[KenB]

Yup. What ET said.

I have tried the version where you just dunk the whole thing in again (i.e. leave the winch alone). That fixes it sometimes, with minimal pain.

Are you power loading? If so, then you should have no issues pulling the truck up a foot or two.

How far in the drink do other folks go? For a while I was trying to keep my trailer hubs out of the water, but that lead to a lot of hand winching. Now I go in to about the top of the wheels, but below the top of the tire.