SOD Cutter Made from Scrap Metal for ATV Tractor Etc
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- čas přidán 1. 05. 2023
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Stuff I used in the video:
Lots of random junk you can find as well
After Thoughts about the Video: It works great. I like the bucket mount the best mainly just because I don't have to pickup move around the weights. I found adding weight to the bucket and putting the loader in float worked the best. The tractor easily handles the 12" width and I should have likely went the full 18" standard sod width. I thought it would struggle more but it didn't. Pulling with the chain also worked great and I think 200lbs is ideal weight.
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I have to say I've watched 1000's of videos and never really felt compelled to comment but I just want to say that I love your channel. Your creativity and ability to solve everyday issues without throwing money at them is unmatched! Thanks for sharing your knowledge and Ginger of course!!😉
Wow, thanks for the kind words.
If you made oversize center discs for the end of your rollers, they could do the cutting of the sides like the coulters of a plow. Of course the uprights of the blade would need to be the same width so they would follow along in the same groove. A slight downward angle of the blade would also help. Not only would it help to start it going down to depth but would eliminate the need for extra weights. The rollers will keep it from going in too far. The last thing that would help it would be to extend some rigid arms out from the front of it with a vertical attachment point on it so that you can balance the center of gravity pull forces on it. Spent many years behind a small single point hand plow my dad would pull behind his cub cadet plowing our acre or so sized garden. I recognize many of the same adjustments needed to get that old plow cutting right that you are trying to troubleshoot as well.
The reason that the rear picks up when you're dragging it is because the force from the chain is higher than the reaction force coming from the shearing of the blade. This offset creates a torque that lifts up the rear. To minimize this effect, you want to mount the chain as low as possible. Play with the angle of the chain as well, I think it will perform best just off horizontal.
Cool project!
Thanks for some ideas. Mine will be different because my scrap pile has other stuff. Loved the dog at the end! Kj.
Awesome. Scrap pile definitely plays a roll in how builds are constructed. If I did it again, I would likely try for a full 18" width and a greater distance between the rollers. I think that would help it lay down faster/easier into the sod.
Looking a lot better. Ginger does a pretty good job of driving the tractor, and she sure likes to chase water. Anytime the water hose comes out, Yoda runs away, he hates water.
Glad you are going back to the drawing board on this home made sod cutter and get it where it's not clogging up
We had an area of sod maybe one fifth the size that you removed and we did it with four or five people, shovels, and back muscles. It was nice to watch your creation slowly cut the sod effortlessly. We had two people edging, one person cutting the roots, and another one rolling. Rolling up the sod makes for a uniform surface when you're finished. The next day my hands are joints were letting me know that they did not appreciate the abuse that I put them through. Great job on a well made tool that saved you time, money, and some aches and pains.
I wonder if angling the cutting blade down slightly would help with the start of the cutting, as well as help with continuous downward force on the rollers?
I was thinking the same.
Actually gave that quite a bit of thought. I made the blade flat surface perfectly level. However, the quarter inch cutting edge is beveled at a 45° down.
Liked the sodcutter...
Loved seeing ginger ❤️
Has to play a little after a long day on the job. Ginger makes a fine loader operator! Blessings
A Dog needs a good shower after all that tractor driving.👍🐝🌞
👍👍👍Another ingenious idea. Thank you.
Awesome build and test Moe, I'm impressed!
Bath time for Ginger! Lol! I love that best friend!
Looks handy enough for small jobs. 👍
It worked great for pulling out 1000sqft this afternoon.
Gotta love it ! I'll get back to putting out videos after we get settled at the farm...takes a while for a hoarder to move ! I love your ideas !
I have thought about moving so many times but then the thought of moving all my treasures is daunting.
@@sixtyfiveford Isn't it strange how outsiders refer to our treasures as ''junk'' ? Me thinks they are jealous. Reminds me of a poster from the seventies.. He who dies with the most toys WINS .
so... you're saying if you had a dog harness...
