A method of adjusting the depth of cut of a sod or other vegetation cutting or surface planer device achieved through the use of two pairs of vertically aligned slidably engaged plates on parallel planes, one pair of plates attached to the depth limiting device of the sod cutter and the other pair attached to the rigid frame of the sod cutter, in each pair of plates, the plate that is oriented closest to the other assembly is arranged to be in between the other pair of plates, each plate in a pair containing the same number of a plurality of banks of matching orifices in a specific pattern that coincide with the specific matched pattern of orifices in the other pair of plates and fixed in relative vertical position to each other by linchpins inserted through aligned orifices in each of the pairs of plates.
