This vehicle for discharging crop (2) to form a crop heap (30) comprises a drive device (48) adapted to drive the vehicle, a crop bunker (60) adapted to contain the crop to be discharged and a discharge device (62) adapted to discharge the crop from the crop bunker.The vehicle comprises a control device (80) adapted to control the discharge device so as to create a crop heap with defined heap parameters, the heap parameters including one or more of: a defined heap location, a defined heap width and a defined heap orientation.Application to beet crop harvesting machines.