Sod Cutter - Do I need to put in a One Call request?

Probably not, but it's a free call. Just do it. The last thing you want is a nosy neighbor or ever zealous cop writing you a ticket.


ETA: Once they spray their lines, it's good for something like 28 days.

It's worth it. Only shite thing is how long it takes some of the companies to respond. I made the call last fall when I was getting ready to till my garden, and those companies have so long to respond if I'm not mistaken.

A couple of them came out a few weeks after they were supposed to have responded, and both had marked lines (thankfully no where near my garden area). Pretty sure one of them was a company that had already responded saying they had nothing in the area.

The fines are more civil in nature rather than criminal. The practice is that you should limit mechanical means when digging in the area of the marks and hand dig. The only lines that you may have that shallow would be cable or phone but having them marked will more than likely get you a free replacement should you happen to cut one, without they could charge you a service call.

My last dig was for a sewer line that required a phone drop to be cut. We notified the carrier ahead of time and they proactively ran a new above ground drop and told us to dig away, tearing up years of old lines.

IT’S THA LAWWWWW!!

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I'm about ready to resod the torpedo-pit in my front yard

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Interested to know how it goes. Have the same problem. Unfortunately Topedograss roots can run up to a foot below the surface.