Pick-up apparatus for picking up harvested root crop, in particular sugar beets, from a root crop heap, the pick-up apparatus comprising: - a pick-up section which ∘ defines a pick-up direction a pick-up plane and a first lateral outward direction, ∘ comprises a pick-up member, ∘ and a pick-up frame, the pick-up frame having a first lateral side, a second lateral side and forming a pick-up opening, the pick-up opening and the pick-up direction defining a pick-up area on the pick-up plane, the pick-up apparatus comprising a heap divider adapted for dividing the root crop heap and comprising a mobile heap dividing member, wherein - the mobile heap dividing member has an outer end, an inner end and a longitudinal axis (X-X'), - the mobile heap dividing member has a heap dividing position, in that - when the mobile heap dividing member is in the heap dividing position, the mobile heap dividing member is adapted to convey root crop which is part of the root crop heap and which is situated outside the pick-up area into the pick-up area to be picked up by the pick-up member, the outer end being located laterally outwards of the first lateral side taken in the first lateral outward direction, and the longitudinal axis (X-X') being inclined about an elevation angle α between α=0° and 20°, preferably between α=0° and 10°, with respect to the pick-up plane, characterized in that - the heap dividing member, by the elevation angle α, in the heap dividing position, is adapted to form an inclined platform on the divided root crop heap, in that - the inclination of the platform is inclined in relation to the pick-up plane or a plane (PL') parallel to the pick-up plane, and in that - the platform is adapted to receive harvested root crop rolling off the top of the root crop heap downward to the pick-up plane. - a pick-up section which ∘ defines a pick-up direction a pick-up plane and a first lateral outward direction, ∘ comprises a pick-up member, ∘ and a pick-up frame, the pick-up frame having a first lateral side, a second lateral side and forming a pick-up opening, the pick-up opening and the pick-up direction defining a pick-up area on the pick-up plane, the pick-up apparatus comprising a heap divider adapted for dividing the root crop heap and comprising a mobile heap dividing member, wherein ∘ defines a pick-up direction a pick-up plane and a first lateral outward direction, ∘ comprises a pick-up member, ∘ and a pick-up frame, - the mobile heap dividing member has an outer end, an inner end and a longitudinal axis (X-X'), - the mobile heap dividing member has a heap dividing position, in that - when the mobile heap dividing member is in the heap dividing position, the mobile heap dividing member is adapted to convey root crop which is part of the root crop heap and which is situated outside the pick-up area into the pick-up area to be picked up by the pick-up member, the outer end being located laterally outwards of the first lateral side taken in the first lateral outward direction, and the longitudinal axis (X-X') being inclined about an elevation angle α between α=0° and 20°, preferably between α=0° and 10°, with respect to the pick-up plane, characterized in that - the heap dividing member, by the elevation angle α, in the heap dividing position, is adapted to form an inclined platform on the divided root crop heap, in that - the inclination of the platform is inclined in relation to the pick-up plane or a plane (PL') parallel to the pick-up plane, and in that - the platform is adapted to receive harvested root crop rolling off the top of the root crop heap downward to the pick-up plane.