Cutting machine comprising a cutting device connected to a chassis by means of an improved connecting device

A cutting machine comprising:

• a chassis connected to a motor vehicle;
• a cutting device comprising cutting members and intended to occupy:
• at least one work position in which said cutting device rests on a ground and in which it follows a relief of said ground,
• at least one transport position in which said cutting device extends above said ground,
• a connecting device connecting the cutting device to the chassis in such a way as to allow said cutting device to be brought into the work position and into the transport position, said connecting device comprising at least two connecting rods, each connecting rod being connected to said cutting device and to said chassis by means of a respective connection, one of said connections being a connection of a ball-joint type, and at least one of the connections comprising an elastic element;
• wherein at least one of the connections which comprises an elastic element also comprises a ring, wherein the elastic element is fixed to the outside of said ring, and wherein a spindle extends through said ring;
• wherein the ring is made of plastic and the spindle is made of a rustless material.