Patent ID: 7195077

Claim:
A sod harvester comprising a drive unit for moving the harvester in a forward direction; a cutting head for cutting a strip of sod from the ground as the harvester moves in said forward direction; a conveyor disposed rearwardly of the cutting head for receiving cut strips of sod from the cutting head and conveying the strips rearwardly for collection; and a mechanism configured to connect the conveyor and the cutting head, comprising a ball joint disposed on a longitudinal centre line of the cutting head and a pair of laterally spaced links, each link connected at one end to the conveyor and independently connected at an opposite end to the cutting head at respective connection points that are selected to constrain the cutting head laterally with respect to the conveyor while permitting lateral tilting of the cutting head about the ball joint to accommodate lateral unevenness in the ground, wherein each said link in said pair of links is provided at each end with a ball joint by which the link is connected to the respective cutting head frame and conveyor frame.