Hi Bruce,
You're right about bird nesting, I actually tried using the winch to move an old hottub, and when I had my son hold the line to keep tension as I reeled it back in, he had no clue and it got messed up. I ended up cutting it, so it is shorter now.
I'm home when it snows, so it's not a problem for me to go out and plow before the snow either gets too deep or too heavy. I just got rid of my old Jeep. I have high hopes for this plow set up on the Rhino. If my old lawn tractor could do it with a Frankenstein plow setup, this sure should.
I figured out my problem with the sprocket not working, I bought the wrong size for size chain. Learn something new all the time