Posted: Sun May 31, 2009 6:06 pm
You have to push the back down with your boot while trying to push it forward with your arms. If the ground is stony or uneven it's a complete pain.
Like the previous night last night I put the sprinkler on the turf between midnight and 7am. We started work today at 9.30am.
As we’d never done this before so it was down to luck but the turf had just the right moisture level and it rolled up a treat.
The area was reasonably level and the soil of good quality without any stones. The only obstruction we came across was an old forgotten clothesline spike!
It took just under 3 hours including some tea breaks to lift around 55 sq/metres and the rest of the day lifting it and transporting it in a Mondeo to its new home.
There was a driving rod that pushed into the front tyres which was meant to propel the machine but it didn’t really grip enough to the job, I’m sure it did take a little of the strain needed to push the machine though.
Only problem we found was that on one side the wheels would drop down to the new cut level, this would mean the turf would end up thicker on one side then the other. To remedy this the other person pushed the handles in the normal fashion and I got down to ground level and while helping pushing I guided the offending wheels so they just barely sat on the turf to be cut.
Aching a bit now but feel good after a days graft.