how to drag heavy items uphill,out of ditches,etc.

I was an animal in my prime, I'm 6'6" 250, used to be 275 in my 30's. My partner and I had chain and boomer "walking the dog" down to an art, one line was always in motion while the partner reset the chain on the other. We took trucks out of ravines,flipped cars over for a "roof slide" (that really speeds things up), and wrangled farm junk that just would not slide. I put a few bucks into a decent Amish style come-along and always check chains for damage. I still have that stuff after 15 plus years of use> I am not opposed to winches, they just don't cut it in tough extractions unless it is PTO driven. Many farm and ranch recoveries involve ravines and ditches due to previous rip-rap needs. Poor man has poor ways.....