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

[Jim Hudson]

Bark Buster pictures  http://users.vnet.net/jamhudson/pics/Bark%20Buster/
Safer than a chain saw!!

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Sloane" <mikesloane at verizon.net>
To: "Farmall/IHC mailing list" <farmall at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Monday, September 25, 2006 5:25 PM
Subject: Unicorn splitter (was Re: [Farmall] Some ads from the 9/23 
LancasterFarming


>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. :-)