Harvesting apparatus, specifically merger or pickup windrower, with a load-bearing frame which has a longitudinal carrier and transverse carriers (13, 14, 24, 25), with a chassis which has wheels, with receiving members which are in the form of pick-ups and serve for receiving harvested crop, wherein one receiving member is received on a first side of the longitudinal carrier and a further receiving member is received on a second side of the longitudinal carrier, in each case on a transverse carrier (13, 14), with transverse conveying devices which are in the form of belt conveyors and serve for conveying the received harvested crop in a transverse conveying direction which extends transversely to a longitudinal direction, wherein one transverse conveying device is received on a first side of the longitudinal carrier and a further transverse conveying device is received on a second side of the longitudinal carrier, on the respective transverse carrier (13, 14), and wherein a transfer region for the harvested crop is able to be formed between the transverse conveying devices which are arranged on different sides of the longitudinal carrier, wherein, in a working position, the transverse conveying devices and receiving members arranged on different sides of the load-bearing frame are pivotable about a respective pivot axis (28, 29), extending in the longitudinal direction, relative to the transverse carrier (13, 14) on which they are received, wherein the respective pivot axis (28, 29) is arranged in the region of the chassis adjacent to the transfer region, characterized in that, as seen in the longitudinal direction, the respective pivot axis (28, 29) is arranged between the wheels of the chassis. with a load-bearing frame which has a longitudinal carrier and transverse carriers (13, 14, 24, 25), with a chassis which has wheels, with receiving members which are in the form of pick-ups and serve for receiving harvested crop, wherein one receiving member is received on a first side of the longitudinal carrier and a further receiving member is received on a second side of the longitudinal carrier, in each case on a transverse carrier (13, 14), with transverse conveying devices which are in the form of belt conveyors and serve for conveying the received harvested crop in a transverse conveying direction which extends transversely to a longitudinal direction, wherein one transverse conveying device is received on a first side of the longitudinal carrier and a further transverse conveying device is received on a second side of the longitudinal carrier, on the respective transverse carrier (13, 14), and wherein a transfer region for the harvested crop is able to be formed between the transverse conveying devices which are arranged on different sides of the longitudinal carrier, wherein, in a working position, the transverse conveying devices and receiving members arranged on different sides of the load-bearing frame are pivotable about a respective pivot axis (28, 29), extending in the longitudinal direction, relative to the transverse carrier (13, 14) on which they are received, wherein the respective pivot axis (28, 29) is arranged in the region of the chassis adjacent to the transfer region,