It is on the ground when you need it.
You are not buying grass, you are buying the certainty that a crew will have something to lay on Thursday morning. That is a stock question and a logistics question, and this page is about nothing else.
Having it on hand is the job.
Running out is the usual failure in this trade. Holding stock through the quiet months is what makes the answer yes in the awkward week, which is the week it actually matters.
Stocked year-round, not seasonally
We hold inventory through the off-season, not just through the spring rush. The point of a broker is that the answer to "do you have it" is usually yes, including in February, when half the market is quoting you a lead time.
Checked before you quote a date
Call us before you put a date in front of a client. We will tell you what is on the ground now and what is cutting this week, so the date you promise is one we have already confirmed we can hit.
A date we confirm is a date we keep
Plan the crew on what we tell you. We confirm against what is actually cut and on the ground, so the answer you build a schedule on still holds on install day.
You hear it when something moves
Weather changes what is cuttable. If your order is affected you get a call, not a surprise at the gate, and usually an alternative variety that will do the same job.
Planned backwards from your install date.
Sod starts declining the moment it leaves the field, and stacked pallets heat up fast in a CSRA summer. So the delivery is scheduled against the day your crew is on site, never against the day the order was placed.
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You give us the install date
Not the order date. Sod is cut to order and it is perishable, so everything else is worked backwards from the morning your crew is actually laying it.
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We cut to that date
Harvested as close to delivery as the schedule allows, so it arrives fresh rather than having sat on a pallet in the yard for two days getting hot.
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It lands where you need it
Tell us about access when you order: gates, soft ground, tight turns, an HOA that will not allow a truck before eight. Those are the things that turn a delivery into a lost morning.
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Or you collect
Yard pickup costs less and suits a small job or a same-day gap-fill. Bring straps; a pallet runs well over a ton wet.
The practical questions.
- How much fits on a truck?
- Roughly 16 to 18 pallets depending on how the slabs are cut. Consolidating two jobs into one delivery is usually worth more than any discount we could give you on the material.
- What does a pallet cover?
- About 450 to 500 sq ft. Order to the top of your measurement. Offcuts around beds and curves are real, and a short pallet on install day costs a crew hour and a second trip.
- How much notice do you need?
- Less than most. Same-day and next-day are often possible outside the spring peak, which is the whole reason to hold stock the way we do. In April, give us what notice you can.
- Can you hold sod for a job that slips?
- Talk to us early. Cut sod cannot wait, but a scheduled cut can usually move. A slipped date is a much smaller problem if we hear about it before the harvester runs.
Draft content Load sizes and coverage figures are industry-typical. Confirm real lead times, minimum orders and delivery charges with Sod Brokers before launch.
It's not only sod.
Landscape stone, both boulders and river rock, is stocked year-round, and pine straw comes in seasonally. If the job needs ground cover beyond turf, one stop loads all of it.
Buying regularly should be simpler than buying once.
If you are ordering through the season, availability should not be a phone tree and pricing should not be a negotiation every time. An account puts standing rates against the varieties you actually use, so you can bid a job knowing what the material costs.
- Standing rates by variety, held through the season
- Recurring deliveries for maintenance contracts
- Availability confirmed before you quote a client date
- A heads-up when a variety is about to get tight
- Invoicing terms: ask, they are not published
We would rather be predictable than be the cheapest quote you got this month. Over a season, knowing the material will be there is worth more than a few cents a square foot.
What have you got booked?
Give us the dates and the square footage and we will tell you what we can hold for you.