This weekend I was offroading in France and had the opportunity to do the first real tests with the hydraulic winch and pto pump.
First pull was a disaster: the rope slipped on the drum despite a larger bolt to secure the end of the rope on the drum (it broke off) and the red-winch strap that also should prevent slipping did do nothing.
At a quiet moment I had time to wind off the rope completely and fix the end with duck-tape, then went to the other side of the drum to fix it there with ducktape again and then rewind it under some tension and then with the handbrake on under full tension.
Next pull was great fun: with constant speed you can pull yourself out of every hole and when in 4th gear it's even a lot faster than every normal electric winch
But you have to get used to use it correctly (diff lock in free, engage pump, put in gear and get your foot of the clutch and at the end not to forget to disengage the pump)