Thanks for watching. For anyone curious. Each chain we used is rated for 12,700 lbs. The crane is certified for 40,000 lbs. Each shackle is rated for 9,500 lbs. This was all to lift a sub 5,000 lb vehicle. Nobody ever stood under the vehicle although the focal length on the cameras might make it look that way. I could've said "don't try this at home" but I doubt y'all have a 20 ton crane at home anyway. Once again, winches are not certified to lift vehicles, so if you want to winch your rig up a tree then you're as stupid as me! Woo hoo! Have fun on the trails!
The Lima Hotel, I was actually going to ask the same question. I’m torn between the Patagonia’s or km2s, the big contributing factor is the km2’s are nearly twice the price then the Patagonia’s for my rig.
@@thelimahotel6874 I have had them for 9 months and I'm glad I saved the money. Ive ran BFG KM and Wrangler MTR in the past. They've performed great offroad.
@@brianmorrison9066 It's ok. When people don't understand the engineering and math behind certain technology they might mistake it for magic or foolishness.
@@DirtComplex The control arm can hold the static weight of that vehicle no problemo, but with the amount of slack in those chains had during the first winch lift that vehicle would have came down with a lot of momentem. Even if it had held it sure would have bent the arms or the mounting points out of wack. Would have worked better connecting winch to static point and following with hoist.
I love your videos so much. You inspired me to get a 2005 Toyota 4Runner for my first car and I’m in the middle of the build. It’s slow going, but I’ll get my bilstein 5100s in soon and can’t wait to get them on!
I'm loving your videos fellas , keep up the good work thanx for the Harbor Freight shout out I've been trying to tell people for years that HF is stepping up their game lol
All 4th Feb 4runners have a button under a plastic cap by the gear lever.you just press it and you can put the truck in N without the key in the ignition.
@@DirtComplex The Apex is an awesome winch just to rich for me. I need wire rope due to my project but later may by an Apex. I'm building a mount this weekend.
Harbor Freight has been developing multiple new lines of tools and equipment with a Good, Better, Best or quality rating. They now have their hand tools and power tools ranging from their cheapest (Good) Pittsburgh line up to their new Icon hand tools which are their most expensive ones (Best) with Quinn hand tools in the middle. They’re applying this philosophy to almost all of their products and their Icon line is actually very impressive and comparable to high end tools like Snap-On. I still have a hard time imagining someone dropping $5,000 on a Harbor Freight tool chest though no matter how good it is.
Cool video. As an avid Overlander the only thing I would add is you must test how it performs after being wet repeatedly submerged during water crossings. I overland to reach remote surfing locations and able to confirm my 12k Badlands winch on my 4runner and boat have zero issues. I only swapped out the steel cable and stock pull hook for synthetic line and factor 55 thimble. And I believe you are testing the new version which comes with a synthetic line stock. Removing stock hook is key as over time I saw my previous 8k stock hook snap and almost took my friend. However, this is a possibility on any winch with a factory hook while winching. Have fun on the trails!
DV8 isn't an eBay brand. They actually make quality bumpers, sliders, skids and wheels. I have been testing out their winch bumper, rear bumper and wheels. I beat on the parts monthly and they hold up great. A poor older Solara decided to rear-end me a week after I installed the rear bumper on my Canyon. Smashed the front end of the Solara so bad it was totalled. My bumper mounting bracket bent slightly and I have a few scuffs in the powder coating. Thanks for the Badlands testing!
I can't speak to the whole of the company, but for this specific bumper it is a knock off of the all pro bumper. It is made in China but sold and branded by DV8. I don't mind the made in China part since it seems good and kept the price low. Thanks for watching! So far the winch is serving its purpose!
Such a great video. I love the small touches like the "fizzle" with the music a bit after the camera is shooting out the sunroof on trail. MoAr! Pleezs!
Thanks! I really appreciate the compliments! Next video will be gold mountain redemption. We also took a $900 Land Rover Discovery up the trail hahahaha.
One thing....dead weight hanging is a lot different from pulling out of some deep mud suction.....adding almost half the weight of the vehicle, if not more. But I do know this winch will do it. Best winch for the money by far!!
The cheap HF winchs are a great value because they cost less than $300. They are really slow but reliable. I'm sure this is a decent winch but there is no way in hell I'm spending $600 on a throw away winch you can't buy parts for.
