheel lift. Ah well, gets the job done just as well, even if it takes a little longer.
What if you tow the van from its front wheels but the rear wheels have the handbrake on?
that is an awesome unit!
While parking pins are not designed for this, any parking pin that would fail is something a car company doesn't want to defend in court. Parking pins are not unbreakable, but they are incredibly strong.
If you've seen cop chases, you know what a wheel will do as it disintegrates. And you probably know that the coefficient of sliding friction is less than starting friction. In other words, the longer it is pulled, the stress on the pin actually goes down, not up.
Got to have it.....
great "V - heckels" you towed there xD
I pay my car note. But if this showed up at my home. They better make it bullet proof
2:41
Here because of GTOger cause tow truck love
You can tell its new repo truck it doesn't have any bullet holes yet.....
That is On Very Cool Lift For a fast Hook And Go
for all you saying rip transmission the parking pawl can take some abuse its no worse than putting your car in reverse or drive while you're still rolling in the opposite direction or putting your car in park while moving this is why you should always put the car in neutral set and the parking brake before putting the car in park.
Most if not all modern cars won't let you remove the keys unless the car is in park. Also, parking brakes aren't predictable, and should never put alone, especially in hilly roads.
i say hell yea to it makes the diver safer that when any gets up set cuz they miss a play it they cant hurt the diver for doing his job..
I like this rig.
I loved the 810 intruder.. other than a couple hoses, it remained all original through 270k miles and carried weight very well... Come check out my repo videos and watch the 810 in action!
Geting one of this is actually a good way to steal a lot of cars
All I can think about is the front end of the truck and how much weight you could pull Notice how much of a space there is between the front tires wheel well ?
Do you sale a unit to tow motor cycles?
Some of the self-loaders have adapters. I have them for my Dynamic, but stopped even trying to use. The loading is a serious PITA and a lot of bikes now have tires that are too wide for it.
How do tow manufacturers deal with big SUVs when the electronic emergency brakes on?
With a flatbed or dollies.
Those four little mini tires you see on top of almost every tow truck; they can be used to pick up the back axle of a car. So all four wheels are off the ground.
All the more reason to have your frame kissing the ground, which is pretty badass if you aren't using air. I don't tend to park in places I'd get towed, but I don't approve of this technology for the potential damage to the vehicle (I doubt most operators would check for chassis/sump clearance) and just how easy it would be to steal a car.
That's some nice work thee... I need one of those!
Very slick 👌.
That was just showing the new equipment that was not actual tow or in pound desmostration only if you read the info
My guess is they either dolly it or have a flatbed nearby. This unit would be used to simply move the repo into position so the flatbed could line up and drag on (again, probably with dollies).
What about an all wheel drive car like Subarus and BMW x drive? Can I drag one out of the way to put the dolly under it. With no damage? More impound less repo?
Scates, then dolly it
Don’t they need to tie up the tires to the bars? What if it rolls off?
If you listen to the narrator, he mentions this is for demo only. In a real life hookup, we use straps over the wheels and tow lights for safety. The guys not interested in safety will just hook and go. Insane.
Does it have bulletproof windows too?
does this lift come a with bulletproof cab?
What is the size of the crossbar ? thickness ? width ?
How much is the truck? Nice job to the driver
I would hire this guy to narrate on my horror film
Why not use park and handbrake to lock all 4 wheels?
Hay le daño la trasmisió cuando la halo por atras y estaba en parking, la goma se vio claro qu e estaba trancada. Que se hace en esos casos para no hacerle daños mecanicos al la transmisión.
they make sure they don't harm an oil pan, but pulling a van by the drive wheels while it is NOT IN NEUTRAL is ok? Doesn't it potentially ruin the transmission or other parts?
It doesn't ruin the transmission if a car is front wheel drive then you can lift it by the front and the back wheel's roll freely. I'm a tow truck driver that's how I know.
Did the owner of the van get a new transmission out of this along with new front tires?
OMG i so want one what a money maker!! Wow awesome