My advice. Use a front frame mounted receiver hitch so you can take the winch on and off and have it so you can also mount it on the rear receiver hitch. Wire up both front and rear with a heavy duty disconnect plug and match the winch power cable to i.t Make sure each is receiver rated to at least what the winch is rated at. I don't think you want a 10,000 # pulling capability on a Ford 150 . Something is going to give besides what you are pulling.
That's very sound advice. If you drive into a mess, the last place you want to go is farther into the mess. You need to put the winch on the rear to get the hell out of there.
About that rope vs steel cable...if you're in a foot of mud and need to move the winch from front to rear, staggering along with a 100lb winch in your hands isn't fun. It's bad enough with the rope and a 70lb winch. I suppose you could carry a sled of some kind to drag it on.
