Sod stacker
OwnerTheodore Tvetene, Donald Tvetene +2inventors
InventorsTheodore Tvetene, Donald Tvetene, Michael Tvetene, Gregg Tvetene
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Abstract
A towable sod stacker having a pallet holder for holding a stack of sod, a conveyor for receiving and temporarily storing a plurality of cut sod slabs and a sod pickup mechanism for lifting the plurality of cut sod sections from the conveyor and vertically placing the sod slabs in any of four positions on the pallet to provide an alternately stacked pallet of sod slabs with the towable stacker conveyor laterally displaceable to permit an operator to on-the-go dump a spoiled sod slab from the conveyor.
Claims23
A towable sod stacker comprising:
- a frame;
- a hitch on said frame for towing said sod stacker in a sod roll receiving condition;
- a conveyor for receiving and holding a first plurality of sod rolls said conveyor displaceable to permit discharging an unwanted sod roll from said sod stacker;
- a pallet holder carried by said frame, said pallet holder spaced from said conveyor;
- and
- a sod roll transport mechanism for engaging and transporting the first plurality of sod rolls from said conveyor and then stacking the first plurality of sod rolls in a first position on said pallet holder and for transporting a second plurality of sod rolls from said conveyor and stacking the second plurality of sod rolls proximate the first plurality of sod rolls.
A method of on-the-go stacking of cut slabs of sod received from a sod harvester comprising:
- displacing a conveyor to allow a spoiled slab of sod to be discharged from the on-the-go stacking of cut slabs of sod;
- receiving a first cut slab of sod;
- engaging the first cut slab of sod with a sod pickup mechanism;
- transporting the first cut slab of sod to a pallet by laterally displacing the sod pick up mechanism;
- placing the first cut slab of sod in a first position on the pallet;
- receiving a second cut slab of sod;
- engaging the second cut slab of sod with the sod pickup mechanism;
- transporting the second cut slab of sod to the pallet by lateral and rotationally displacing the sod pickup mechanism;
- and
- depositing the second cut slab of sod on the pallet to form a slack of sod slabs.
A sod stacker comprising:
- a frame;
- a sod cutting mechanism;
- and
- a conveyor for receiving and holding a cut slab of sod from the sod cutting mechanism with said conveyor and said sod cutting mechanism spaceable from each other to allow a spoiled slab of sod to be discharged from the sod stacker without being stacked.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.