Crop Handling Apparatus

A crop handling apparatus, including:

• a chassis;
• the chassis being mounted on ground-engaging wheels;
• a towbar at a front of the chassis for releasable attachment to a towing vehicle;
• a crop conditioning rotor mounted on the chassis;
• drive means for the crop conditioning rotor on the chassis;
• and
• a crop gathering conveyor mounted on the chassis in front of the crop conditioning rotor, said crop gathering conveyor having a discharge end located in front of an inlet of the crop conditioning rotor to feed crop material to the inlet of the crop conditioning rotor,
• wherein a pair of tedder reels is mounted on the chassis at a rear end of the chassis, the tedder reels carried on a support arm which is pivotally mounted on the chassis and movable by means of a ram to raise and lower the support arm on the chassis for movement of the tedder reels between a raised stored position on the chassis and a lowered operative position on the chassis.