Patent ID: 6994623

Claim:
A method of controlling a transfer device ( 2 ) pivotally mounted on a harvesting machine ( 1 ) so as to be pivotable about a horizontal axis ( 4 ) and a vertical axis ( 3 ), said method comprising the steps of: a) automatically pivoting the transfer device from an actual position (A) around said vertical axis ( 3 ) of the transfer device into another position above a supporting member ( 11 ) for the transfer device arranged on the harvesting machine; and b) automatically lowering the transfer device into a street travel position (S) on the supporting member ( 11 ) in an event-controlled street travel positioning procedure, wherein the street travel positioning procedure occurs automatically on switching the harvesting machine ( 1 ) into a predetermined operating state or operating state combination and/or during registering of predetermined machine parameters or machine parameter combinations of the harvesting machine ( 1 ), wherein the street travel positioning procedure is activated automatically by switching off a main drive of a working device of the harvesting machine ( 1 ).