The rope is not long enough and the winch rate is very slow meaning you would drift down stream just as much and then likely have to winch back up stream a long way.

Well the knucklehead who was behind the wheel was actually a fully qualified mechanical engineer so was well aware of the density of water is 1g per cubic centimetre (and no I wont use imperial units). The outcome of this attempt was almost exactly as planned and if you read the video description you will get a better…