Radar support structure for sugarcane harvester

A sugarcane harvester comprising:

• a main frame extending along a central longitudinal axis between a forward end and a rearward end;
• a basecutter assembly having a cutter blade configured to sever a sugarcane stalk portion of a sugarcane plant from a root portion of the sugarcane plant adjacent a ground surface;
• a topper assembly including a boom mounted to the main frame and a top cutter attached to and supported by the boom proximate a distal end of the boom, wherein the top cutter is positioned for severing an upper leaf portion of the sugarcane plant from the stalk portion of the sugarcane plant;
• a radar support structure including a cantilevered portion having a first end attached to the main frame and extending generally horizontally in the forward direction to a second end;
• wherein the radar support structure includes a drop portion having an upper end attached to the second end of the cantilevered portion and extending generally vertically in a downward direction toward the ground surface to a lower end;
• a radar sensor assembly attached to the lower end of the drop portion of the radar support structure and positioned forward of the basecutter assembly;
• and
• wherein the radar support structure forms a notch, aligned along the central longitudinal axis of the frame, with the boom positioned within the notch and with the radar sensor assembly positioned below the boom.