Turf cutting bucket

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It worked

 

[GazCro]

Not a bucket but been on with putting edgings in at home ready for some flags to go down and edge grass. Grass high at one end and low at other so decided for £30 I'd hire turf cutter lift grass re-grade and put back down. Lifted it tonight and prepped for couple of inch of soil and grass back down tomorrow night hopefully. Handy tool for the hire cost.

 

[V8Druid]

Not a bucket but been on with putting edgings in at home ready for some flags to go down and edge grass. Grass high at one end and low at other so decided for £30 I'd hire turf cutter lift grass re-grade and put back down. Lifted it tonight and prepped for couple of inch of soil and grass back down tomorrow night hopefully. Handy tool for the hire cost. View attachment 37851View attachment 37852

hell of a tool ..... could do with doing something similar to our lawn ... getting real out of shape in places ..... ground moves a fair bit around here
what'r the details of yon tool please Gaz ??

 

[GazCro]

hell of a tool ..... could do with doing something similar to our lawn ... getting real out of shape in places ..... ground moves a fair bit around here
what'r the details of yon tool please Gaz ??

Be the best and worst thing you ever hire as you might end up carried away and lifting the lot I'm resisting temptation to do more. I've not actually checked cut width but must be about 400mm. I nearly considered cutting sod into squares and carefully peeling off thin with digger bucket and doing it in sections but when you can strip 3m wide by about 15m long in barely 15mins I'm glad I hired cutter.

 

[Giles]

Funnily enough I had one on auction watchlist which is happening this morning, think hiring still easier for odd use.

 

[V8Druid]

Be the best and worst thing you ever hire as you might end up carried away and lifting the lot I'm resisting temptation to do more. I've not actually checked cut width but must be about 400mm. I nearly considered cutting sod into squares and carefully peeling off thin with digger bucket and doing it in sections but when you can strip 3m wide by about 15m long in barely 15mins I'm glad I hired cutter.

that's amazing ...... what make is it and how the hell does it work .... 's done a hell of a nice job at yours ... mighty fine looking green stuff you have there

 

[GazCro]

that's amazing ...... what make is it and how the hell does it work .... 's done a hell of a nice job at yours ... mighty fine looking green stuff you have there

Same as @Giles had been watching above. One of those machines so simple in how it works you wonder how the hell they cost so much (somewhere near 2k new). I'll take some pics later but it's as simple as a u shaped blade (flat bottomed obvs) which moves back and forth and drive to rear wheels to pull it along underneath. I'm surprised how good a job its done tbh as there are a lot of better places ground wise to use one.
300mm cut width btw.

 

[V8Druid]

Same as @Giles had been watching above. One of those machines so simple in how it works you wonder how the hell they cost so much (somewhere near 2k new). I'll take some pics later but it's as simple as a u shaped blade (flat bottomed obvs) which moves back and forth and drive to rear wheels to pull it along underneath. I'm surprised how good a job its done tbh as there are a lot of better places ground wise to use one.
300mm cut width btw.

new Camon on eblag .. £1938 inc. plus shipping .... hire round here is anything between 50-90 quid a day

 

[Stroppymonkey]

new Camon on eblag .. £1938 inc. plus shipping .... hire round here is anything between 50-90 quid a day

Trouble with Hiring is that’s is never available/costs you a 30mins round trip/you never know which day you want it so end up paying for a week and using it for 2 hours .. it’s why I ended up buying our own micro as it’s always there if/when needed

 

[V8Druid]

Trouble with Hiring is that’s is never available/costs you a 30mins round trip/you never know which day you want it so end up paying for a week and using it for 2 hours .. it’s why I ended up buying our own micro as it’s always there if/when needed

absolutely ... never been one for hiring gear

 

[Monkeybusiness]

absolutely ... never been one for hiring gear

But - a turf cutter is probably a ‘once-in-a-lifetime-use’ machine, or at least once-per-property. Unless you are a landscaper I can’t really see the point in owning one (and I need minimal excuse to buy machinery!).

 

[Shovelhands]

But - a turf cutter is probably a ‘once-in-a-lifetime-use’ machine, or at least once-per-property. Unless you are a landscaper I can’t really see the point in owning one (and I need minimal excuse to buy machinery!).

It’s never stopped him before….

 

[Mogman]

It’s never stopped him before….

He’ll need a rusty one that needs painting though

 

[V8Druid]

But - a turf cutter is probably a ‘once-in-a-lifetime-use’ machine, or at least once-per-property. Unless you are a landscaper I can’t really see the point in owning one (and I need minimal excuse to buy machinery!).

PMSL

Nah ... I'd not buy one either ... 'less it were cheap

It’s never stopped him before….

He’ll need a rusty one that needs painting though

pick on Druid might is it lads

 

[GazCro]

Too dear to buy for the amount of use when hire is so handy and cheap enough imho.
Left my sister raking a bit of soil over and relaying today while i was at work and when i came back played hell about the high spot she had in it. Tbh it was more that she hadn't followed the dip near the tree where i finished cutting so in true carried away fashion got the cutter back out at 8 tonight and lifted the dip regraded and turf back down. Not the best of weather today for it but tomorrow is forecast worse so jobs done and time can do the rest.

 

[Trenchies]

Hi, just joined, but been visiting the site for a while. Some really good ideas/experiments posted! Here's a working proto type, next version will be with thicker steel as these tend to bend when cornering. They help with the issue of Kikuyu grass dags obscuring the view of the trench bottom or what ever else has been uncovered. Cuts 260mm wide. To the right of the trench, some turf pieces can be spotted when zoomed in.

 

[doobin]

Hi, just joined, but been visiting the site for a while. Some really good ideas/experiments posted! Here's a working proto type, next version will be with thicker steel as these tend to bend when cornering. They help with the issue of Kikuyu grass dags obscuring the view of the trench bottom or what ever else has been uncovered. Cuts 260mm wide. To the right of the trench, some turf pieces can be spotted when zoomed in.

Welcome mate! Where you from? What machine is that on? Hyundai?

 

[Trenchies]

Welcome mate! Where you from? What machine is that on? Hyundai?

Hey thanks! Living in the Kaipara District of New Zealand. The digger is a Eurocomach 12ZT. The dealer brought them in with the piston pump option.

 

[Lancs Lad]

Hey thanks! Living in the Kaipara District of New Zealand. The digger is a Eurocomach 12ZT. The dealer brought them in with the piston pump option.

Welcome! Nice part of the world you from. Been a few times