LOL but I'm afraid in this weekends case he would have winched himself into an even worse situation
i use a multi mount just because of that situation. i really like goin where no man has gon before and found myself in trouble with no way out. with the mounted winch on front it limits its use. i've tried to loop the cable under the beast before and succeeded but tore up stuff, mostly cables doing it.
now i use the multi mount. slides into my reciever. got recievers on both ends, on an old 77 i acually had recievers on the sides of the frame rails to pull me sidways. its a little work to carry a winch from front to back but its nice being able to back out of somewhere you probobly shouldnt have gone. ;D