Longitudinal leaf stripper and corresponding beet harvesting machine

A beet head trimming apparatus for a beet-harvesting machine with

• a frame,
• at least two flail hubs, wherein each flail hub is attached rotatably about a respective axis of rotation to the frame,
• a plurality of flails, which are designed, in order to remove leaves or leaf bases from beets remaining in the ground or in order to remove leaf bases from topped beets remaining in the ground, and
• a drive, designed in order to drive the flail hubs with respect to the frame, wherein the drive comprises a motor and a gearbox, wherein each flail is movably attached to one of the flail hubs, preferably is hinged, characterized in,
• that the motor and the gearbox are attached to the frame,
• that the frame has mechanical coupling means for coupling the frame with a beet-harvesting machine,
• that the beet head trimming apparatus has electrical or hydraulic coupling means for coupling the motor with an electrical or hydraulic energy source, and that the beet head trimming apparatus is a module, that can be handled separately from the beet-harvesting machine.