Size the rope according to the weight you are picking up and pulling. Allow extra for the initial pull. Preferably use a manilla rope of at least 3/4 and up depending upon the weight. Used a cathead all the time to pick up drill pipe & collars, etc. On the big triples and jackups I used in the middle east back in the day we used air hoists and steel cable.
Nylon rope can get hot and lose its grip on the cathead plus it can stretch and not work as good for what you want to do assuming you will have the rope on the cathead all the time and stand there pulling and releasing the end to hammer your pipe down. Poly rope may melt on you. For what you are doing using just a short piece of rope then you can make about any size work but the bigger the better. Just have to figure how much weight.
In Pakistan I seen them digging a well using a 3 pole tripod with an anchored horizontal wood pole used as a spring pole. Basically a manual cable tool rig.
I bot a bunch of electric fence wire at a sale. Guy used old wheel rims with extensions welded on made of 3/8" round rod. Then had spacers welded on so he could mount them.
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