Sod Stretcher

This is a fictitious tool, like the things in the Dr. Seuss stories you read to your kids when they were young.  This tool’s desired function is to increase the square footage that a given piece of sod covers.  Most often it’s desired by landscape contractors who realize toward the end of a project that they don’t have enough sod.

It’s at the point of that realization that the contractor will send his or her most junior employee to the truck to find the sod stretcher.  After a few minutes, when the employee returns with no tool in hand and a frustrated look on his face, the contractor will feign anger, demanding the employee go back to the truck and not come back without the sod stretcher.

When the employee finally returns, again without the tool, or sometimes, returning with a jack, because it’s the only tool left in the truck, laughter usually ensues.

Thanks to Seussville for the image.