This is how your car gets towed in Paris

[@riliwi]

you could clock that lift with a calendar

[@jeffryblackmon4846]

That has to be the slowest hydraulic equipment I have ever seen.

[@bikerdad63]

I was thinking the same thing. Never seen hydrolics so slow especially on a tow truck.

[@tonymmm2850]

I grew a beard watching him

[@tinydog34]

The owner could just jump in and be ten miles away by the time he even got lift under it. That had too be the slowest i have ever seen.

[@acmeopinionfactory8018]

@@tinydog34 That gear is fine for a "roadside assistance" type of call-out, but is ludicrously slow and inefficient for an enforcement type call-out. Puts the operator in jeopardy of a possibly dangerous confrontation with the driver, although not many drivers in Paris are strapped, I think.

[@onrr1726]

that's way to time consuming. It would take less than 2 minuets in the U.S. for a tow truck driver to hook up and be gone with a car.

[@deepanjan.sengupta]

exactly, after watching GTOger I realised the same.

[@uncovidvaxxforthestrongand3582]

@@deepanjan.sengupta yeah those guys don't even need to get out of their trucks maybe just to snap pics of the car in the spot or its a locked awd they have to get out and set up the back wheels so it can be towed the only time.

[@outcast668]

Ask anybody who repossesses/tows for a living, you have to be quick in the US; otherwise you'd get shot or stabbed, and collect huge medical bills and not get paid for your efforts...lol...Maybe he's a new guy and he needs some maturity...

[@onrr1726]

@@outcast668 I knew a guy that did repo jobs part time in New York State (not the city) he always had a .357 magnum on him for protection.

[@outcast668]

@@onrr1726 #Prayers...

[@cletusspucklerstablejeaniu1059]

In Paris they charge for towing by the hour, not the mile.

[@MichaelT_123]

Pardon! ... À l'heure!

[@cletusspucklerstablejeaniu1059]

@@MichaelT_123 .... non!

[@lmartinmiami82]

Officially but they get paid on the side by car. That guy was not particularly slow but some always need to be a champions... Be a champion of tow truck... Who cares. I see that in the USA it's not faster and in a way easier situation,... kzbin.info/www/bejne/iZvUo2aaaLuoe68

[@cleatusmcgurkin3740]

I wonder if it would be quicker if they played a faster song?

[@porkrind3512]

😂

[@SpendingtheKidsInheritanceinth]

Like benny hill theme song

[@kangawe]

It works! I change the playing speed to 2x, the song becomes quicker and the tow is going quicker as well

[@evakagia906]

🤣

[@profmet]

LOL!

[@concernedobserver8015]

3-12 its too slow, GTOGER in u.s. maximum 30 secs and your car is GONE

[@tallll70]

Well, not always, sometimes they even drag FWD vehicle on front wheels over clicker, then hook up properly on front, but yes the hydraulics on this video were sooo slo

[@davidp2888]

Fans of Towtrucker and GTOger’s heads are exploding because this guy is so slow.

[@saablazer]

*drum beats intensifies *

[@beardaquatics9163]

If the guy had the stinger type hook up then he could have been back to his eclair and coffee by now.

[@beardaquatics9163]

@@saablazer i want to see how Paris handles the scooter revenge.

[@b-bnt]

He gets paid by the hour, what's the rush

[@fairman21st]

Word Brother.

[@terryrussel3369]

My favorite new tow truck toy is the modified flat bed that pulls up right beside the offending vehicle and deploys a forklift style contraption that picks the entire machine up and drops it on the trucks bed. Wish we had one.

[@rudmanpaul2812]

Saw one in Budapest do just that. Was pretty quick and the driver seemed appreciative of a drunk crowd and the applause

[@donstone4349]

We towed cars in that manor 25 years ago in the USA. We’ve got tow trucks we can operate from in the cab and can reach out far enough to snatch a car from a parking space between other cars

[@Mahalo_83]

American tow trucks won’t fit down most Europe city streets

[@donstone4349]

@@Mahalo_83 no money to be made there,Next!

[@burtvhulberthyhbn7583]

@@Mahalo_83 any pick-up truck can be equipped with tow apparatus he described. Repo men in the US share the police data base for all stolen or repossessed vehicles. They're equipped with plate readers that read every plate they drive by. Stolens are automatically reported to police and repos are provided the repossessors.

