Sod handler
a sod handler and sod technology, applied in the field of sod harvester, can solve the problems of difficult handling, more difficult to transfer unrolled or flat sod slabs than compact sod rolls,
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[0048]FIG. 1 is a side view of a sod harvester 10 including an agricultural tractor 11. In general, the sod harvester 10 cuts sod slabs, removes sod slabs from a conveyor, transfers and stacks the sod slabs on a pallet while simultaneously monitoring sod slab quality and the sod receiving position of the pallet.
[0049] The sod harvester 10 includes a power source such as an agricultural tractor 11 which is used to power a sod cutting mechanism 12 and an elevator 13 for elevating the cut sod slabs from the sod cutting mechanism 12 to a sod transfer mechanism 14. Sod cutting mechanism 12 and the sod elevator 13 for elevating slabs of sod in a sod harvester which is either self propelled or pulled by an agricultural tractor are known in the art and are not described herein.
[0050] After the sod harvester cuts the sod slabs from the sod field the sod slabs are delivered to a conveyor 20 in the sod transfer mechanism 14 where a sod quality monitoring system including a sensor 19 determin...
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