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2. Operation
The Turf Tick machine cuts and rolls turf grass sods automatically. The machine needs to be
connected with a tractor. See for information on this subject the chapter “Usage”. In Figure 1
is schematically shown the operation of the machine (the tractor is left out). The cutting blade
(3) cuts the sod off the ground. A pressure roller (2) provides the necessary pressure on the
soil and it drives through a rotary chain drive the length chop off blade (1) that cuts the turf
vertically at the desired length.
The conveyor belt (4) transports the sod upwards, while the sod is being rolled. For rolling the
sod, a rollup system is placed on the conveyor frame. This rollup system consists of a starter
finger tray (5) that makes the first turn in a flat peace of turf that is fed up on the conveyor.
Through the rollup tray (6) the turf is rolled further while moving towards the end of the
conveyor. The rollup wheels (7) roll the last part of the turf piece and make sure the turf piece
is entirely rolled in e nice tight roll with square sides.
Depending on which options are purchased with the machine, the roll is fed on a plastic
plateau or on a cross conveyor (8), where after the sod can be stacked manually on the pallet
(11). The person who stands on the platform besides the pallet does the stacking. The pallet
can easily be dropped on the ground by lowering the cart with the three-point hitch operation
lever on the tractor.
Independent of the three-point hitch can the cutting head together with the conveyor frame is
lifted hydraulically, such that the machine can be transported without cutting the turf.
Schematic view of operation of the Turf Tick sod harvester.
1. Chop off blade 6. Rollup tray
2. Pressure roller 7. Rollup wheels
3. Cutting 8. Cross conveyor
4. Conveyor belt 9. Stacker
5. Starting finger tray 10. Support wheel
11. Pallet