Recovery Trucks
When a racing car crashes at a racing circuit, they usually cannot be driven back to the pits or even driven onto a trailer or low loader. They are therefore recovered by being lifted up onto a flatbed truck equipped with its own hydraulic crane.
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Sometimes the car can be towed back to the pits (using any suitable vehicle if a recovery truck is not available.
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Most of the time the recovery trucks just wait beside the track or in the paddock.
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At the end of the race the trucks spring into action.
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Some cars are even transported to and from the racing circuit on the back of a crane equipped, flat bed lorry. These are mostly stock cars (used for banger racing).
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I now have a Britains farm truck that is a flatbed lorry suitable for carrying a racing car. All I need to do is add a crane and change some of the stickers. |
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If you want to make your own, here are some close-ups of a crane and the hydraulic control levers.
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