We thought you might enjoy seeing how the grass is harvested. The most common way is to harvest it in 16" x 24" slabs. Probably 90% of what we sell is harvested this way. Here is a video of that in action.
Another way is to roll up the sod. We generally only do this with types of bermuda but it can be done with St. Augustine also. We use a "big roll" system with the rolls being 2 feet wide and around 112.5 feet long for a total of 25 square yards. Below is a video of the "big roll" machine in action.
Our newest harvester is called an AutoSlab machine. This harvester can cut two different sizes of slabs; either a 2' x 4' slab or a 2' x 2' slab. In general the 2' x 4' slabs are the best to work with because they allow you to install the sod much quicker. But after a rain or when the grass is wet the 2' x 4' slabs can be too heavy and so we will generally cut the smaller slabs in that case. We think this is the future and hope to have more of these in the coming years and move away from the smaller slabs. Below is a short video of the AutoSlab machine.
