Pivotable windrow chute for combine harvester

A spreader assembly for an agricultural harvester comprising:

• a frame member,
• a rotor assembly attached to the frame member, wherein the rotor assembly comprises one or more rotary spreaders and a housing partially surrounding the one or more rotary spreaders,
• a transition hood mounted to and/or positioned against the housing of the rotor assembly, and
• a windrow chute mounted to the frame member, wherein the windrow chute is pivotable about a windrow chute rotational axis between a deployed position and a retracted position, wherein in the deployed position, the windrow chute blocks the transition hood to either limit or prevent removal of the transition hood, and in the retracted position, the windrow chute permits access to and removal of the transition hood,
• wherein the rotor assembly includes two of said rotary spreaders that are spaced apart from each other, and the housing partially surrounds the rotary spreaders, wherein the housing includes a wall extending between the rotary spreaders,
• wherein the transition hood is positioned on a top side of the housing as well as the wall extending between the rotary spreaders.

A spreader assembly for an agricultural harvester comprising:

• a frame member,
• a rotor assembly attached to the frame member, wherein the rotor assembly comprises one or more rotary spreaders and a housing partially surrounding the one or more rotary spreaders,
• a windrow chute mounted to the frame member, wherein the windrow chute is pivotable about a windrow chute axis between a deployed position and a retracted position, and
• a transition hood fixed to the windrow chute, wherein in the deployed position of the windrow chute, the transition hood is positioned either on or adjacent the rotor assembly housing, and in the in the retracted position, the transition hood is spaced apart and separated from the rotor assembly housing.