Winch cable

[johndozer]

Does that have little taper wedges hammered into a collet or is it weld blobs on the end of the cable keeping it too fat to pull back through?

Sleeve with grooved wedge that mates with individual strands of 7 by cable

[Iwawoodwork]

David,   with the type hook you are using, the farmers rolled eye with a couple of cable clamps is just fine.

[Mountain_d]

There is just no arguing over such a nice cable end!

I use this same thing. 1/2 inch to 5/8 (pink - colour coded for size) Ferrell and wedge. Costs about $30 Canadian. Reusable. I use combo electric take and zip ties to temp hold it until it tightens up on a hard pull. Then trim it down with a cut off  disc. Not as quick as a knot but does a nicer job. Takes about 20 minutes if all goes well.