A crop lifter apparatus is provided that is adapted for attachment to acutting header. Theapparatus can have a guard member having a slot passing through it, a latchmemberpivotally attached at a first end to the guard member and having an aperturefor receivinga guard bolt on the cutting header, the aperture passing through a side edgeof the latchmember, a ski member operatively attached to the guard member, and a liftingarmattached to the ski member. To attach the crop lifter apparatus to a cuttingheader, thecrop lifter can be positioned on the guard bolt with the guard bolt extendinginto the slotin the guard member. The latch can then be pivoted so that the aperture in thelatch ispositioned on the guard bolt or spool. This can attach the crop lifterapparatus securely tothe cutting header.
