Apparatus And Methods For Facilitating The Removal Of Existing Turf And Installing New Turf

摘要

A turf cutter device, an infill extractor/collector device, and a turf wind-up device are used to facilitate the cost-effective removal of an infilled synthetic turf and the subsequent installation of a new turf at the same site, with minimal subsurface disruption. An infill extractor/collector device mounted on a motorized vehicle moves a relatively narrow strip of filled artificial turf from the surface, in front of the vehicle, and directs the strip to an infill removal station. The infill removal station inverts the strip and redirects the strip back toward the front of the vehicle, after agitating the strip to extract the infill. After redirecting the strip toward the front of the vehicle, the vehicle drives over the unfilled strip. Meanwhile, the extractor/collector device moves the extracted infill rearwardly to a bag located in a trailer. The turf cutter device is used prior to infill extraction, while the turf wind up device may be used before or after infill extraction, depending on whether infill extraction takes place at the field or at a remote site, respectively.

主权项

1. A method comprising:
engaging opposite edges of a strip of artificial turf via a pair of opposing rotatable holders aligned along a first axis, the holders carried at forward ends of a pair of spaced arms of a frame, the frame located at the front of a motorized vehicle; and rotating the holders about the first axis to wind up the engaged strip of artificial turf into a roll.