Another bad thing about synthetic winch rope is it's lack of abrasion resistance. Most of the rock crawlers I know replace their winch rope every year due to abrasion and exposure to the sun. I don't it would be very cost effective on a MV, especially considering how most are used somewhat infrequently. A wire rope still needs maintenance and inspection but not nearly as often as synthetic rope. Not to mention the usual plus sides to swapping to winch rope (lighter weight, more capacity, safety) don't apply as much with a MV. If you aren't for hauling heavy stuff like the wore rope around, you probably wouldn't own a MV. The MV winches generally have a lot more wire rope on the spool than any of the commercially available winches. And while safety is always a great thing, I would think there is less risk in operating a MV winch from inside the cab than from outside the truck on a little remote and I hope we have better sense than most of the average off roaders who for some reason, love to stand in the path of a breaking cable to watch the winch recovery.
Oh and there is absolutely no comparison between a industrial strength worm drive winch and the commercial crap Warn and other's put out. My almost 50 year old 8k lbs rated Braden electric worm drive winch will easily out pull ANY of Warn's winches, even the ones rated at twice the Braden's capacity. They simply do not make them the way they used to. Also, if you check a lot of commercial winches, the wire rope that comes on them from the manufacturer is not even up to the weight the winch is rated for in a lot of cases, the largest units especially.
