Patent ID: 9648797
Date: 2017-05-16
CPC Classifications: A01B,A01G

Claim:
1. A method of arranging sod rolls on a pallet, the method comprising: (a) using a sod harvester to create a plurality of sod rolls and deposit them onto a platform; (b) as each of the sod rolls is deposited onto the platform, rotating all but one of the sod rolls in the plurality of sod rolls so that an end flap on each of the all but one of the sod rolls in the plurality of sod rolls is at the same position on the sod roll; (c) wherein one of the sod rolls in the plurality of sod rolls is the first sod roll in the plurality of sod rolls to be deposited onto the platform, as the first sod roll is deposited onto the platform, rotating the first sod roll for a duration that is longer than the duration by which the all but one of the sod rolls in the plurality of sod rolls are rotated so that an end flap on the first sod roll is in a different position on the first sod roll than the end flaps on the all but one of the sod rolls in the plurality of sod rolls, the end flap on the first sod roll being at a position between nine o'clock and twelve o'clock when the first sod roll is viewed from a side of the first sod roll; (d) using a sod carrier to pick up the plurality of sod rolls from the platform simultaneously; and (e) depositing the plurality of sod rolls simultaneously onto a pallet such that the end flap on the first sod roll faces outward and is viewable by consumers.