These guys are certifiable. :ROFL But it makes my decision to purchase a Badlands winch from Harbour Freight perhaps a bit less crazy. If I end up doing so. We'll see. I love channels like this, these folk will take a nice shiny truck and risk demolishing it, all for the sake of adventure and engineering. Inspired me to start my own build channel, as well, Frontier Geek.
Cool Video the Only Precaution I would give you is, when you using a much Heavier Crane to prevent your Vehicle from Falling and Smashing to the Hard Concrete Floor, is your Suppose to Following your Winching Up with the Crane, you let the Winch Continue up with out Taking the Slack out of the Crane. So if your Winch Failed your Crane would have Grab it, lets say you Followed it up, trailing your Winch by a Foot, but you Didn't so your FourWheeler would have Crashed all the Way Down to the Concrete Floor. About your Video, it's Awesome anyways, showed the Capability of the Winch, another RU-vid person did a Video, showed all the Extra's that came with it, I want One.
That Doggo at 11:48 - OMG. Good Doggo. He is all over the place while trying to be helpful, wag tail , sniff, run around, assure my Humans, repeat. So cute, :-)
@9:00 Not ALL Toyota’s are notorious for going out of alignment with bumps or pot holes. Just wimpy IFS ones like Tacoma’s and 4-runners. My land cruiser does just fine.
Subscribed! Really enjoying the content, especially on the 4Runner! Please do more videos on it such as upgrades etc. Not sure if you are on the t4r or other forums but the budget builds are very popular. Would love to see more detail like any additional mods, fixes or repairs (noticed the new 5th gen wheels) Did it get bigger tires too? Anything else? Thanks!
The video starts with Harbor Freight had crappy quality merchandise but now it’s better. Seems like using a really nice truck is a huge risk to test the quality. Unless you have tons of cash seems too risky to me. But Im relieved it all turned ok. It was entertaining to watch.
Thanks! I personally do not have tons of cash. If I did it would have been a new 4runner being tested... not a 2005 with 478,000 miles on it that I got for under $3000 at the auction. hahahah.
Just weld up some square tubing in a T shape and stick that in your receiver hitch to stop it from rolling like that if you ever want to try this again and really hang the truck by the winch
I believe you are reading the shackle angle debating incorrectly. The shackle does not care what angle as long as rotating on the bolt axis. The derating looks to be when pulling the side.
That wasn't the only diagram I looked at. Most companies who post the specs show decreased working load with increased angle. Each company varies as far as what percentage it decreases, but what was stated in the video is generally true. Pulling at an extreme angle will start to spread the shackle and pull at the threads.
Thanks! Just finished filming the rest of it today so it will be out very very soon! Haha yeah. The paint is actually faded in a lot of spots but the camera and silver color hides it.
You can still knock your alignment out even with those if you wheel hard. You can still flatten the alignment cams. Though a bead of weld on the to strengthen them or go all out and get the camber alignment tabs kit! You never knock it out.
Because it's super cool BRO. It's so sick and it's so awesome that the Tacoma's are trying to be like the Ford becuzzz Fords are the best trucks bro. MOAR LIGHTS MOAR LIKES! WOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
Harbor freight quality has gone up tremendously. Since trump put tariffs on china they had to source other manufacturers. They get alot of their tooling from the same manufacturers that make parts for brand names. I use their earthquake xt series of impact guns. I have had zero issues except batteries since i bought my guns 3 years ago.i had to get 1 new battery for my 1200. I use them almost everyday as a mechanic. Their welders like vulcan and titanium are excellent. I have their titanium 200 unlimited and its honestly insane for the price. It doesn't have pulse settings or AC tig modes and other perks like lincoln, fronius but it really welds just as nice. No issues with arc or consistency. Amps stay at settings due to the fact its an inverter welder. Metal wire drive and decent PDBs. Conclusions are... Remove 'china' from anything and the quality instantly goes way up lol. Give credit where its due. Harbor freight is stepping up their game a lot!
Haha thanks for watching. No one ever actually walked underneath. The camera angle made it look that way. Trust me, we are terrified the entire time it was in the air
@@russmt4181 I'm curious what kind of mods? Mine is an 04, so I don't think I have to do the hood trim. Do the mounting bolts line up, or is there a bunch of work to be done there?
