I have a Warn A2000 winch on my Honda Rancher. I bought the winch for several reasons, self recovery (if necessary), helping my buddies out of the mud and pulling them up hills on their Yamahas (just kidding), moving logs while cutting wood and raising my snow plow.
I have two questions. When I use the winch to raise the snow plow (cycle country)I am concerned about lifting it too high, bottoming the plow against the frame and bending something... probably the plow. I was thinking about using some cable clamps to fix a piece of steel to the winch cable so it would contact the Fairlead before the plow hits the bike's frame. Is this anything to worry about? Has anyone used another type of stop? Is it even necessary?
Second question. The winch will move 2000lbs., the quad weighs 530 lbs. if I try to move something heavier than the quad, I will have to tether the quad to a tree by the back hitch. When I do this, is there a chance of bending anything on the quad trying to move large loads this way?

 

I've got a WARN A2000 on a 2000 Grizzly with a 60" Moose plow. I don't know how the push tubes are constructed on a Cycle Country plow, but the ones on my Moose do contact the frame at the fully raised position and the winch has room to retract the cable further, potentially bending something. With 2000 lbs. of pulling force something would have to give (probably your push tubes) if you forced it. I learned to "feel" and listen for the plow to reach it's full height and have had no problem with damaging anything. If you're worried about destroying something a clamp on your winch cable at the appropriate place would stop the cable as the clamp contacted the hawse, or fairlead. Pinching the cable with a cable clamp would, of course, potentially weaken the cable. It seems to me that a little caution and common sense would go a long way.