Expedition Recovery system

[kennyao30]

Welcome to a new era in recovery.
-Solid one piece construction.
-No bends or welds
-Made from 6061-t6 Aluminum plate
-Quite possibly the most hardcore recovery bracket for the 100 series.
- prototype made by a local rocket scientist ( no joke)
-5:1 safety factor

2000uzj and I have been developing a bracket that would outperform all other recovery brackets. This will be leaps ahead of the stock J hook.

I have had my bracket on my land cruiser for a while now and have some hard pulls on it already. These are in the beta testing phase and the finished product will be powder coated for durability. Made to fit a 3/4 in shackle

What do you think about these, any interest?

 

[B-RAD]

I like it! What kind of price are you thinking?

 

[AimCOtaco]

Steel or bust!

Why Aluminum? Did the rocket scientist do all the necessary calculations?

Steel is cheaper and it bends (if correct alloy) where aluminum tends to break.

 

[2000UZJ]

We are discussing steel right now, also making versions that do not require cutting the ARB brackets. Price is pending, still in the fetal stages right now. The current prototype is much stronger that your average FRB. In other words the frame will distort before this FRB breaks. They will be available on market soon and will be available for purchase whenever you want (online). The design is very similar to the previous FRB's that we saw in the group buys last year and the years prior. Everybody keeps talking about bringing them back, so that's what we are doing.

We I'll be testing the aluminum and steel versions for impact resistance (vehicle slamming down on them on rocks) and breaking strength.

Also looking into a low profile one for those with OEM bumpers. Stay tuned, hopefully they will hit the market in a month or two. We want to break these in house and post all result prior to release. As a safety device, these must not fail or deform under any circumstance.

 

[Yukon LX]

looks like a spresso V1. It will take alot to outperform the spresso 1 and 2. Those are stout, and tested to fail. Why are we reinventing the wheel? Go steel too.

 

[Reverend]

looks like a spresso V1. It will take alot to outperform the spresso 1 and 2. Those are stout, and tested to fail. Why are we reinventing the wheel? Go steel too.

If I had to guess, a little thing called capitalism. Only good things can happen for consumers when multiple manufacturers produce similar products in an open market. Competitive pricing and innovation in design and quality to create a competitive advantage means everyone is a winner.

 

[SmoothLC]

Very interested - especially the "low profile" design for stock, OEM bumpers since an ARB prob'ly isn't in the near future.

Look forward to seeing the test results as well.

Thanks for filling a market need!

 

[ChuckB]

Interested as well.

 

[LTrain0800]

Looking forward to seeing the design for the stock bumper.

 

[highonpottery]

If I had to guess, a little thing called capitalism. Only good things can happen for consumers when multiple manufacturers produce similar products in an open market. Competitive pricing and innovation in design and quality to create a competitive advantage means everyone is a winner.

there already are multiple manufacturers for these recovery brackets (correction, Spresso doesn't make them anymore). I really don't see how another one of these is a wise production venture, seeing how the aftermarket ones are already proven to be relatively unbreakable. low-profile on the other hand is something that might be a good area to focus on since the Hundy is a body dragger.

IMO what we really need is more people looking into making aftermarket suspension goodies - like long travel or SAS kits.

 

[AimCOtaco]

IMO what we really need is more people looking into making aftermarket suspension goodies - like long travel or SAS kits.

I would like to see those kits to, but it's a huge jump from designing a recovery bracket to a dynamic suspension system that works well.

I'm glad to see any and all variety of offerings from enterprising cruiser heads. As mentioned above it's great to have multiple options and price competition. I'm sure some folks prefer this bracket style and there are lots of new owners getting into the dirt lately so these may go great if priced right.