Based on everything I have read elsewhere, I'm not sure that your salesperson is correct. It's my understanding that there were a handful of things that had to be completed at the factory - including the winch.
It is smart to terminate your line with a button splice like he has, but I am not sure how it will stand up to real-world use, Not quite as secure as a loop (as on the Grenadier line) for adding an extension (needed!). And using your winch line directly as a "tree strap" or attaching to a 3rd party vehicle (that may not have an optimised recovery point with sharp edges) is going to put extra wear and potential damage to the line. So if you go that route, you better learn how to do a button termination in the field, or you will be SOL if it fails (my .02!). But, as I said, I am backing away from the fancy Factor 55 ultrahook and going with the loop (and maybe and safety ring inside it for protection) when I attach stuff to it with soft shackles. Mt reasoning is to have the minimum mass in my recovery equipment for safety in the event of failure.I have no interest in any hooks or attachments either - freedom winch line all the way.
Bleepin Freedom Winch Line | BleepinJeep
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View: https://youtu.be/u-dDSvajnLw?si=D_1XdXX_teLzf_H4
Yes the Bleeping Jeep guy is not a very good role model in the demonstration. Wrapping a winch line around a tree leads to injury of the tree and lifting your Jeep with a winch is just plain dumb. Who knows how he attached it in order to lift it.
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This setup has been used for years by Matt's off-road recovery, and has yet to fail.
Ask them how often they replace/repair the button splice,...,......
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All these wonderful "gizmos" and techniques you pull of Youtube are really not the way to learn about off-road recovery.
I agree with you 100%, however, my point wasn’t about how to recover. It was about what one can use with the Red winch with synthetic line.
Isn't he on YouTube?
Oh please. So much for the rugged individualist Texans! That was an opportunity to demonstrate your recovery skills and show them what you’re made of! Besides, there are pre made bumpers coming out that can take a standard winch, OR, if you can’t wait or want something really nice and unique, go to a shop that can fab. A warn is 1000 bucks. That leaves 4000 to pay a skilled welder for T$M .
