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BrianK
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Hi folks,
I know, I know, the unicorn splitters are the most dangerous device conceived by mankind since the Chevy Monza.
On the other hand, if you put a table under them and raise them to a reasonable height, like in the following photo, it might improve the safety considerably:
They are even selling similar devices in the UK currently, http://www.hycrack.co.uk/
The UK being the quintessential "nanny state," how dangerous could it be in this permutation if they permit its sale?
Now here's my crazy idea.
There is a Bark Buster available locally supposedly in VGC with a 5hp Briggs motor.
I'd like to mount it, raised up a bit, on a trailer hitch cargo carrier with a table under the screw as in the photo above, and use it as a splitter.
But I'd also pick up the optional larger capstan drum from http://www.portablewinch.com/en/05.asp
and have a mount machined to fit it on the Bark Buster. Then the Bark Buster could serve a dual purpose as both a log splitter and a capstan rope winch.
I suspect a 5hp Briggs would be more than adequate for the job, but the belt drive might not handle to demands of the capstan rope winch application.
Also, does anyone know the relative RPM of either the Bark Buster or the Portable Winch capstan?
(Someone talk me out of this before I hurt myself or explain why it wouldn't work, please. !! )
Brian
I know, I know, the unicorn splitters are the most dangerous device conceived by mankind since the Chevy Monza.
On the other hand, if you put a table under them and raise them to a reasonable height, like in the following photo, it might improve the safety considerably:
They are even selling similar devices in the UK currently, http://www.hycrack.co.uk/
The UK being the quintessential "nanny state," how dangerous could it be in this permutation if they permit its sale?
Now here's my crazy idea.
There is a Bark Buster available locally supposedly in VGC with a 5hp Briggs motor.
I'd like to mount it, raised up a bit, on a trailer hitch cargo carrier with a table under the screw as in the photo above, and use it as a splitter.
But I'd also pick up the optional larger capstan drum from http://www.portablewinch.com/en/05.asp
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and have a mount machined to fit it on the Bark Buster. Then the Bark Buster could serve a dual purpose as both a log splitter and a capstan rope winch.
I suspect a 5hp Briggs would be more than adequate for the job, but the belt drive might not handle to demands of the capstan rope winch application.
Also, does anyone know the relative RPM of either the Bark Buster or the Portable Winch capstan?
(Someone talk me out of this before I hurt myself or explain why it wouldn't work, please. !! )
Brian