PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a compact head-feeding combine harvester which can improve the visibility of a front lower direction from an operation portion.SOLUTION: In this head-feeding combine harvester, the operation portion side pick-up device 9R of a reaping portion 3 is arranged at a place overlapped on the operation portion 4 on the front view, an operation portion side pick-up transmission shaft 52 extended forward from the base end portion of a reaping portion frame 29 is connected to the vertically central portion or lower portion of the operation portion side pick-up device 9R, and power from the operation portion side pick-up transmission shaft 52 is transmitted to an input shaft 59 in the upper portion of the operation portion side pick-up device 9R through a transmission mechanism disposed along the back side of the operation portion side pick-up device 9R to rotation-drive the operation portion side pick-up device 9R.COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT【課題】運転部からの前方下方の視界性を向上させることができ、コンパクトなコンバインを実現する。【解決手段】自脱型コンバインにおいて、刈取り部3の運転部側引起し装置9Rを、正面視で運転部4と重なる位置に配設すると共に、運転部側引起し装置9Rの上下中央部又は下部に、刈取り部フレーム29基端部から前方に延出された運転部側引起し伝動軸52を接続し、運転部側引起し伝動軸52からの動力を、運転部側引起し装置9Rの背部に沿って配設された伝動機構を介して、運転部側引起し装置9R上部の入力軸59に伝達し、運転部側引起し装置9Rを回転駆動可能に構成する。【選択図】図8