Trustworthy parts? – trailer hitch recovery adaptor

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I was looking to buy a trailer hitch recovery adaptor, along with a few soft shackles and did a Google search. Well, that turned up a lot of results. So, as someone new to this space, how do you know who makes reputable stuff?

Also, if anybody cares to recommend a site or two, that would be appreciated.

Cheers,
Chris
 
I went down a similar rabbit hole months back and found that Factor 55 and Yankum came up a bunch as solid options for a hitch receiver recovery point. Instead of a hitch receiver I went with some beefy Victory 4x4 recovery points for the front and a Bonobo rear recovery point and matched them with some Yankum 7/16" soft shackles and 7/8" kinetic rope.

Factor 55:

Yankum Receiver:

Yankum Soft Shackle and Rope:
 
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I was looking to buy a trailer hitch recovery adaptor, along with a few soft shackles and did a Google search. Well, that turned up a lot of results. So, as someone new to this space, how do you know who makes reputable stuff?

Also, if anybody cares to recommend a site or two, that would be appreciated.

Cheers,
Chris
I have Yankum ropes, but my soft shackles, donuts and hitch bar are cheapos from Amazon with the same breaking strength as the Yankums (well not exact but extremely close). I also have several hundred feet of "AmSteel" synthetic rope That I have made into various rigs........... 3' soft shackles, 120' tow rope extension and extreme duty/abrasion soft shackles. I've never had one "just fail" when using it correctly.

I can't buy the larger dia rope and make it, for what I pay for the same thing from Yankum.
 
Hello
Another vote for Factor 55 stuff although quite pricy.

I have their hitch receiver recovery points fitted to both my FJs and my Polaris, and I am getting one for the Prado.

To be honest, any Amazon hitch would do the same. We have access to the Chinese rip-offs of most gear here and find them to be just as good, but without the brand name. They usually come with factory test certificates, too.

The recovery ropes last longer than snatch straps, which have a number of uses before needing to be discarded.

As someone who lives in the desert, the ropes I’ve had for years are still going strong. Just remember to clean them of dirt or sand after use and keep them in a bag out of the sun.

Soft shackles are pretty much all the same, so I’d go with the cheaper ones. I’ve used Warn/ factor55 and now use the cheaper ones Chinese ones that have done well so far.

Recovery points is an interesting one as I will eventually fit a winch so want the option to snatch from something solid. So the simple 2 bolt ones that attach to where the factory tiedowns I’m not 100% sure of.

Especially when the Australian Toyota OEM ones both though the crosssmember supports. And by the look of it so do the ARB ones.
 
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