[@Mahalo_83]

@@burtvhulberthyhbn7583 really? Could a hilux or amarok have this fitted? US Dodge and Ford pickups are again way too big European city streets.

[@douglasmilligrock578]

Too slow! In America they're hooked up in less than a minute.

[@4cylfreak46]

She gone!

[@NepNepYT]

@@4cylfreak46 where do i remember this from?

[@4cylfreak46]

@@NepNepYT gas station encounters? 😆

[@NepNepYT]

@@4cylfreak46 yes :o

[@joeishere500]

HOOK N BOOK

[@volador2828]

No repo's for this guy... watching that boom come down was painfully sloooow!

[@xXDrocenXx]

I come from the countryside and that was brutal fast 😆

[@hyattgotti3052]

can someone overlay this with 20yrs later voice from sponge Bob... I went into a coma, came back, went back again and that boon was still not even done, 😂😂😂

[@volador2828]

@@hyattgotti3052 lol

[@bigjohnson7415]

Hey, he can take his time because he doesn't have to worry about getting SHOT while performing his job! Gotta be fast here to outrun the bullets!

[@emmaschmidt1100]

Lol

[@28704joe]

Indeed, in Paris what are they going to do , whack you with a baguette? :)

[@elainevankat5353]

So true!!

[@Salah.Ad-Din]

@@28704joe Poison your cheese wheel with American cheddar "cheese". Jk I like cheddar, but only real cheddar.

[@Elaba_]

Or get shot while they pick up their car.

[@jackhack8812]

You forgot the part where he buggers off for lunch for 2 hours .

[@jeanne8507]

😂

[@keithschwartz7318]

TowTrucker would have had that car yanked by the end of the first movement. Thats what he does.

[@chickenwing111]

Tow Trucker should go do a European tour and show them how to tow real cars with a real tow truck. That thing was not much more than a golf cart. And the guy was not worried about getting shot.

[@JRM716]

Nonconsensual towing, that what we do. Towtrucker.....

[@glpxt]

TowTrucker would be very embarrassed when he realized that his oversized American monster truck wouldn'd fit through the narrow streets of Paris.

[@chickenwing111]

@@glpxt - There is nothing like driving a big American pickup truck. Makes one feel like a modern day cowboy. They are quite useful, too. I've had 2 Fords but now drive an American made Toyota Tundra. I've had no trouble driving any of them around the narrow streets of Boston.

[@vortrexion]

i like how lots of who watch towtrucker are commenting on this video lmao

[@jack2e]

Multiple problems here: 1) Front Wheel Drive Vehicle. He's towing the wrong end. 2) Way too slow both the hydraulics and the tow operator, If he keeps picking up cars like that he won't be doing it much longer. 3) I don't see any straps on those wheels, nor did he open the car, put it in Neutral and run the seatbelt through the steering wheel to stop the front end from shifting. There's no way that's a rear wheel drive car.

[@2148aa]

I do agree. Most those cars are manuals with the transmission left in neutral and the parking brake set. Steering wheel key lock would keep the wheel from swinging. If wheels left off center or transmission left in gear with the brakes set. That car would never have been towed. Too much work.

[@russgould707]

@@2148aa is that normal over there for people to leave a manual transmission in neutral when parking? We always leave it in first.

[@2148aa]

@@russgould707 In the USA 97% of the cars are automatics. I was taught to leave the car in reverse because that may be the lowest gear. Most of our tow trucks are tilt beds with winches. If a parking lot is towed empty. The automatics are slid on and off the tilt bed. Tow trucks hate manuals because if it is in gear a backwards ran engine can cause damage if drive wheels turn. So they have to lift manual transmissions drive wheels straight up and drop straight down. Street parking violators that don't pay tickets get there car booted. Once I have seen a snow removal crew want a car removed and being told told by a tow truck to go to hell when being informed it was a manual and facing nose in to the curb. The car did get 8 feet of snow piled on it.

[@dpbj1957]

Would have been interesting had the car been left in gear. And potentially expensive.

[@wekker090]

I was wondering the same, I always have my car in first or reverse gear.

