Unicorn splitter (was Re: [Farmall] Some ads from the 9/23 Lancaster Farming

[Mike Sloane]

I cannot imagine how the Unicorn would work properly without the stop 
bar, nor with the stabilizer bars I use to keep the machine straight 
away from the PTO shaft. Some years back, someone brought out a similar 
device that one attached in place of one of the driving tires of a 
car/truck with the axle jacked up and the wheels chocked. I don't know 
how one kept the log from spinning - maybe it just hit the ground?. I 
think it was called the "Stickler" or something like that. Another 
competitor to the Unicorn was called the "Bark Buster", but I have never 
seen one.

The Unicorn I have was very well constructed, and the only part that you 
could damage was a standard hardware store roll pin that acted as a 
shear pin for the steel part of the big screw. I never broke a pin, but 
I loaned it to my neighbor, and she managed to break one almost 
immediately. I think that was the last time I loaned out any of my 
stuff. :-)

Mike

Greg Hass wrote:
> 
> I wonder if the stop bar on the unicorn splitter was only on the newer 
> models. I have a friend that used to have one; I never saw it however; 
> and he used it on an older Oliver tractor. That tractor had a 3 pt. 
> hitch with down pressure and he used it for quite a while without 
> problem. However, one day he put it on his newer JD. He said he never 
> gave it a thought, but he got into a tough log that turned real hard. 
> The 3 pt., not having down pressure, lifted up and the log spun around 
> and bent the splitter shaft and frame all up. The tractor wasn't hurt, 
> but the splitter was pretty much destroyed.
> Greg Hass
> 


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