i have a Badland 3500 wench on my 2020 Forman 520 which i had on my 2018 alterra 500 and i have beat on it pretty hard and not once have i had a problem. had for 3 yrs and paid $109 with a coupon.
I tried synthetic cable on it and it was horrible so i bought the steel cable to put back on it. It mounted to the very front of my quad too and has no protection from anything.