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I've seen a number of vehicles that had Mid-ship winches for this sort of thing. Several British Trucks have this in fact. In theory, I suppose you could guide the rope back through a set of fairleads to the rear. You'd have to have a substantial roller under the winch to clear the engine area but otherwise, you could probably work something out.
Surplus Center has some 12,000/15,000 winch fairleads with 4 rollers for $50. With those and a substantial roller for the redirect under the truck, you could probably work something out easily. I suppose that if it was done right, you could pre-rig an extension under the truck and leave it under there. When you needed to re-direct to the rear, disconnect the chain, connect to the extension, pull the rope under the truck and run to your connection point.
Surplus Center has some 12,000/15,000 winch fairleads with 4 rollers for $50. With those and a substantial roller for the redirect under the truck, you could probably work something out easily. I suppose that if it was done right, you could pre-rig an extension under the truck and leave it under there. When you needed to re-direct to the rear, disconnect the chain, connect to the extension, pull the rope under the truck and run to your connection point.