Off road industry charges a premium. I bought a good quality part from a industry supplier. Bought the same quality stuff from a oil field rigging store for less than half the price. I had all my stuff stolen recently in a break in and thought of this video when i replaced all my stuff. Big smile on my face with the savings. Thanks for posting this.
Factor 55 is so expensive because the number 1 rule in business is. Never use your own money. Warn went to wall street and borrowed the money to finance the purchase of factor 55. That big money has to be paid back. It comes from you.
Factor 55 is stupid. I own a towing company and we use the standard equipment without all the ridiculous re-engineered nonsense and it works just fine.
Could you reccomend an online source where I could look for the heavier duty (1/2" or bigger) Self Locking CLevis'/Hooks as the ones I have found were almost $200???
I recently picked up a Warn winch for my Tacoma and started investigating Factor 55 products. While researching recovery gear such as soft and steel shackles, Google recommended I watch this video. Based on what I saw, I ditched my plan to buy most Factor 55 stuff, removed the Warn hook and bought two Crosby steel shackles and a Crosby closed hook like the ones you demonstrated. Thank you!
I looked at some of the steel rigging hooks, etc like you show in this video but the working load limit is a lot less than a lot of the recovery products the companies like factor 55 sell.
So I’m just yanking people out of ditches. I stumbled onto their 2 inch hitch link. What would you buy instead? I’m not recovering heavy equipment, just family in snowy ditches.
Hi, Would you be able to comment on crane related stuff? Hooks, winches, Crane DAF, etc. anything crane related... especially for truck-cranes? Thanks!
Like I've said before. Just a matter of time before I can pick up some of that factor 55 gear at a pawn shop for a fraction of the price. The brothers will steal anything. I swing by once a month just to see what has shown up. Picked up 2 sets of ramps last year. 1/3 the price new.
So unfortunately for the first time in over 40 years of four wheeling, I’ve gone to synthetic line which I don’t like and this year I did purchase a factor 55 and mainly was so I could protect the UV rays from hitting the wrap of the line where it connects, if you read the fine print on the package of the synthetic line Warn recommends replacing the line every year because of the UV rays which I doubt people do but I’m trying to give it as much longevity as possible, Other than that I would’ve just stayed old-school I was trying to keep the front of my vehicle a little bit lighter with synthetic line but I definitely prefer steel line, I go off roading somewhere every couple weeks towing a modified off road teardrop trailer and I spend all my time deep in the back country and about as hard-core as I can get towing a trailer I’ve used the factor 55 this year to remove a lot of fallen timber from the fires we’ve had that are falling over blocking my trails, but I agree with you in regards to probably a lot of hype I like the old-school steal stuff, and I didn’t realize the factor 55 cost so much money because at the time I ordered a lot of stuff and just had it all delivered at once I probably wouldn’t have purchased if I realized it cost that much money and I agree with you on the sharp edge aluminum if you run a steel Dee-ring which I do it will probably tear up the aluminum, go old-school folks!!!!👍🇺🇸
That Factor 55 splicer thimble is just a knockoff of the safety thimble that I got from viking offroad somewhere around 2010. Claiming that they invented closed system winching is BS.
Probably one of the funniest truck related videos I've watched all year. As soon as the packing says something is made exclusively for a specific sport or activity the price is double what the generic equivalent is. If you are building a color-matched recovery kit to polish and park at a mall or a SEMA show, open your wallet. If you prefer a thicker wallet, then pick and choose and know there are other options to build up a solid kit. Dude is right on so many levels.
Off road industry charges a premium. I bought a good quality part from a industry supplier. Bought the same quality stuff from a oil field rigging store for less than half the price. I had all my stuff stolen recently in a break in and thought of this video when i replaced all my stuff. Big smile on my face with the savings. Thanks for posting this.
Factor 55 is so expensive because the number 1 rule in business is. Never use your own money. Warn went to wall street and borrowed the money to finance the purchase of factor 55. That big money has to be paid back. It comes from you.
Factor 55 is stupid. I own a towing company and we use the standard equipment without all the ridiculous re-engineered nonsense and it works just fine.
This guy is totally on point. Everything he said comes from experience and lack of being gullible to corporate advertising.
Could you reccomend an online source where I could look for the heavier duty (1/2" or bigger) Self Locking CLevis'/Hooks as the ones I have found were almost $200???
I recently picked up a Warn winch for my Tacoma and started investigating Factor 55 products. While researching recovery gear such as soft and steel shackles, Google recommended I watch this video. Based on what I saw, I ditched my plan to buy most Factor 55 stuff, removed the Warn hook and bought two Crosby steel shackles and a Crosby closed hook like the ones you demonstrated. Thank you!
I agree! I'm glad there's someone else who think $400 for an aluminum hook is bull shit.
That was awesome. I enjoy a bit of no bullshit straight shooting. You have satisfied my needs for quite some time. 😂
I totally dig your video. I wished I had seen it before I spent the money to get a winch tingy for my rig. SMH...
Good for you.
I looked at some of the steel rigging hooks, etc like you show in this video but the working load limit is a lot less than a lot of the recovery products the companies like factor 55 sell.
😂😂😂😂 please do more reviews like this. Thanks for your honest opinion.
So I’m just yanking people out of ditches. I stumbled onto their 2 inch hitch link. What would you buy instead? I’m not recovering heavy equipment, just family in snowy ditches.
Hi, Would you be able to comment on crane related stuff? Hooks, winches, Crane DAF, etc. anything crane related... especially for truck-cranes? Thanks!
Like I've said before. Just a matter of time before I can pick up some of that factor 55 gear at a pawn shop for a fraction of the price. The brothers will steal anything. I swing by once a month just to see what has shown up. Picked up 2 sets of ramps last year. 1/3 the price new.
So unfortunately for the first time in over 40 years of four wheeling, I’ve gone to synthetic line which I don’t like and this year I did purchase a factor 55 and mainly was so I could protect the UV rays from hitting the wrap of the line where it connects, if you read the fine print on the package of the synthetic line Warn recommends replacing the line every year because of the UV rays which I doubt people do but I’m trying to give it as much longevity as possible, Other than that I would’ve just stayed old-school I was trying to keep the front of my vehicle a little bit lighter with synthetic line but I definitely prefer steel line, I go off roading somewhere every couple weeks towing a modified off road teardrop trailer and I spend all my time deep in the back country and about as hard-core as I can get towing a trailer I’ve used the factor 55 this year to remove a lot of fallen timber from the fires we’ve had that are falling over blocking my trails, but I agree with you in regards to probably a lot of hype I like the old-school steal stuff, and I didn’t realize the factor 55 cost so much money because at the time I ordered a lot of stuff and just had it all delivered at once I probably wouldn’t have purchased if I realized it cost that much money and I agree with you on the sharp edge aluminum if you run a steel Dee-ring which I do it will probably tear up the aluminum, go old-school folks!!!!👍🇺🇸
That Factor 55 splicer thimble is just a knockoff of the safety thimble that I got from viking offroad somewhere around 2010. Claiming that they invented closed system winching is BS.
35 years on a crane most of the off road industries is full of bs
As soon as I saw how dirty this man’s hands were I knew he knew his stuff.
Probably one of the funniest truck related videos I've watched all year. As soon as the packing says something is made exclusively for a specific sport or activity the price is double what the generic equivalent is. If you are building a color-matched recovery kit to polish and park at a mall or a SEMA show, open your wallet. If you prefer a thicker wallet, then pick and choose and know there are other options to build up a solid kit. Dude is right on so many levels.