daveoman1966 3,745 #1 Posted June 16, 2018 My house is at the base of a long & tall hill, making for near flood-level water run-off. My basement was flooded recently, so I ran a shallow ditch behind to divert the water away from my house / garage. I'm not much for digging, so I improvised a 'sod cutter' to mount onto the A-frame of my dozer blade. This is a 7" dia well casing, about 1 foot long. I sharpened the lead edge to cut the sod, then squashed it to an oval shape of about 5" high. With the solid link in my dozer frame, I could put lots of down pressure to force the cutting edge of the 'sod cutter' into the ground. It worked out pretty well, then only had to rake out the sod strip. Made a 2nd pass to get the diversion ditch about 4" deep...enough to divert water flow. 13 7 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
953 nut 55,081 #3 Posted June 16, 2018 That thing would make a great Mole eviction tool too! 2 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pacer 3,168 #4 Posted June 16, 2018 Now that is TOOOO slick!!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
elcamino/wheelhorse 9,296 #5 Posted June 17, 2018 That is a great idea .I could use something like that on a couple of areas in my yard. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
daveoman1966 3,745 #6 Posted June 17, 2018 Forgot to say... using a bench grinder, grind the lower leading edge of the 7" pipe (1/8" thick) to where it is SHARP....like a mower blade. To get the 'oval' shape of the pipe, I used my shop press....aka 12lb sledge hammer. Lay two boards on cement floor to stabalize it from rolling. ]Took about 5 'presses' to get there. 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tractor boy 239 #7 Posted June 18, 2018 On 6/16/2018 at 3:59 PM, 953 nut said: That thing would make a great Mole eviction tool too! Just add some spikes @953 nut Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
