WARN 101575 Portable Hand Drill Winch with 40ft Synthetic Rope - 750lb Pulling Capacity, Gray - Perfect for Off-Road Recovery, Boat Anchoring & Construction Work

I have a rural piece of land and I’m cutting lots of trees and dragging the rounds uphill in carts. I have all kinds of winches: one on the truck, one on a UTV. But access is a problem. Sometimes it’s hard to get a vehicle mounted winch in tight places. So I got this drill winch.It works great! I literally take a cordless drill, tree strap and this thing and just walk in to any lifting situation. It’s light, portable and I can get creative. It’s pretty durable. The working bits are steel, and only the carrying handle and outside are plastic. Plus, the Warn brand is respected and I felt like it would be well built(even though I have no illusions, it’s probably not made in the USA). Still, it’s well built.The good:1) It’s light weight but pulls 750lbs…which is enough. You could probably pull more with pullies mechanical advantage but I wouldn’t for safety. Think of it as like having 2 strong buddies to help. It’s not for recovering cars. But it’s strong enough for manual tasks.2) The nylon rope is light and strong and easy on the hands(no sharp wire frays to cut you). It’s very small, compared to full car recovery (10,000#) nylon rope at about 3/8” thick or smaller. I don’t know where I’ll replace it when it eventually wears thin. But I understand the trade-off to make it light and portable. It’s 40 feet long, and small because it’s only rated to 750lbs.2) I use a Dewalt Impact driver that has a speed chuck with a socket attachment and 8mm(5/16”) socket to drive it. The manual recommends a standard drill with a regular chuck, but I found this awful. The regular chuck kept loosening and it’s an akwardly tight space to tighten the chuck. It kept loosening. Plus, my drill speed was much slower. The impact driver was much faster, smaller and made a better connection with the socket attachment.All in all, I’ve found a new favorite tool. I keep looking for other uses. Who doesn’t need more power from time to time? Especially because it’s so portable.