Sod Cutter Made Out Of Old Roto Tiller

Sod Cutter Made Out Of Old Roto Tiller FARM HOME Miscellaneous 19-6-35 When John Brown, Moose Jaw, Sask., bought a house in town, he found himself with a big lawn to maintain. He decided to install an underground sprinkler system himself and came up with an inexpensive sod cutter to help get the job done. "I wanted a way to cut away strips of sod so I could install the 3/4-in. plastic pipe underground without tearing up the yard. I came up with the idea of mounting cutting discs on an old 3 hp. roto tiller. "I removed the tines and drilled holes in two 16-in. discs from an old IH double disc drill. The discs bolt on in place of the tines. "Then I cut out 7-in. dia. circles from rubber ATV tires and bolted them to the outside of the cutting discs. The discs slice down about 4 in., which is the distance from the outer edge of each cutting disc to the rubber discs. The rubber discs ride along the top of the ground and help propel the unit when cutting. "A rear depth stake runs behind in the 4-in. deep trench behind one disk so it doesn't tear up the sod. You could use two depth stakes, with one behind each cutting disc. "After the sod is cut, I just use a small 4-in. wide spade to lift the sod, drop the pipe in under the sod, and then set the sod back into the trench. Then you just have to set up sprinkler heads. "You can also use this idea to `edge' grass growing along sidewalks and drive-ways by using just one cutting disc. "This was a great labor-saving device and costs next to nothing since most all parts came off the junk pile." Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, John A. Brown, 1692 Spadina Dr., Moose Jaw, Sask. S6K 1B 1 Canada (ph 306 693-6504).

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