Patent ID: 6978588

Claim:
A harvesting machine, comprising: a chassis arrangement supported on front and rear sets of wheels; a first harvested crop take-up arrangement attached to a front location of the harvesting machine; a harvested crop processing arrangement; a front conveyor arrangement coupled between said first harvested crop take-up arrangement and said harvested crop processing arrangement; a second harvested crop take-up arrangement offset to the side of, and spaced to the rear relative to, said first harvested crop take-up arrangement; and a rear conveyor arrangement coupled between said second harvested crop take-up arrangement and said harvested crop processing arrangement so as to convey crop to the latter, wherein said harvested crop processing arrangement includes first and second harvested crop processing units; and said first harvested crop take-up arrangement being coupled to said first harvested crop processing unit by said front conveyor arrangement, and said second harvested crop take-up arrangement being coupled to said second harvested crop processing unit by said rear conveyor arrangement and wherein said chassis arrangement includes first and second chassis parts coupled to each other for pivoting about a vertical axis; said first harvested crop take-up arrangement and said first harvested crop processing unit being mounted to said first chassis part; and said second harvested crop take-up arrangement and said second harvested crop processing unit being mounted to said second chassis part; and said front set of wheels being mounted on said first chassis part and said second said of wheels being mounted on said second chassis part; and a steering arrangement being mounted between said first and second chassis parts to effect steering of said harvesting machine.