Sod harvester with pivotable roll-forming unit

Details Sod harvester with pivotable roll-forming unit Sod harvester with pivotable roll-forming unit

1996-07-26

1998-07-07

Melius, Terry Lee

Earth working

Sod cutter

With means for vertical transverse cutting while moving

172 33, 172 19, 1983081, 414911, A01B 4504

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057754365

ABSTRACT:
A sod harvester includes a cutter for forming a strip of cut sod, and an inclined conveyor for conveying the strip from the cutter to a roll-forming enclosure. The roll-forming enclosure comprises two belt conveyors at right angles to one another. The strip is delivered onto a generally horizontal one of the two conveyors, by which it is moved towards the second conveyor. The second conveyor then causes the leading end portion of the strip to turn back on itself and form the roll. A pair of spring-biassed fingers ensure proper roll formation. The strip of sod is cut transversely at an appropriate point and the sod within the enclosure is rolled up to complete the roll. The enclosure is turnable about a vertical axis to a laterally directed position, in which the roll can be discharged laterally clear of the next pass of the harvester. The roll can be wrapped in netting which is automatically cut as the roll-forming enclosure turns. The enclosure can be arrested in an intermediate position for release of a core tube into the enclosure, so that the roll is formed around the tube.

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