What I did was used a tennis ball as a winch saver. Just located one & drilled two holes & threaded the cable thru it. Works fine so far. No breaks.

Now that sounds like a cheap fix. Never thought of that. Would be a lot less than the 15 bucks for the rubber one.

I am in Sterling only about 2 miles from the lake and Ft. Drum isn't far at all from me. We do get an insane amount of snow here. It didn't snow today though. YEAH... I am only about 10 miles from Fulton. they were on the national news with all the snow we got. If it gets too bad here my wifes uncle has a big tractor to dig me out if I get behind. So far the Eiger has been doing a great job. Just have to stay on top of it.

cable
 

I've been thru cables and broken ropes just changed to a tow strap works great. Purchased 25' strap 3" wide from Fleet Farm for $18.00 cut 10' off and hooked to winch works great won't break its rated for 5,000 # took balance of 15' and had canvas shop sew loop on ($5.00) so I have the 15' pull strap plus the new winch strap. Cheap fix

lifting plow too high
 

A great way to keep from lifting your plow too high and pulling your cable clamp into your winch I cut a 1x3 and straped it to my front rack lifted the plow to the highest point that I wanted to go measured down from the 1x3 to the top of the plow cut a peice of 1x3 that long and screwed it to the 1x3 that i straped to the rack then when when you lift your plow until it touches the wood and you know it at its max hight

Thanks for your tips guys,, im actually getting the hang of it now,i learned that i cant tork it all the way,so now i bring it up 3/4 and it seems fine,, then i pop the plow off and hit the trails! oh yaaaa! lol.