Patent ID: 6179060
Filing Date: 2001-01-30
Classification: A01B,A01G

Abstract:
In sod-laying apparatus including a vehicle with a frame and ground engagers to support and move the vehicle and a sod-holding device on the frame for a sod roll which defines an axis, the improvement wherein the sod-holding device comprises:a pair of support arms secured to the frame, each support arm having a distal end, the distal ends being at substantially fixed horizontal spacing from one another;a pair of opposed coaxial roll-insertable members, each on one of the distal ends, for sandwiching support of the sod roll by direct sod contact within and at the end of the roll;a substantially horizontal transverse guide member secured at the distal end of at least one of the support arms; anda loading member on the guide member for movement with respect thereto in a substantially horizontal axial direction between retracted roll-unloaded and extended roll-loaded positions, the loading member having one of the roll-insertable members secured thereon.