Due to global warming and drought, land desertification has become more serious all over the world, and desertification control has become the focus of global attention. Salix sand barriers as a desert wind and sand area engineering sand control mechanical sand barriers have been more widely used. For this reason, this paper analyzes the demand for sand willow sand barriers, starting from the causes of desertification research, and for the sand willow sand barriers laying method for in-depth analysis. Taking the research on the governance of salix sand barriers as the theoretical basis, the self-propelled salix sand barriers horizontal laying machine insertion cutter head is designed, in order to improve the efficiency of salix sand barriers laying and the survival rate of salix spike insertion. Through the test data, the driving force, resistance, and tractability parameters of the laying machine when traveling were theoretically calculated. And according to the different slip rate when the drive seeks to come up with the slip rate when the whole machine is actually working, and finally determine whether the tractor meets the requirements of the passability. Through simulation calculations, it can be seen that the cutterhead laying machine designed in this paper can overcome the resistance generated by acceleration and climbing in the application of sand willow sand barrier laying, and has good versatility in the desert environment.