An apparatus for a vehicle used for positioning sod strips includes a structure for mounting on the vehicle frame and a pushing plate slidably mounted to the structure. The pushing plate is arranged to be abuttable to an edge of a sod strip. A pair of cylinders are operatively mounted between the st
An apparatus for a vehicle used for positioning sod strips includes a structure for mounting on the vehicle frame and a pushing plate slidably mounted to the structure. The pushing plate is arranged to be abuttable to an edge of a sod strip. A pair of cylinders are operatively mounted between the structure and the pushing plate to slide the pushing plate away from the structure to laterally shift a sod strip to tighten up seams between adjacent sod strips. A pushing frame provides arms that are slidable into base tubes of a base frame and the cylinders are connected between the arms and the base tubes to slide the pushing frame with respect to the base frame. Further cylinders are employed to pivot the base frame, the pushing frame and the pushing plate between deployed and non-deployed positions.
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1. An apparatus for positioning sod strips, comprising: a structure for mounting on a vehicle;a pushing plate slidably mounted to the structure, the pushing plate having a flat horizontal surface and a vertical pushing surface arranged to be abuttable to a vertical edge of a newly placed sod strip t
1. An apparatus for positioning sod strips, comprising: a structure for mounting on a vehicle;a pushing plate slidably mounted to the structure, the pushing plate having a flat horizontal surface and a vertical pushing surface arranged to be abuttable to a vertical edge of a newly placed sod strip that has already been placed flat on the ground, the flat horizontal surface arranged on a side of the vertical pushing surface opposite the vertical edge of the newly placed sod strip; andat least one actuator operatively mounted between the structure and the pushing plate to slide the pushing plate in a first direction away from the structure to position the newly placed sod strip to move the newly placed sod strip to more closely fit the newly placed sod strip against an adjacent, previously placed flat sod strip, the actuator further operative to force the pushing plate to compress the newly placed sod strip against the adjacent, previously placed flat sod strip in the first direction across a width of the newly placed sod strip, the flat horizontal surface being slidable along the ground during compression of the newly placed sod strip by the pushing plate. 2. The apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a vehicle for moving along the ground, said structure mounted to the vehicle. 3. The apparatus according to claim 2, wherein said structure comprises a pair of upstanding posts that are configured to be mounted to the vehicle, and a base frame, the base frame guiding sliding movement of the pushing plate, the base frame being supported by the pair of posts. 4. The apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the base frame is pivotally connected to the posts, and comprising at least one pivot actuator that is configured to controllably pivot up or down the base frame. 5. The apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the at least one pivot actuator comprises a pair of pivot actuators operably connected between the pair of posts and the base frame. 6. The apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the vehicle comprises a sod roll holding and dispensing device to hold and dispense a roll of sod for unrolling and placement of the roll of sod flat on the ground. 7. The apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the sod roll holding and dispensing device comprises a spindle carried by a forked frame. 8. The apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the vehicle includes a supply of pressurized working fluid and the actuator comprises a hydraulic or pneumatic cylinder that uses the supply of working fluid to expand to slide the pushing plate. 9. The apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the actuator and pushing plate are arranged for the pushing plate to slide in a lateral direction that is perpendicular to a straight ahead driving direction of the vehicle. 10. The apparatus according to claim 2, comprising a pushing frame that carries the pushing plate, the pushing frame having arms between the pushing plate and the structure; and wherein the pushing plate comprises a bottom wall and an upturned front wall contiguous with the bottom wall, the upturned front wall arranged for abutting a vertical edge of a sod strip to be positioned; andwherein the arms and the bottom wall are connected by a pair of pivotal connections. 11. The apparatus according to claim 10, wherein the structure comprises a base frame, the base frame having base tubes extending from the vehicle toward the pushing plate, each arm slidably received into a respective base tube, and the at least one actuator comprises a pair of actuators, one mounted between each arm and each respective base tube. 12. The apparatus according to claim 11, wherein said structure comprises a pair of upstanding posts that are configured to be mounted to the vehicle, the base frame being supported by the pair of posts, and wherein the base frame is pivotally connected to the posts, and comprising at least one pivot actuator that is configured to controllably pivot up or down the base frame. 13. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the pushing plate comprises a bottom wall and a vertical wall connected to the bottom wall, the bottom wall and vertical wall configured in an upright L-shaped profile, wherein the vertical wall provides the vertical pushing surface and the bottom wall provides the flat horizontal surface. 14. The apparatus according to claim 13, wherein the structure is pivotally attached to a top of the bottom wall, wherein the bottom wall can brace against the ground to resist an overturning moment caused by a reactive force of the newly placed sod strip against the vertical wall during compression of the newly placed sod strip. 15. The apparatus according to claim 13, wherein the pushing plate comprises an upturned end portion extending from the bottom wall to allow the pushing plate to slide over uneven ground in a second horizontal direction perpendicular to the first direction. 16. An apparatus for positioning sod strips, comprising: a structure for mounting on a vehicle;a pushing plate slidably mounted to the structure, the pushing plate having a flat horizontal surface and a vertical pushing surface that is arranged to be abuttable to an edge of a newly placed sod strip, the flat horizontal surface arranged on a side of the vertical pushing surface opposite the vertical edge of the newly placed sod strip; anda pair of horizontally spaced-apart pressurized-fluid cylinders operatively mounted between the structure and the pushing plate to slide the pushing plate away from the structure in a first direction to position a the newly placed sod strip;a pushing frame that carries the pushing plate, the pushing frame having arms between the pushing plate and the structure; andthe structure comprises a base frame, the base frame having base tubes extending from the vehicle toward the pushing plate, each arm slidably received into a respective base tube, and one member of the pair of horizontally spaced-apart pressurized-fluid cylinders is mounted between each arm and each respective base tube;the pressurized-fluid cylinders operative to force the pushing plate to compress the newly placed sod strip against the adjacent, previously placed flat sod strip in the first direction across a width of the newly placed sod strip, the flat horizontal surface being slidable along the ground during compression of the newly placed sod strip by the pushing plate. 17. The apparatus according to claim 16, wherein said structure comprises a pair of upstanding posts that are configured to be mounted to the vehicle, the base frame being supported by the pair of posts. 18. The apparatus according to claim 17, wherein the base frame is pivotally connected to the posts, and comprising at least one pivot actuator that is configured to controllably pivot up or down the base frame. 19. The apparatus according to claim 18, wherein the at least one pivot actuator comprises a pair of pivot actuators operably connected between the pair of posts and the base tubes of the base frame. 20. The apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the pushing plate comprises a bottom wall and a vertical wall connected to the bottom wall, the bottom wall and vertical wall configured in an upright L-shaped profile, wherein the vertical wall provides the vertical pushing surface and the bottom wall provides the flat horizontal surface. 21. The apparatus according to claim 20, wherein the vertical wall and the bottom wall extend the distance between the spaced-apart pressurized fluid cylinders. 22. The apparatus according to claim 21, wherein the arms are pivotally attached to a top of the bottom wall, wherein the bottom wall can brace against the ground to resist an overturning moment caused by a reactive force of the newly placed sod strip against the vertical wall during compression of the newly placed sod strip. 23. The apparatus according to claim 20, wherein the pushing plate comprises an upturned end portion extending from the bottom wall to allow the pushing plate to slide over uneven ground in a second horizontal direction perpendicular to the first direction.
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