[@inh92]

Or if the steering was locked??? In Ireland they lift them onto a flat bed hooking on the wheels

[@maestrovso]

Those tiny cars all tend to be FWD. Even if not in gear towing on the drive wheels can cause damage.

[@vitalino1981]

Absolutely! It's FWD, if it's an automatic, then gearbox will be ruined on arrival.

[@TheSchmed]

@@inh92 same in US, Flatbed is most of the way, unless City Of NY, they don’t give a shit.

[@billbodger4723]

Typically french approach take as much time as possible talk about f--k about it’s a wonder he didn’t go for a coffee break before he moved that car.

[@keithriley3159]

And a few gauloise along the way

[@biker042]

🤣

[@ProleDaddy]

As an employee/slave in the U.S., I know I wouldn't have minded taking that coffee break. Keeping the whip off my back for 15 minutes is positive.

[@keithriley3159]

@@ProleDaddy 😂😂

[@equakebilly]

Tell me why going faster? He does the job .

[@patrickgarcia4176]

to TIE DOWN, SAFETY CHAINS, not safe towing at all

[@keithriley3159]

I know, no hi-vis, hard hat, risk assessment, method statement. It's like he was pinching it, ...................oh shit !

[@normbarrows]

Yeah - right - like they care about safety.

[@LessThanHandy]

In the U.S., the victim can jump in this car and be on the highway before this guy pulls the car away from the curb!!

[@PeopleThatFallApart]

That is the difference. In Europe no lunatic is going to come to try to leave with the car when it already has two wheels in the air, in addition to the fact that this tow truck takes it for some parking violation, not for non-payment of the car.

[@Ghoststang1776]

I've seen guys here in the states pull up drop the lift under one tire slide the car till its out and can be back straight up to. Then they line it up pick up the car and take off. Don't even have to get out of the truck. I guess that's because here people will shoot at you for trying to tow or repo their car

[@ProleDaddy]

Sounds like an easy way to a damage claim.

[@PeopleThatFallApart]

That is the difference. In Europe no lunatic is going to come to try to leave with the car when it already has two wheels in the air, in addition to the fact that this tow truck takes it for some parking violation, not for non-payment of the car.

[@karllinden9246]

Here in Chicago they could have towed the whole block in the time it takes this guy to do one.

[@louistorres]

Thirty minutes later, he finally gets the vehicle. Paris needs advice from NYC tow companies! Lmao! That was the longest tow I've ever watched in my life!

[@organiccold]

Why?! No reason to rush, this is not America where people just stab other people for nothing.

[@lmartinmiami82]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/iZvUo2aaaLuoe68... Yeah right... Speed up the video like these guys...

[@hyattgotti3052]

All I could hear was the sponge Bob time card voice saying 30 minutes later 😂😂😂😂

[@Hoplasa]

i'd love to see those big american tow truck make it down one of paris small roads xd gl with that

[@aborworld3509]

As an Indian,i feel that the car owner has parked the car perfectly

[@chillywilly9573]

We can only hope that someone will park at GTOger so we can hear the drumbeat again and show this tow truck driver how it's done!!!! Drumbeats!

[@gerhardusvanrooyen6663]

I thought I would fall asleep for a few hours before he stopped mucking around! and got towed!

[@spocksvulcanbrain]

In the USA, the driver never gets out of the truck and it takes about 30 seconds before the car is gone.

[@lmartinmiami82]

Yeah right... kzbin.info/www/bejne/iZvUo2aaaLuoe68

[@authbrannon]

Wow, that is super slow... The owner could have driven a away about 3 times. Lol

[@PeopleThatFallApart]

That is the difference. In Europe no lunatic is going to come to try to leave with the car when it already has two wheels in the air, in addition to the fact that this tow truck takes it for some parking violation, not for non-payment of the car.

[@grandwaha]

Wow! That's some first class technology from the turn of the 19th century right there.

[@JackF99]

I'm interested in hearing in the comments on whether this hookup was slower or faster than in the US.

[@PaulE46]

Me too. 😉

[@adelestevens]

Always park with front wheel drive pointed into the curb with steering lock on and in reverse gear.

[@JAMESYBOY.]

