Root crop harvester

A root crop harvester including means for removing the crop from the soil and discharging the removed crop, first, second and third conveyor means for receiving the crop discharged by said removing means and for transporting and separating the crop from soil so that the crop can be discharged for collection, whereby the crop moves sequentially from the first to the second and thereafter to the third conveyor means, said second conveyor means including a transversely disposed horizontal conveyor-sieve for moving the crop in a first widthwise direction following receipt of the crop from said first conveyor means, said second conveyor means also acting as a sieve and including drive means for driving said second conveyor means and means for suspending and oscillating said second conveyor means so that said second conveyor means is oscillatable in a direction substantially along a plane parallel with the upper crop supporting surface thereof, said second conveyor means discharging directly onto said third conveyor means so that the later can directly discharge the crop from the harvester.