There were several times I truly wished there is a possibility to extend the winch. On the one hand when you are connected to a tree, lantern or something else, it can surely be gamechanging to extend the winch once more if you are hanging from a cliff for example. 

On the other hand its even more helpful to extend the winch if you are towed to another truck. In the heat of some moments you pull the winch too long to get more grip of some tricky situations and the towed truck gets too close. When you are then through those rough situations there is maybe a plain street where you can drive easily with two trucks towed to another so you should just press the square- button for example to extend the winch again, so you dont have to reconnect.