A device for the harvesting of cultivated turfs (3) comprising a mobile
chassis (1) with a first kiffe (21) that is capable of cutting a
cultivated turf from a field, and via a second knife (22) is capable of
chopping the cultivated turf in a direction that is transverse to the
direction of travel. The second knife is equipped with electronically
controlled mechanisms (41, 42, 45) that allow the second knife to work
into the cultivated turf when a desired turf length bas been reached. An
electronic sensor (80, 81, 82) is installed near to a conveyor track (60)
for the cultivated turf and is at least capable of recording a size for a
length of passing cultivated turf and producing this as an electronic
signal. The sensor is linked by electronic means to the electronically
controlled mechanisms for the second knife in order to release the second
knife upon reaching a predetermined cultivated turf length.
