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A remotely controllable recovery vehicle winch/stabilizing system, having a vehicle bumper; a first pulley attached to the bumper's first end; a winch attached to bumper's second end; a second pulley approximately midway between the first pulley and said winch and adjacent a swivel sheave; a cable,

A remotely controllable recovery vehicle winch/stabilizing system, having a vehicle bumper; a first pulley attached to the bumper's first end; a winch attached to bumper's second end; a second pulley approximately midway between the first pulley and said winch and adjacent a swivel sheave; a cable, directed by the first and second pulleys and the swivel sheave, to be wound or unwound about the winch, with the pulleys, the swivel sheave, and the winch operatively arranged with respect to each other so as to maintain the cable perpendicular, or nearly so, to the rotational axis of the drum as it is fed to or played off of the drum so as to prevent the cable from jamming as the cable is used to either recover or deposit an object, and a set of stabilizing legs each leg attached to said bumper so as to stabilize and secure the recovery or release apparatus.

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1. An apparatus, comprising: a winch system, comprising a first pulley attached to a first end of a support;a winch attached to a second end of said support, anda second pulley attached to said support between said first pulley and said winch and adjacent a swivel sheave,a cable having one end attac

1. An apparatus, comprising: a winch system, comprising a first pulley attached to a first end of a support;a winch attached to a second end of said support, anda second pulley attached to said support between said first pulley and said winch and adjacent a swivel sheave,a cable having one end attached to said winch, said cable directed by said first and second pulleys and said swivel sheave to be wound or unwound about said winch to which said cable is attached,said pulleys, said swivel sheave, and said winch operatively arranged with respect to each other so as to maintain said cable perpendicular, or nearly so, to the rotational axis of a winch drum as it is fed to or played off of the drum so as to prevent the cable from jamming as said cable is used to either recover or deposit an object. 2. The apparatus, as recited in claim 1, wherein said winch is oriented with respect to a long axis of said support so that said cable is maintained positioned perpendicularly, or nearly so, to the axis of rotation of said winch so as to prevent the cable from jamming as said cable is used to either recover or deposit an object. 3. The apparatus, as recited in claim 2, wherein said cable attached to said winch is directed by said first pulley, then by said second pulley, and then by said swivel sheave. 4. The apparatus, as recited in claim 2, wherein said winch is located relative to said first and second pulley and said swivel sheave and a vehicle to be recovered so that said cable running between said winch and said swivel sheave is of a maximized length. 5. The apparatus, as recited in claim 4, wherein said support is a bumper. 6. The apparatus, as recited in claim 5, wherein said maximized length aims to be about one and a half times as long as the axial length of said bumper. 7. The apparatus, as recited in claim 5 wherein said winch further comprises a winch drum having it axis of rotation at an angle from the long axis of the bumper. 8. The apparatus, as recited in claim 7 wherein said winch is oriented with respect to a long axis of said bumper so that said cable is always positioned perpendicularly to the rotational axis of said winch drum. 9. The apparatus, as recited in claim 5 wherein said swivel sheave is housed in a cavity in said bumper open on an upwardly-facing surface and an outwardly-facing side surface of said bumper. 10. The apparatus, as recited in claim 5, wherein said winch positioned at the second end of the length of said bumper has a horizontal axis of rotation and said first pulley having a vertical axis of rotation is located generally opposite to said winch at a first end of said bumper. 11. The apparatus, as recited in claim 10, wherein said swivel sheave is located approximately midway between said first and second ends of said bumper. 12. The apparatus, as recited in claim 10, wherein said second pulley is located just behind said swivel sheave. 13. The apparatus, as recited in claim 2, wherein said first and said second pulley are fitted with a cable guard so as to maintain said cable on said pulley. 14. The apparatus, as recited in claim 1, wherein said winch system is controlled remotely. 15. The apparatus, as recited in claim 14 wherein said first pulley, said second pulley, said swivel sheave, and said winch are housed in cavities open on an upwardly-facing surface of said bumper. 16. The apparatus, as recited in claim 1 wherein said set of pulleys and said winch comprise a winch system where the rotating axis of the pulleys are perpendicular to the rotating axis of the winch. 17. The apparatus, as recited in claim 16, wherein said winch system further includes a power system for powering said winch. 18. The apparatus, as recited in claim 16, wherein said winch system further comprises a set of stabilizing legs each leg attached to said bumper so as to stabilize and secure the recovery or release apparatus. 19. An apparatus, comprising: a winch having a winch drum;at least two vertical axis cable directing devices,at least one horizontal-axis swivel sheave,said winch, said at least one swivel sheave, and said at least two vertical axis cable directing devices operatively arranged on and attached to a support with said winch on one end of said support, one of said at least two vertical axis cable directing devices at an opposing end of said support and another one of said at least two vertical axis cable directing devices and said swivel sheave located there between so as to maintain a winch cable perpendicular, or nearly so, to the rotational axis of the winch drum as said cable is fed to or played off of the drum to which it is attached regardless of the relative positions of the winch and an object to be recovered or deposited. 20. A winch apparatus, comprising: a vehicle recovery or deposit winch stabilizing apparatus, including: a winch secured on one end of a bumper to be secured in spaced relation to a frame of a recovery vehicle;a cable attached to said winch;a cable directing first pulley secured on an opposing end of the bumper,a cable directing second pulley secured on the bumper approximately midway between said first pulley and said winch, anda cable directing swivel sheave secured to the bumper proximate to said second pulley so as maintain said cable directed by said first pulley, said second pulley, and said swivel sheave positioned perpendicular, or nearly so, to the rotational axis of a winch drum as it is fed to or played off of the drum so as to prevent said cable from jamming as said cable is used to either recover or deposit a vehicle.