I swapped my cable out for rope some time back. I was gonna say I had 50 ft of 1/4 inch, but thinking about it, I believe it's 3/16's.
I got 50 ft of 3/16" rope, with the chaff covering Cadman mentioned, the polished Hawse fairlead & the Rubber Bumper for $90 off e-bay.
One thing to remember when putting a winch line on a winch. Always check the breaking strength of the line you put on your winch. You want the line to be the "Weak" point or you'll break something in the winch.
And like ya wrote Smoothbassman ... you can always use a snatch block without hurting the winch
