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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 18, 2020
Filed:
Jan. 15, 2016
1045929 Ontario Limited, Keswick, CA;
Gerardus J. Brouwer, Keswick, CA;
Ralph Ratsep, Pefferlaw, CA;
Robert Milwain, Keswick, CA;
Mathias Marie Gerardus Hendriks, Heythuysen, NL;
1045929 Ontario Limited, Keswick, CA;
Abstract
A method of stacking sod rolls can include the steps of: a) moving a head of a sod handling apparatus into a sod pickup location containing a plurality of sod rolls; b) picking-up a first sod roll with a first sod carrier, picking-up a second sod roll with a second sod carrier, and picking-up a third sod roll with a third sod carrier; c) moving the head to a sod drop-off location; d) releasing the first sod roll from the first sod carrier at the sod drop-off location; e) after releasing the first sod roll, moving the second sod carrier toward the first sod carrier and moving the third sod carrier toward the first sod carrier to reduce the spacing between the second and third rolls of sod; and f) depositing the second sod roll and third sod roll at the drop-off location.