* Great idea/prototype/final Thanks for sharing!
I don't know much about these things so don't beat me up if I'm way off course. But why not just use the bucket of the tractor to scrape up a huge row of sod. Set the depth where you want it and just drive forward. It would roll up inside the bucket; cut it off when the bucket gets full. Just a thought.
Love the way you solve problems with scraps you have; I do that myself, but on a much smaller scale of problems. lol
If you need more practice, I’ve got a 30x30 area that needs preparing for a barn foundation.
Great idea. It looks like you need to do all the cutting and then roll so all tires are always on the same plane.
Man’s best friend alright…even operates a front end loader.
not what i expected, didn't read the whole title just Sod Cutter don't know what my brain was processing
that's a *good boy, what a life!* "never gets old"
Nice job! Yay Ginger!
The driver of the tractor along the fence just wanted to fight the hose and you made her work lol
Lol my shepherd does the same thing as your dog does with a garden hose
Could start your own business and call it the Sod Squad 👍
Sod cutter is what they called me back in highschool
Love that dog !!!...🖖
Try adding a blade mount. This way you can turn your bucket vertical and see exactly what you're doing, while also achieving downward force. I've been watching your videos for a while and I absolutely love your content! Got a pup myself, she's also my second hand in the workshop! Keep up the good work, God speed.
Good design, just need an old two wheel tractor to pull it while you stand on it.
Love swiss rolls 😋
That is what I need to do for my non-existent driveway, it gets pretty scary in the springtime.
Perhaps a wider/larger footprint for the rollers will make it cut straighter.
Try to use a rearview mirror-backup camera setup that is used when backing up campers.
A dog with fresh breath
When you maximize your back yard you have to create a driveway to there 😂
Looks like you are putting in a little side access driveway in and couldn't see wasting all that nice grass and also trying thinking of an easy way to excavate for the driveway all at the same time!? Am I right? If so I think this video is even more brilliant!
You nailed it. I'm putting in a secondary parking strip/driveway. I need to excavate it down 2.5" so trying to kill 2 birds with 1 stone.
@@sixtyfiveford haha, I knew it.. smart!
Now that's more like it! Nice job coming up with the rollers! Will it work on the back with just the batteries or cinder blocks? At least you'd still be able to steer.
My first thought when I saw you put the batteries on was to have the weight in the front and the blade in the back but now I think it might be best with the weights and no blade. Either way, it's working!
A pipe on each end that you could stack old brake rotors on would help
Hey Moe, this one worked out great. Loved the Swiss roll comment. One day you should do a 100% ginger the wonder dog video.
Cool! I was wondering how you were going to solve that.
looks better . if a little longer wonder if it would stay straighter . or cutler wheels maybe . filling the rollers would add weight. Would not add enough weight but some . more weight less bucket down pressure needed . I wonder if the chain was lifting the front of it not letting it sink down at first . I think the rollers were a good idea . You did well
I found the right combination of bucket float and 150lbs in the bucket. That let's me steer straight.
Looks like it works better than before, I guess you're making a driveway up the side
Yeah, doing a small driveway/parking spot.
I want about a 6 row sod cutter Then I can find a spot to build me a sod house with a sod roof just for camping out
Oh wow version 2 works a lot better. It cut perfectly uniform strips.
Simply put...works better. Before long this concept will be a GPS guided, vibrating cutter, remotely controlled, cut width & depth on demand, cut-roll-stack O-Matic..!
Time to buy a sod farm
That is really cool. I wonder how it would do as a Cat 0/1 3 point attachment.
It would work best as a dedicated 3 point attachment. Lock in the exact angle and pressure and go.
3:54 I know the Flintstone's car when I see it.
Absolutely.
Maybe attach the cutter with a slight angle so it digs in when pulled through the grass? If that makes sense
Works well.. bet your wife loves you for cutting up the lawn..
The lawn is my baby. The wife could care less.
