I'm a little surprised that someone hasn't designed a winch to take the same webbing strapping (could be geared to spread it across a wider roller) as used in span sets for load securing.

One thing they don't do is turn into a lethal snake likely to remove limbs eyes or teeth should one snap.

I suppose bolting an old wheel on the outside of you wheels might work in some Heath Robinson situation, but few 4x4's are fitted with a locking front diff (not many fitted with a locking rear one come to that) and by the time you've bought and installed a front locker you might as well fit a real winch...funnily enough a wheel so bolted would be ideal for teh webbing strap i mentioned, but can't see it doing your steering any good having several tons of force applied that way.

Edited by gordonbennet on 28/11/2016 at 08:32