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FACTOR 55 Swag Giveaway Time! To enter the contest go comment on our Instagram or Facebook posts. 1 winner from each page will be selected.  We are giving away what you see in the pic, Factor 55 Basic Guide To Winching manual, Hat, T-Shirt and a sticker pack. How do you win?    Check out the attached illustration below from certified off-road trainer Bob Wohlers of Off-Road Safety Academy – Blue Sky Adventures, Inc.   showing an uncommon winch pulley setup using the “Spanish Burton” method. Note the second independent winch line extension on the upper pulley. This changes things a bit...

  From our friends at GenRight Off Road. Between the Ultra4 Racing circuit and hard core trail wheeling, the guys at GenRight certainly put offroad parts to the ultimate test. Take a look at their FlatLink E with Rope Guard on the front of the Terremoto JK. This is a great example of how the Rope Guard is supposed to function. As you can see, although the Rope Guard is scraped up from impacts, the synthetic rope thimble and rope is completely protected behind the Rope Guard. Think of the Rope Guard as a consumable skid plate for the front...

Any Jeep Gladiator fans out there? This incredible build is from our friends at American Vintage 4×4 here in Idaho. Kevin built this as a multipurpose rig – Rockcrawler, Expedition, Adventure rig. He just finished taking it through the Rubicon, drove it there and back too! USA Made Jeep, USA Made Crosby Shackles, USA Made Factor 55. Have an adventurous Labor Day weekend! WARN | I4WDTA – The International 4-Wheel Drive Trainers Association LLC | Jeep | Jeep Porn | Jeepfreeks | Nitto Tire | Jeep Gladiator | JEEP GLADIATOR | Overland Journal | CRAWL Magazine | Expedition Portal |Superwinch | JeepBeef |  

Think tying a knot to repair your broken synthetic winch rope is a good idea? Think again. Different types of knots subject the rope fibers to different levels of bending stresses, with some knots subjecting the rope fibers to severe bending (Bowline knot). HMPE is a slippery fiber and does not lend itself well to knot tying. Look at the chart from Marlow Ropes that displays the percentage of strength reduction resulting from different knot types. The left column represents the common SK75 unsheathed winch rope that most of us off-roaders use, the right is a sheathed rope from Marlow. “BEND” represents...