@@sixtyfiveford then she's a keeper!
Sure beats a square nose shovel.
It really does. Had to do a few areas with it and it sucks.
sod it!!
Nice work! I knew you'd figure something out!
Welding tip was hanging way out 2:44
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Still think you need to introduce some vibration into the cutter. Sod cutters you rent vibrate pretty intensely. On your weight platform stick an old gas engine on it with a chunk of angle iron welded to one side of the shaft, a small angle iron so it creates a definite off balance vibration without flying apart. Anchor well, fire it up, go to work. Will it last? You'll be the first to know.
After I did the last video I did a fair amount of research on the vibration. It does provide a cleaner cut but the main reason they use it on small walk behind machines; they don't have the mass/ weight to be able to pull an 18-in blade through the sod without vibrating. 1500 lb. Tractor has no issues pulling the tiny 12-in blade and would probably even pull 24 in blade if I wanted it to.
Ginger's arch enemy ... Poseidon. No fatigue for battle.
Great workin out of the Kinks, I'd have bet on you. Did you cut out your yard to test this out? A thing I had to ask :))
I cut out 1000sqft for a driveway and it worked good. The only real issue was the tractor tires tearing up the lawn.
Just a word of caution for you guys working with steel bed rails, as Moe mentioned they're high carbon. Do not try to cut them with your carbon toothed blades!!
I thought bed rails were simply just 'any ol steel' and ended up ruining the teeth on an Evolution blade. It wasn't even able to finish the first cut either, that's how bad this scenario is. Expensive!
I did the exact same a few years back. I did however sharpen the blade and save it.
Worked good you don't have a water sprinkler system right lol
I do actually but I buried it 6" deep.
Off topic but, would the high carbon in the bed rail be a reason why there would be a very clean break of a bed frame subjected to sudden heavy weight?
Yes. It's very rigid and instead of just bending like mild steel it'll fracture.
When can I borrow it😂
Why not just fabricate a blade to fasten to the front edge of your bucket and use the underneath side of the bucket serve as the rollers, it would be a lot easier to steer and also set the depth of cut.
I would ask to borrow your awesome creation, but I would need to borrow you, the tractor and the dog as well 😁😆 Utah will pay you up to $3 per square foot of grass you remove from your yard as part of a water-saving effort.
I was excited about the $3sqft.....But that $3 thing is pretty much a lottery. I tore up 1000+ sqft so should be 3 grand! Well each city only allotted $50k and most people that do this are going to do an entire yard. So 5-10+ grand. There is a huge waiting list and essentially only 5-10 residences per city are going to get this. That's all after they jump though a bunch of hoops with a pre in person inspection, water usage evaluation, submitted plans, and finally a final inspection.
I watched the last video and I didn't see the part where You Said Why you were pulling up the grass?
I'm removing sod for a parking/driveway to the backyard. I spend so much time trying to keep this part of the grass nice then I ruin it by driving on it.
Did you build that bucket on that tractor?
I didn't. It's factory made.
Was Ginger using his Hands-Free whilst driving the tractor ?
Lol. Pure skill
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Were you cutting up your own yard? As much work as I have to put in battling moles, the dog, the neighbor kids in their go-karts and minibikes just to have a mediocre looking lawn, I cant imagine cutting it up like that.
I'm removing sod for a parking/driveway to the backyard. I spend so much time trying to keep this part of the grass nice then I ruin it by driving on it.
12:12 did he say "looks like sodomy?"
"Looks like sod to me"
Anything over 3 feet is not scrap
Why does everyone use rollers, even the kick cutters do?
I'm making a sled with the cutter hanging below, adjustable for both depth of cut and angle. I haven't the luxury of a small tractor to pull it but a high IQ so I'm mounting a 12v winch on the sled, anchor points the other side of the grass, it will pull itself across the lawn.
I can't believe no one else has thought to do this, it's a no brainer to me but then as I have said, I have a much higher IQ than the average human being...