I was just thinking.....last winter when I put the winch on my new machine I couldn't find help anywhere; Warn was ZERO help, the dealer was ZERO help and the web had less than zero tips or tricks. It took a couple days IIRC to get it done. That was just mounting the winch, not wiring.
A couple weeks ago I buried it in a deep snowbank, luckily between the winch line, a tree saver strap and about 15' of heavy duty 5/8" (lol) nylon rope I made it to a tree for winching. It worked but damn that winch was struggling! I'm pretty sure it's a 2500lb unit. At one point I heard a loud creak/snap/uggh from it and I wondered if I snapped a mounting bolt? Although I rode it again yesterday I didn't take the time to inspect it for trouble.......I may bring it home from my buddies in a couple weeks for routine maintenance then will go over it.