Welcome back to Garden Ninja today I'm
going to be showing you how to use one
of these turf cutter you'd use a turf
cutter to save yourself time and effort when
taking up turf as this can be really hard
work on your arms and legs lifting and
shifting on that turf, so a turf cutter is
fantastic tool to use to save yourself some time
So I'm going to show you today how to safely and effectively
using a turf cutter to make taking up turf a
piece of cake! Come on let's get started!
So here we have the actual turf cutter
and this is a petrol-powered one so you
don't need any cables or anything that
needs to plug in it also means it's
really strong you can get up even the
most sort of thickest stubborn turf. So
the first thing to note there's always
an on-off switch so to prime it turn it
on obviously make sure there's petrol in
there that it's been serviced and
its got oil put the choke on it doesn't
choke out put on low to get started to
get it warm and you pull this cord here
which will then start the turf cutter.
As soon as it started started to tick
over fully open the choke then start to use
it. Another thing to pay attention to is
the depth of cutting tool so on this
model it's a big knob here turn that round
to raise and then lower the turf cutting
arm. What the turf cutting arm does, just put those goggles down,
is it slices under the turf at an
angle as the machine drives over then
lifts, kind of spilled out the back
like a big sort of slab of cake so you need
to make sure that you set that to the
right depth depending on how much turf
you need to take up. So few little tips on safety it's
really important whenever using machinery
that you're safe. So here I've got some goggles to
make sure that anything that might get
thrown up like rocks or debris don't get
my eyes I've also got a pair of ear
defenders in my pocket I'm going to put
in because it's quite a loud machine so
if you're using it for a long period of
time you don't want it to hurt your ears
and also got on for stand up some rather
nifty steel toe capped wellies the
steel toe cap goes all the way across so
even if i was to accidentally run myself
over with this hopefully you shouldn't
slice through and cut my feet of them so
safety first make sure you're wearing the
right gear take your time i'm going to
take it onto the field now and show you
how to cut up turf. First things
first you turn the power on click and
then you've got your throttle here
that's going to start the engine so make
sure you choke set the right position
Gloves, steel toe capped boots and slowly start the engine, there we go!
So get your turf cutter into position so
obviously do this before you turn the
engine on before you start fiddling
with anything get into position start it
up just as I've just shown you, should be a
leaver somewhere, on this model it's here whenever
you're ready you've set the depth of
turf that you want to cut pull this down
and using the throttle it will then
start to drive the turf cutter across
the turf slicing up the turf but start
small do it in small chunks and make
sure it's the right depth and you're
comfortable again safety gear let's get crackin!
Once you've undertaken the first pass
with the turf cutter just check that
it's at the right depth so you wanted to
have taken off the roots left a nice
clean line work in small sections until
you've taken up all the turf that you
need to and then you can either re-transplant
the turf somewhere else or
turn it upside down put it other back of
the border and make loam compost and
they have it everything you need to know
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