Windrow merger frame pivotable to headland position

A harvesting apparatus, namely merger or pickup swather,

• with a supporting frame (11) having a longitudinal member (12) and crossmembers (13, 14),
• with a chassis (16) having wheels (17),
• with a drawbar (15) which engages on the supporting frame (11) and via which the harvesting apparatus can be coupled to a tractor,
• with pickup members (18) designed as a pickup for picking up harvested crop, wherein at least one pickup member (18) is accommodated on a first side of the longitudinal member (12) and at least one further pickup member (18) is accommodated on a second side of the longitudinal member (12), in each case on a crossmember (13, 14),
• with transverse conveyor devices (19) designed as belt conveyors for conveying the picked-up harvested crop in a transverse conveying direction running transversely with respect to a longitudinal direction, wherein at least one transverse conveyor device (19) is accommodated on a first side of the longitudinal member (12) and at least one further transverse conveyor device (19) is accommodated on a second side of the longitudinal member (12), on the respective crossmember (13, 14),
• characterized in that
• the drawbar (15) and the chassis (16) are pivotable relative to the supporting frame (11) for transferring the harvesting apparatus between a working position and a headland position and/or a transport position;
• and
• an actuator (28) for the pivoting movement of the chassis (16) relative to the supporting frame (11) engages in the region of a longitudinal center axis of the longitudinal member (12) of the supporting frame (11) at one end on the longitudinal member (12) of the supporting frame (11) and at the other end on the chassis (16).