A tine for use with a harvester. The tine is preferably an injection moldedpolymerpickup reel tine, which uses a front-to-rear mold parting line direction. Thetine preferably has asnap ring or strap portion which is configured to engage a bat tube, as wellas a finger portionwhich is configured to engage the crop during harvesting. Preferably, thefront-to-rear partingline is along both portions. The front-to-rear parting line allows for theability to provide a deepfront-to-rear cross section for rigidity at the high stress area of the tine.Two front-to-rearmaterial saving features can be utilized to minimize material usage and allowfor relativeconsistent wall thickness, which results in a rigid cross section thatmaintains deflection stabilityin the normal direction of deflection. The preferred form of the tine crosssection includes threedeep oval sections or projections, connected by two oval depressions, butother variations areentirely possible while still resulting in effectively the same benefits.
