February, 2020 | Factor 55

King of the Hammers UTV Race Recovery | Helmet Cam Video

Thursday, 27 February 2020 by Factor 55

TBT. What’s it like to be a co-driver for racing champion Dan Fresh at King of The Hammers?

Take a look at the co-driver helmet cam video from Fox Racing’s Mike Kim during the King of the Hammers UTV race. In this case, Mike created a rock anchor linking several Factor 55 Extreme Duty 20 inch soft shackles together. He had these soft shackles strapped to the roll cage for quick access during the race using the Factor 55 Strap Wraps. Why do racers prefer using USA made recovery gear? Predictable performance derived from USA tested materials. There simply is no reason to risk a race win by using cheap imported untested materials.

Nice work Mike! Thanks for the video!

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Factor 55 Rope Retention Pulley | Arizona 4×4 Off-road Recovery | Heavy Truck Extraction

Thursday, 13 February 2020 by Factor 55

Some of you mentioned that you would like to see product test data from a source other than ourselves. We get it. You want to see unbiased field test data, the good and the bad.

It’s no secret that prior to releasing any products to the public, we like to gather prototype field data from a wide variety of others in the industry (Vehicle recovery companies, Racers, 4X4 Trainers, Military, SAR, Enthusiasts etc). We’ve mentioned how valuable this data can be since often times these organizations when compared to the average off-road enthusiast, use Factor 55 products in more demanding ways such as higher duty cycles and extreme loads. So, in the next few weeks instead of posting our own test data, we will be posting some videos and test data from other external sources. None of these sources were paid by Factor 55 in any way, although some of the evaluation products were offered in exchange for the field data.

Are you interested in testing/evaluating Factor 55 products? Simply send us your test plan including what instrumentation that you will be using and what data you will be recording. Don’t worry about your plan being perfect, we can work with you on creating a plan that will result in valid data. Also, for you web sticklers, let’s be easy on these testers. No test plan is perfect and in some cases, neither is the safety execution of said plan.

So let’s start out with a raw unedited video from our friend Joe Osuch of Arizona 4×4 OffRoad Recovery LLC. Joe owns a towing company and definitely uses Factor 55 products with more frequency than most. He recovers stuck vehicles off-road on a daily basis. A while back we sent him an RRP for evaluation. Although the RRP is not intended for ultra-high duty cycle applications, why not see how it holds up to this type of usage? In this case, Joe is using a 15K capacity winch to extract a well-mired F150 that others previously attempted to, but failed to recover. The F150 was not running and in neutral. No instrumentation in this case, just a video showing how the RRP functions. So, let us know what you think of these types of videos. Stay tuned for more field RRP videos revealing efficiencies, not all friction pulleys are created equal.

Factor 55 – Engineered, Tested, and Made In the USA

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#shadebrigade
#precisionengineering #professionalrecovery #itsyourwinchonlysafer
#madeinusa #madeintheusa #buyamerican #winch
#winchsafer #winchsafety #vehiclerecovery #trailridesmatter
#racerecovery #innovationnotimitation #hookreplacement

A new King was crowned! Factor 55 Podium Sweep at the 2020 King of the Hammers

Monday, 10 February 2020 by Factor 55

We just returned from the Ultra4 Racing 2020 King of The Hammers!

Thanks to everyone who stopped by our booth and congratulations to all the competitors. After a full week of racing it all came down to the 4400 Unlimited Class and a new King was crowned.

1- Josh Blyler
2- Erik Miller
3- Marcos Gomez

The top 3 podium positions were all equipped with Factor 55 winch safety products. Congratulations to our friends at Big B Motorsports, Miller Motorsports, and Gomez Brothers Racing. We are so proud to be a part of your teams!

Stay tuned for more pics and stories from this year’s King of the Hammers!