Abstract: A sod harvesting machine includes a tractor having a first frame, a second frame, a front sod carriage having a first lift member, a rear sod carriage, an elevated platform, vertical support members, and a second lift member. Between the elevated platform and the front and rear sod carriages, the tractor also includes a sod storage compartment into which pallets of stacked sod are mechanically conveyed for storage and transport. The first lift member can be a low vertical lift for lifting the pallet off the ground and conveying the pallet via conveyor chains toward the rear sod carriage. The second frame is telescopically engaged by the first frame so that the length of the sod storage compartment may be extended to accommodate additional pallets. The second lift member can be a high vertical lift for lifting pallets unloaded from the sod storage compartment onto a truck for shipment.