Yesterday the following thought went through my mind, to which I would be interested in your assessment: In the case of snow and ice, we have sunk last with a Toyota Landcruiser up to the axles on one of our horse couplings in the snow, so that all four wheels could turn freely and no improvement was in sight. The vehicle has a permanently installed 24V winch with 9mm wire rope, which can pull over 3 tons. Finally we could pull ourselves out of the dirt with the winch, The interesting question is now, if there is no winch available in such a situation, it would be an option to thread a strong rope around one or both front wheels and then unwrap two turns and then tie it up exactly in front of the front wheels, so that the front wheels can be used as a winch replacement. serve!?? In my imagination this should actually work, if one turns slowly with low reduction, because often only half a meter is necessary to free the vehicle. Nevertheless, our ripped wire rope showed me what immense forces are necessary, which then directly affect the front suspension, track rod etc.. I don’t know if this is a good idea?