Continuing saga with a cheap Chinese Winch

Got another chance to play on the weekend. One of the mates got hung up in a deeply rutted section of track. The problem was that where he was stuck was behind a big jump up. I got him over that and when he came free he rolled about a mt & half forward which allowed the winch cable to go slack & my finger was not quick enough to come off the button so a small amount of slack went over the side of the drum and was caught under the next wrap. One big kink in the cable.
Question. 1 The cable will now be stuffed ?
Question 2 As I think the answer to 1 will be Yes, is it worth going to rope instead of cable as a replacement.

Vince