One HUGE issue is that Warn don’t sell a spare pin (threaded pin) so of you lose yours in the mud / water / sand or while driving you have an expensive boat anchor. I bought the epic sidewinder direct connect “hook” and called them to order a spare pinI was told they don’t make these units themselves and have no spares. It would be so easy to set up one extra part number to be able to sell the pin to a customer but Warn decided to not do so. I know that more than I have called them in person on this but apparently they have not acted in this. So I took the stupid thing off my winch, since I don’t want it to leave me stranded somewhere, and replaced it with something better and serviceable
There might be reasons not to buy this but a hard-to-get threaded pin is not one of them. Tractor Supply sells a threaded pin that fits , its the same pin that fits a D ring with 7/8 pin. Tractor Supply sells lots of products that work on a farm and off road.
Great for a straight line pull but what about the other 80% of the recoveries that are sidepull application because of terrain or situational issues. I would not use this product.
Ya, hooking up 2 D rings is so complicated! 😂. I’m thankful enough my regular D rings have never been stolen, these would be gone in a heartbeat if left in my Jeep. Not saying they aren’t good or look great, just not dropping cash to look good when what I have that is cheap works great.
I agree, what you have has always worked even for tow trucks and never fail plus they are standard product for towing. If the bumper has the wrong hook up on it then put the right one on it. Young kids falling for the shiny objects these days and wasting their money.
I have to say, at first I was highly interested in this. I like the idea of not having additional shackles to setup, but I now see some points of possible failure. Losing a pin is a moot point as they're standard 7/8" and readily available. I suppose the biggest issue I see is side loading. Not all recoveries are going to be straight on, so I could see this posing an issue if not a straight line pull. I also never see these on Jeeps or trucks, despite how nice they look.
@@32543219 The idea behind this is to not have to use a D-ring in the first place...hence the screw pin built into it. If you do use one, that's great - you can pull at an angle. But then you have extra metal in the equation and defeat the purpose of the sidewinder to begin with. Hence why no one is buying these. Warn knows they failed, and bought out Factor 55 because of it
@@macp349 Warn and factor 55 are the 2 top brands in winch rigging. Definitely don't want to go cheap when it comes to towing equipment. A failure could cause serious injury.
