Patent ID: 6279665
Filing Date: 2001-08-28
Classification: A01G

Abstract:
A sod cutting attachment with a loader having a vehicle frame, lift arms pivotally mounted to the vehicle frame with outer ends that are raisable and lowerable, the sod cutting attachment being operable to cut an elongated strip of sod from a field of sod comprising: an attachment frame, a hitch assembly including a transverse plate secured to the attachment frame, the transverse plate adapted to be coupled to the lift arms, a blade connected to the attachment frame, said blade having upright spaced apart side walls and a flat bottom member joined to the side walls, the side walls supporting the bottom member below the lift arms, and the transverse plate and the transverse plate extending between the side walls, said bottom member having a rear transverse cutting edge extended between the side walls, and shoes mounted on the side walls above the plane of the bottom member for controlling the depth of the cut of the cutting edge during cutting of a strip of sod.