Factor 55 Blog — 2023-10
Terryadyne Armored Vehicles Chooses Factor 55 LLC for Winch Safety Solutions
Terradyne Armored Vehicles, manufacturers of the Gurkha Tactical Armored Vehicle has chosen Factor 55 LLC as the supplier of Closed System Winching™ Safety Solutions. A favorite of the Armed Forces and Tactical Law Enforcement agencies, the Gurkha is a lightweight and highly maneuverable (GVW of 16-20K) armored vehicle. When the engineers at Terradyne were looking for a safer and more secure method of winch cable attachment, the Made In USA Factor 55 winch shackle mounts was their first choice. Closed System Winching™ with a Factor 55 winch cable shackle mount eliminates the hazards of conventional winch hooks and is...
TBT | Tie a knot or Splice the line?
Since a lucky few of you during the holidays may be receiving a new winch equipped with synthetic winch rope, or maybe you are just switching over to synthetic winch rope for safety, it seems like a good time to remind you of the proper way to trail repair a broken winch line. Remember, it’s not “if” a winch line will break, but “when”. Like any polymer fiber, a synthetic winch line is vulnerable to failure from abrasion, sharp edge contact, and shock loading. When it breaks on the trail and you still need a functional loop on the end,...
Why buy vehicle recovery products sourced from USA materials, engineered, and MADE IN THE USA?
Predictable performance under extreme loads. There are no surprises when extreme loads are applied to FACTOR 55 products. We follow a sound engineering process here at FACTOR 55. Take a look at a Finite Element Model version of our rope retention pulley. 75,000 pounds is applied in this mathematical model and results are analyzed, models are adjusted prior to cutting any metal in the machine shop or lab testing physical models. These product development steps cannot be short cut if you want truly engineered and tested vehicle recovery products with repeatable results. We’ve said this before, vehicle recovery is an...
We do it for the military, we do it for you.
We do it for the military, we do it for you. At Factor 55, we have always stood for quality and safety. It’s the reason why our winch shackle mount products are machined here in Idaho by American workers sourcing American materials. Foreign materials are definitely cheaper but they are also dangerously unpredictable in material properties. Yield and Ultimate strengths can vary wildly, not the type of material properties you want in highly loaded vehicle recovery rigging. Whenever you are purchasing critical rigging hardware, do yourself and those around you a favor and spend some time researching where these products...