Rubeyu
TJ Enthusiast
Short answer is probably no.
The "I've burned up at least two winch motors and am paranoid" answer is yes.
The better answer is this...where are you pulling from... maybe 30' away... sometimes a lot less... especially on narrow trails. So that means you have 50' of rope on the drum... it's 15 percent loss of power per layer of rope...so let's say you have 4-5 layers with that 50 of rope on the drum - roughly 50-60 percent...so your 8k winch is now less than 4k and that motor is hot and working.
Or you add a snatch block...that doubles your power to 16k...you run 60' off the drum for the double line...now your on layer 1 or 2 and getting close to the capacity of the winch.
A second snatch block/ring might be needed on a narrow trail... Recovery vehicle in front or behind... redirecting off a tree, rock, tire, land anchor, shrub to the side...to a second pulley on the rolled vehicle slider or a bridle to both axles...back to your anchor.
This scenario is why I carry three rings, one tree saver, a 20' and 30' strap and a 30' kinetic rope and plenty of soft shackles and one hard.
-Mac
No trees and solid rock walls on both sides.