Factor 55 Blog

Take a look at the attached images of Factor 55 soft good products. Not only are these products manufactured in the USA, they are also individually serialized and legibly labeled with WLL and manufacture date. The labels may appear to look the same but they are not. Look closely and you will see that each and every rigging product is marked with a unique serial number. Why go through the extra trouble of printing all of these individual labels? – Simple actually. It allows for material lot traceability and product age data. Factor 55 – Engineered, Tested and Made In...

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...

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,...

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...