Lol I thought that would work to. Someone made a tiktok video on how to protect your car from being towed And a tow truck driver replied with video back with a car parked just like that "wheels point to the curb and steering wheel lock" even between to other cars and the tow guy had the car hooked and towed in a matter of seconds With a reply of "nice try" I was even shocked lol like damn!!! He is good To much modern towing equipment nowadays I guess Most don't even have to get out the truck to tow a car and the tow companies that work with the police geez those guys are even more pro, best way to protect your car from being towed is follow the laws cause there is no other way out of it I guess This is speaking from tow trucks in the US Because the one in this video is super slow lol I think I could of done it faster then that haha!!

[@mikeznel6048]

Hahahahaha yeah cause that's gonna stop them from yanking it on to a flat bed or just putting dollies under it lol. Yeah, keep thinking that.

[@scrambledmandible]

Or don't park illegally and the problem is prevented

[@normanfillmore3490]

As a former private property impound driver, let me state unequivocally, DO NOT CHALLENGE the impound driver…. It’s a boring job, if you make it obvious to me that you tried to put your vehicle in such a position to make me look for easier victims… YOU GO FIRST. As they say, CHALLENGE ACCEPTED!!

[@TheGonso35]

In Paris they tow cars to famous classical tunes...it is an art ;)

[@ogr7771]

Well here in America that guy would starve as a repo man

[@keithriley3159]

Its not repo

[@WhiskeyGulf71]

When you are trying to be fast & stealthy but your equipment is about as cutting edge as the wheel 🤣

[@MNDashcam]

Even so with old equipment he could have easily come in at an angle and pulled up with the boom already down and literally been out of there in 30 seconds. That first half with the wheel dollies was completely unnecessary and it didn't look like you locked the steering wheel either so it'll get about three blocks before the front wheel gets caught and the car driving the next lane behind him.

[@jmoney881]

Aww, even their tow trucks are little. How cute…

[@user-jy3zl2vp4b]

Slowest tow on the planet!! And why was it towed? If the owner came out during that snail's-pace of a tow, could they just drive off? How much does it cost to get the car back?

[@richardgamache1]

The city I towed in .. Santa Monica CA if we were at least hooked you had to pay a drop fee of half the cost of the tow to unhook it .. if we weren't attached at all there was no fee (my boss stressed getting hooked as fast as possible of course) if I took that long to hook Inwouldnt have had a job .. had a few jump in while the vehicle was lifted none fortunately tried driving off the lift usually ended up with calling the cops and them removing the person from the car.

[@fightback397]

@@richardgamache1 You are a mean fellow . I'm glad I've never visited Santa Monica .

[@KevinBenecke]

That has to be the slowest hydraulics ever. Especially when you need to hook and go quickly.

[@buellb0y]

That’s pretty much exactly how your car gets towed in the US also. Only slower.

[@seanmares2406]

That was the slowest hook and book I've ever seen.

[@lmartinmiami82]

Check this one then kzbin.info/www/bejne/iZvUo2aaaLuoe68

[@richardgamache1]

Wake me up when he's finally hooked and moving

[@jefferychow4765]

entire galaxies have formed in the time for that boom to come down

[@MrApacis]

Great music choice, Sir

[@MP-hx8fs]

I don’t take that long when I had to throw doodles

[@abraamsamor7418]

Miller industries needs to market their products in France. (They are the biggest tow company, it owns all the big names with the biggest tow truck. They are the ones that made tow trucks how they are now.)

[@Jophlo78]

For a moment there I thought he was about to do an oil change & tire rotation!

[@anttimaki8188]

Boss, could i get a New towing vehicle? NO! We have had the little poop for 35 years and its running just fine!

[@garywheeler60]

In the US that whole process takes about 30 seconds and the wrecker driver never leaves the cab.

[@lmartinmiami82]

Yeah right kzbin.info/www/bejne/iZvUo2aaaLuoe68

[@davidcantwell2489]

In Japan they do that with a Honda Goldwing. It's called a retriever.

[@tanya334]

I think the people that came up at the end were the owners 🤣🤣🤣 But dang that took along time to tow 🤪

[@mikeznel6048]

I think you're right lol

[@ralfie8801]

You could see that happening from your dining room window, Finnish your breakfast, brush your teeth, and then go drive your car away before that guy could get it hooked up.

