The Bark Buster Wood Splitter was a screw type wood splitter that first came on the shop in the 1970's. These splitters came in two separate models - some attached to a Pto (power take-off) drive on a tractor or truck, while others were naturally individual units powered by gas.
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In 1991, the federal government located a recall on Bark Buster brand log splitters. The buyer safety safety Commission warned population against using this product, as they had found it to be very perilous after investigating customer claims. Models from up until the 1998 version were all carefully unsafe, with the inherent to cause serious injuries to a persons arms, hands, fingers or legs. At the time of the record Bark Busters had caused four major injuries and one death. Since then, these wood splitters are no longer made - though other brands of auger-type log splitters do exist.
They were carefully unsafe because of three key features that were missing. The first was that there was no verily accessible power switch. Along the same lines, the bark buster had no kill switch or "dead man's switch" that could be used to turn off the expedient in case of an emergency. Finally, the wood splitter didn't have an effective guard to help safe people's bodies from the perilous auger, which led to people's clothing getting caught.
It's leading to learn a lesson from the Bark Buster. If your going to use and auger-type wood splitter or log splitter, be sure that at the very least it contains basic safety functions. It is a powerful tool and deserving of respect and care - anyone less can be injurious or fatal.
Bark Buster Wood Splitter
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