A mobile machine for collecting fruit, comprising: - a fruit receptacle, - a motorised tarpaulin winder with a winding drum arranged along the fruit receptacle along a winding axis and arranged overhanging the fruit receptacle, - at least one tarpaulin with a longitudinal winding edge connected to the winding drum and extending parallel to the winding axis and a longitudinal free edge, opposite the longitudinal winding edge, the tarpaulin being selectively wound on the winding drum in a configuration of release of fruit in the fruit receptacle and deployed on the ground in a fruit collection configuration, - at least one carriage for unwinding the tarpaulin, the carriage being provided with a gear for running on the ground, and - an attachment device for attaching the longitudinal free edge of the tarpaulin to the unwinding carriage, characterised in that: - the attachment device comprises at least one arm connecting the longitudinal free edge of the tarpaulin to the unwinding carriage, - the arm is mounted on the running gear of the unwinding carriage, with freedom of pivoting between a low position, when the tarpaulin is in the fruit collection configuration and a high position when the tarpaulin is in a fruit release configuration, and - the arm maintains between the longitudinal free edge of the tarpaulin and the running gear a distance greater than a height of an upper edge of the winding drum when the tarpaulin is wound thereon in the fruit release configuration, the height being measured relative to one of the ground and a carriage support accommodating the unwinding carriage in the fruit release configuration, when the machine is equipped with such a support. - a fruit receptacle, - a motorised tarpaulin winder with a winding drum arranged along the fruit receptacle along a winding axis and arranged overhanging the fruit receptacle, - at least one tarpaulin with a longitudinal winding edge connected to the winding drum and extending parallel to the winding axis and a longitudinal free edge, opposite the longitudinal winding edge, the tarpaulin being selectively wound on the winding drum in a configuration of release of fruit in the fruit receptacle and deployed on the ground in a fruit collection configuration, - at least one carriage for unwinding the tarpaulin, the carriage being provided with a gear for running on the ground, and - an attachment device for attaching the longitudinal free edge of the tarpaulin to the unwinding carriage, - the attachment device comprises at least one arm connecting the longitudinal free edge of the tarpaulin to the unwinding carriage, - the arm is mounted on the running gear of the unwinding carriage, with freedom of pivoting between a low position, when the tarpaulin is in the fruit collection configuration and a high position when the tarpaulin is in a fruit release configuration, and - the arm maintains between the longitudinal free edge of the tarpaulin and the running gear a distance greater than a height of an upper edge of the winding drum when the tarpaulin is wound thereon in the fruit release configuration, the height being measured relative to one of the ground and a carriage support accommodating the unwinding carriage in the fruit release configuration, when the machine is equipped with such a support.