Hoyt Plant Tour | The Setup w/ Bill Winke 

Love seeing this Bill! Not everything is made overseas, wish we had more companies like Hoyt!

So cool. As I an engineer, I completely get this and the enthusiasm of the tour guide. New Hoyt fan right here!! Jordan, you are so fortunate to be part of something like this, having an experienced and successful dad is a great opportunity to learn...use it well. 🙂

Just another great episode Thanks Bill and Jordan

Great video. Looking forward to future ones. Keep up the great work.

Great content and a valuable marketing tool for hoyt. Makes me want to buy another hoyt. Not currently shooting one but have in the past.

That was fun to watch at the hoyt plant! Great bows!

Completely cemented my decision to buy Hoyt when I decide to get a good bow. Awesome facility too.

As a Mathews Bow owner 🤣, i really enjoyed seeing this and the true, american made craftsmanship that goes into these. Bows are expensive toys, but you can watch this and understand the quality, craftsmanship, and costs that go into them. Cool video.

Great video Team Winke!

Very eye opening Bill. Helped me understand why bows are so expensive. I love that most of it is done in house here in the USA. Hoyt rocks. Love my Carbon Spyder Turbo!!

awesome video!

For the risers they are just using CNC machines in booths to carve them out of the aluminum ingots we saw. Then the shavings are collected and probably recycled off-site-so the process isn't really as wasteful as it seems. It could be said that at the core of this entire manufacturing process is the quality of the software running Hoyt's CNC machines-and the changes or capabilities of the operating system being used are what's behind each new bow series. Some of the systems that Hoyt are using are indeed proprietary or "in-house" designs that they don't want details to spill on-although it still isn't difficult to imagine the broad capabilities of anything in the factory as much of it is carried over from aerospace/automotive engineering. I have a hunch that Hoyt's recalcitrance of divulging details on its manufacturing techniques are not out of any fear of brand-competitors like Mathews or Bear. They likely have stuff which is just as good. It's a factor in my own line of work-but US manufacturers at all levels are concerned about corporate espionage-mainly from foreign competitors-discovering their manufacturing techniques and manufacturing products of the same quality but at lower prices. What it looks like sets Hoyt apart from its US competitors are A. manufacture of some target bows out of straight aluminum ingots and B. Higher ratio of human labour and manpower to automation than say Mathews.

Very cool, nice to see where my Ventum 30 was built.

Wow. Great content here

That was fun, I wish I was the guy who invented the Camo dipping process. Amazing technology right there. True story, before moving to Iowa I visited Lancaster Archery in Lancaster PA, my go to bow store. Shot both the Matthews VX3 and the RX5. For me, no comparison. LOVE the RX5 and yes, expensive but worth every penny. I’ve never shot a better bow. Period. Thanks for the tour you guys (and girls). Enjoy the rest of your trip and get back safely for late season!

Nice vid Winkes!

like the intro jordan,

Impressive operation

Nice

Just remember!!!!! Dream BIG!! Jezzzz 😂😂😂

The machining of the risers and cams are incredible! Is Hoyt making there own strings or out sourcing?

They make excellent bows. I’m curious as to if they wear respirators when dealing with fiberglass or carbon. I’ve noticed the rise of pulmonary fibrosis in plants that sand and cut these materials.

Interesting. So a “machined” riser may start out as a cast, then machined down?

would love to see how they make the carbon bows

Looked like Bill was a kid in a candy store. Haha

First! Boom

6061 billet?..forged cnc process very expensive..very stiff riser.

Are they hiring? Utah's got to be better than Illinois?#FJB

Not really a good tour if you can’t really see anything being made.