Patent ID: 7070004

Claim:
An apparatus for cutting and stacking rolls of sod comprising: a wheeled chassis for traversing a sod field; a horizontal cutting mechanism for cutting a plurality of sod strips; an accumulator configured to hold the plurality of sod strips; a sod roller configured to roll the sod strips prior to transferring the sod to the accumulator; a conveyor configured to transfer sod from the cutting mechanism to the accumulator; a robotic arm configured to lift the plurality of sod strips from the accumulator to a sod storage location; and a controller configured to control the actuation of the accumulator and the robotic arm, wherein the accumulator comprises a retractable portion which allows an operator to return a rejected sod roll to the sod field, and wherein the robotic arm comprises a horizontal pick-up head having a plurality of gripper modules, each gripper module comprising a concave stripper, and configured to engage a separate individual sod roll.