[@jenwright2577]

Thank you for choosing BFPS towing!

[@dandaniels4558]

That's so slow compared to America. Over here the tow truck drivers have a 20 times faster hook that goes under and grabs the vehicle even at an angle if needed and pulls it out and goes . The way yall do it,it gives the owner way to much time to control the you. Unbelievable how long it takes and how much is involved in getting hooked up.

[@PeopleThatFallApart]

That is the difference. In Europe no lunatic is going to come to try to leave with the car when it already has two wheels in the air, in addition to the fact that this tow truck takes it for some parking violation, not for non-payment of the car.

[@lmartinmiami82]

Yeah right... kzbin.info/www/bejne/iZvUo2aaaLuoe68

[@cakeman58]

There are tow trucks in the US where the driver doesn’t even have to get out of the driver’s seat. Under a minute and the car is gone.

[@williammielenz3752]

In Paris, there's a bounty on jaywalkers.

[@bennetfox]

He's towing a front wheel drive car from the wrong end.

[@geoffreylee5199]

Needs to have a smoke and a croissant while lifting.

[@richardhohn2284]

😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣

[@lmartinmiami82]

So funny fonzy....

[@barowt]

I'm 99% sure that the music is already playing in the background in the streets...

[@pradeepdissanayaka4294]

Nice and respectful !!!

[@rickoshay6554]

The Le Peeair Car Snatchers Union during a slow-down. [The only efficient machine these people ever invented was a guillotine.]

[@butchkaminsky9470]

Toy cars, need a toy tow truck. Love to see the guy try his luck with one of our Humers.

[@keithriley3159]

Meanwhile he causes an obstruction for nearly 5 mins

[@jetsebutenpost]

with music from Vienna??

[@henrybankard8728]

TowTrucker!!

[@adrianokuma7943]

I guess I'm going to take a nap and check it later to see if he has achieved this mission somewhere in the future

[@lmartinmiami82]

By the meantime check how it's done in your country kzbin.info/www/bejne/iZvUo2aaaLuoe68. Speed up the video like these ones.

[@slatibaadfast]

The guy wasn't an official tow truck driver, he was a car thief. Flashing lights, no one says a word, takes his time and gone.

[@ILLYA_N]

I wonder what happens with the gearbox or engine, if the wehicle was on a gear (manual) or parking (auto)

[@englishbob5106]

🇬🇧 At the start of the video he gives the front wheel a tug to see if it's in gear or in P , it's not in either so he can tow it

[@CL9k24a3]

@@englishbob5106 you cant know that if the parking brake is on.

[@vincentrobinette1507]

@@CL9k24a3 In most cars, the parking brake is the rear wheels, the drive is the front. As long as it isn't in gear, or in park, lifting it by the rear wheels gets around that.

[@CL9k24a3]

@@vincentrobinette1507 Some Citroens have park brake on the front wheels and if I pull parking brake on my honda and leave it in gear you cant know if its in a gaer by rocking the car like this guy has.

[@vincentrobinette1507]

@@CL9k24a3 I once had a Subaru DL, that also had front wheel parking brake. It's rare, but, not unheard of. When we had to tow a car like that, we actually had a tow dolly, so none of the cars wheels were on the ground.

[@stuartbuckley8720]

GTOGER, they take a car as fast as if they have the keys, great videos of towing illegal parking.

[@builtyankeegirl]

Only in France is there a full size kitchen inside a tow truck.

[@ritafisher2998]

I could have driven away by the time the lift actually touched the ground.

[@bimscutney1242]

Glaciers move faster than that.

[@bedak84]

Actually I am waiting for the driver to come up when the tow guy almost finished... 😅

[@rhenmerchant5715]

Its like watching a tow job in the USA from 1952.

[@epmike123]

Gets paid by the minute.

[@evandawson1037]

This is what called respect for car.... This man must be insane lover of cars 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@CharltonLatchford]

It's quick in the USA because they often don't use their handbrake.

[@4cylfreak46]

Get yourself an F550 self loader with a set of dollies. Remote included…

[@Orefamilylawncare]

We shall call him "slow truck driver"

[@markhedger6378]

If they'd played 'flight of the bumblebee " I'd demand my money back!

