Advanced Sod Harvesting Machinery Kramer Simpson Introduction Harvesting
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Advanced Sod Harvesting Machinery Kramer Simpson
Introduction • Harvesting Specs • Types of Equipment • Advantages • Video Links
Sod Harvesting • Can be Harvested in several ways • Small Rolls- range from 12”-24” wide and 4’ long • Big Rolls- from 24”- 48” wide up to 125 foot long • Slabs- from 12”- 24” and up to 4’ long • First tractor mounted was made by Gerry Brouwer in 1966
Sod Harvesting • Average price of sod is $0. 25 per square foot • Pallets range from 450 sq. ft to 500 sq. ft Crop Price Yield Net Profit Sod $0. 25 sq. ft Quality $10, 890/acre Corn $6. 50 bushel 170 bu/acre $1, 105/acre Wheat $7. 00 bushell 110 bu/acre $770/acre
Equipment Diversity • Walk behind units • Typically can harvest 150 -200 sq. ft/hour • Standard 16 in. cutting width
Tractor Mounted Models • Usually takes 2 -3 man crew, an operator, stacker and a roller on certain models • Can cut 600 - 800 square feet an hour • Fixed head
Advanced Tractor Mounted Brouwer Robomax • Operator only • Capable of cutting 1600 square yards per hour • GPS
Advanced Tractor Mounted • Robotic Arm • Automatic Pallet Injector • Hydraulic Driven Cutter and Depth Control
Advanced Tractor Mounted Kesmac Slab-Matic 3000 • Up to 1350 sq. /yds per hour • Choice of 3 -16” rows or 2 -24” rows • Slabs only
Advanced Tractor Mounted Kesmac Slab-Matic 3000 • Ability to eject poor turf • Clamp system interlocks whole section
Self-Propelled Trebro Auto-Stack II • Two 24” cutting heads • Electronic adjustable length of cut • Stacker has 88 spears
Self Propelled Trebro Auto-Stack II • Up to 3, 000 sq. yds per hour • On the go adjustments of Pallet size, length • Can hold 18 pallets
Advantages of Advanced Harvesters • • Less labor required Speed Efficiency Environment
Video Links • Brouwer Robomax- http: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=N 4 FK_1 beh. E 4 • Kesmac Slab Matic-http: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=4 M 7 l 8 y 67 d. ZU • Trebro Auto Stack-http: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=Ur_ma. E 1 TB 7 A
