[peterinair67]

Got a hold of a Winch I can get to and recover in the Summer if we chose to go that way - Looks like this one also have brackets that will be easier to fit to my chassis. In summary, proceeding to sell the extended winch so save my hassle with the mods on the widened spool and altered configuration or keep as a nice piece about the place if it doesn't sell & use for parts in the future. Thanks for the opinions on solving this one for me. Very helpful.