[@magnificentmuttley2084]

I think that was done very respectfully. No doubt the driver parked in a disabled parking space (without displaying a permit) or in a metered parking bay which over-ran.

[@damianleah6744]

He is making a spectacle of it lol 😂

[@LSD97123]

It's the first time I've seen a land cruiser tow truck

[@thatsme4029]

that takes longer to come dwn then my grandma comin dwn stairs

[@eddiespagetti8395]

Everything is slow in Paris. Including tow truck tow arms

[@lmartinmiami82]

So funny... It's spaghetti BTW...

[@curtiscarson8229]

In chicago a person would have driven off in the first half a minute and waved bye.

[@PeopleThatFallApart]

That is the difference. In Europe no lunatic is going to come to try to leave with the car when it already has two wheels in the air, in addition to the fact that this tow truck takes it for some parking violation, not for non-payment of the car.

[@lmartinmiami82]

Yeah right... kzbin.info/www/bejne/iZvUo2aaaLuoe68

[@zinussan50]

Plot twist: the clip cut off with cameraman said... "Oh shit 😳...is that my car?.."

[@shorttimer874]

I've used that type of tow system, it's from the 80's, first built by a Swedish company, name starts with an "E", Ecka or some such, absolute worse system for hooking up at an angle. Guy must get paid by the hour, every truck I've driven had a manual throttle to speed things up. Pulling the car out with a winch would be much faster and easier on the body and using a pully off the bottom driver's side of his bed would had let him do it from where he was parked. Those caster gadgets can get you in trouble on a slope. Wheel lift style tow truck moves the center of gravity further back than the old sling style, that's why you see so many with a diesel engine and a heavy push bumper on the front as a counter weight, actually using one to push things leads to expensive damages, with that short wheel base on this truck anything much heavier than a motorcycle is going to be lifting his front wheels causing braking and steering problems. No safety chains, no magnetic turn signals, the steering wheel lock will probably keep the front wheels on the car straight but using a rope or the seat belt to tie it would be much safer, I've seen them break.

[@skyeram]

What a cute little La Tow Truck - uh huh

[@andrewlaw]

Man grew a beard by the time the lift boom came down!

[@curtistucker8059]

He certainly doesn't want to attempt repos with that slow ass hydraulic system

[@rayjennings3637]

This may have been a slow pickup but at least the guy was careful to cause no damage to the car, unlike some of those American tow-truck operatives who get paid by the number of cars shifted and as a result don't really care about being too careful.

[@aaronlopez3585]

That's the slowest I've ever seen a car hooked up. I have prepared a rig for towing in less time.🤔

[@julianneale6128]

Hang on. A Frenchman moving fast? That unheard of!

[@lmartinmiami82]

So funny fonzy... kzbin.info/www/bejne/iZvUo2aaaLuoe68 usa usa...

[@supersami7748]

Boy had me fooled, I thought all those little things were FWD.

[@A_Cowboy_called_JackRabbit]

Damn! I was so busy thawing a turkey, and missed the whole show! Had to replay it, but missed it again... While cooking the rest of dinner.

[@likeaboss860]

Turn the rpms up with cruise control so the hydraulics work faster

[@Spookyb329]

This is Paris, you wouldn't get a yank style pickup down half the streets, and they park so tightly you often wouldn't be able to get any sort of angle to pull the car out if the road is narrow. Someone commented that they would leave their wheels point to the kerb and in gear...people leave their cars out of gear in Paris streets and handbrake lightly applied as its quite common to see cars parked bumper to bumper, to get out (or in) its not unusual to see a driver nudging the cars either side to make room :)

[@abhishektiwari4794]

When tow-trucker came back from duty kids were turned old.

[@richardsantos7334]

In the US we have a thing called an autoloader that looks like one rickety truck

[@enolwlfe]

There' goes that transmission, it's TOAST!!!!!!!.

[@jaydavidson4592]

Totally random, but that looks like the exact filming location for the first Bourne movie

[@davidu4758]

In NYC this would have taken 30 seconds or less for a tow away and the driver would have never left his seat.

[@elifoust7664]

SURRENDER YOUR CAR,LIKE THE FRENCH IN WAR.

[@lmartinmiami82]

France won more battles and war than any other country, go back to history class.