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Manual Sod Cutting?

12 years ago

Has anyone improvised a method to manually cut sod?

I have some spots in the yard where a sod cutter won't work because of the steep hill and clearance problems with the cutter. Not big areas, each is 10 feet long at most by 1-2 feet wide. Yes, I can always use a shovel, but it's a struggle to maintain consistent depth.

Ideas?

Comments (4)

garycinchicago
12 years ago
A sod lifter is sold at all the home stores. See link below for what it looks like.

Here is a link that might be useful: Sod Lifter
neilaz
12 years ago
Any manual tool will be a struggle to maintain consistent depth. Just the nature of the beast(us).
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garycinchicago
12 years ago
>"Any manual tool will be a struggle to maintain consistent depth. Just the nature of the beast(us)"

Nope. Disagree when using a sod lifter.
absoluteblock
Original Author
12 years ago
Could you explain how the Sod Lifter is different from a shovel? I see that the handle is angled better, but how do you maintain consistent depth?

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