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When Land Rover North America recently reached out to Factor 55 LLC to equip their limited edition TReK Discovery 5 with our USA made winch safety products, we weren’t sure what to expect. Well, the rumors are true. After a 15 year hiatus, Land Rover is bringing back the fully equipped Discovery TReK Edition. In the spirit of the old Camel Trophy days, this edition is ready for all of your expedition adventures. The TReK will be available soon at your local Land Rover dealership. Built in conjunction with our friends at Lucky 8 LLC. #factor55 #closedsystemwinching #equippedtoexplore#shadebrigade#precisionengineering #professionalrecovery #itsyourwinchonlysafer#madeinusa #madeintheusa #buyamerican #winch#winchsafer #winchsafety #vehiclerecovery #trailridesmatter#racerecovery #innovationnotimitation #hookreplacement Overland Expo | Overland Journal | Expedition Portal | Classic Land Rover magazine | Tread...

Ductility is a material property that describes a material’s ability to permanently deform or stretch prior to fracture. The more ductility, the more the material can permanently stretch prior to breaking. This is extremely important for winch and offroad rigging because as users, we want to be visually warned if we are overstressing a piece of rigging hardware. A sudden catastrophic fracture in rigging is dangerous and unnecessary. The appropriate amount of strength and ductility is deliberately designed into reputable rigging hardware. USA hardware manufactured by Crosby , Columbus McKinnon , Skookum, Campbell, Chicago etc. have the proper ductile properties engineered into them. As...

FACTOR 55 WINS 6 GLOBAL MEDIA AWARDS AT The SEMA Show 2019 FACTOR 55 has continued their winning streak claiming 6 Global Media Awards at SEMA 2019 for both the new Patent Pending RRP- Rope Retention Pulley, and the Extreme Duty Tow Strap. Special thanks to the media partners for supporting our new product line, we are so proud to be recognized by the media, industry and our peers. FACTOR 55 – Engineered, Tested, and Made in the USA  

In just a few weeks, Off-Road Motorsports Hall of Fame Inductee and owner of Adventure Architects LLC, Chris Collard will be joined by fellow Hall of Fame Inductee and Jeeping guru Rick Pewe, retracing the tracks of the 1969 Simpson Desert East-West Australia Expedition (the first Jeep crossing of the entire Australian continent).   To celebrate this milestone adventure, Ben Davidson of Seven Slot Expedition, along with Ian McDonald and John Eggleston (two of the three surviving members of the original expedition), Hall of Fame Inductee Sue Mead, and Justin He will head a group of Jeeps from different eras including TJ, JK and new JL...