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Hand-Rake and Level the Area

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How NOT to lay Sod

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What happens here

It's crucial to hand-rake and level all areas before laying sod to ensure a smooth, even surface. Machine grading with a skid loader can compact the soil, which is undesirable. The hand-raking ensures proper preparation without compromising soil aeration.

Goal: Ensure a smooth, level, and uncompacted surface for sod installation.

Tools and materials

  • Rake — Leveling the black dirt

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on and then you hand rake that out and lay your sod on top of that you can see in the background what Tim is doing is he actually hand rakes out all of the areas before the sod gets laid out we don't machine grate it we don't come in with a skid lay skid loader and level it all out because that'll compact the soil so he takes that big old rake over there and just gets everything laid out here's a rule you never put sod over existing

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