Made for Movie

Made for Movie in Die Hard: With a Vengeance, Movie, 1995

Class: Others, Construction & Engineering vehicle

00:53:51 Minor action vehicle or used in only a short scene

Author	Message
antp ◊ 2005-12-24 01:07
truckface ◊ 2006-03-28 15:19	I think this was made for the movie. There are things like this in the real world, but they are usually bigger then this.
wrenchhead ◊ 2006-04-17 02:27	I agree with truckface - made for movie. This probably represents a kind of mining or tunneling machine. However, I have never seen one that runs on wheels. In addition, I don't believe that the spindly little mounting arm would hold up against the stress of the cutter heads.
truckface ◊ 2006-07-14 01:26	Yes. U can clearly see a cable attached to the back of it as it goes down the bridgeway. Propably just to release it down into the tunnel....
mm ◊ 2006-07-14 02:17	Usually machines like this one are not used for drilling the tunnel hole itself. They have a much smaller and much longer drill for making holes for explosives. For really large tunnel drills look here: http://www.herrenknecht.de/en/dyn_frameset.php3
Q-Ball ◊ 2007-07-08 20:42	I have a hunch that it's a Gradal or a Caterpillar.
Kooshmeister ◊ 2008-04-05 00:59	I listened to the audio commentary on the DVD, and if I remember correctly, they say that they designed and built this thing.
jettalover ◊ 2009-08-22 03:49	It says "Brooks" on it. Maybe they named this made for movie vehicle after a movie crew member as an inside joke.
Gamer ◊ 2014-04-11 07:27	This looks like the final heist from GTA V.