PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a root vegetable harvester, constituted such that when crops are put into a container in a given quantity or larger, the container is automatically moved to the front side of a machine body, and crops can be put into the container even during its movement.SOLUTION: The root vegetable harvester is equipped with a container member 68 receiving crops conveyed by a separatory conveyor 55 and is also equipped with a container member-mounting machine frame 56, equipped with a moving mechanism 67 for moving the container member 68 in front of the machine body. The harvester also is provided with: a crop guide 70 between the separatory conveyor 55 and the container member-mounting machine frame 56 a guide member 71 movable in the longitudinal direction of the machine body on the rear end of the machine body of the crop guide 70 a receiving member 74, loaded with the container member 58 in the rear of the container member-mounting machine frame 56 and descending due to the weight of crops contained in the container member 68 and an operating member 77 situated beneath the receiving member 74 and functioning to operate the moving mechanism 67 onto the container member-mounting machine frame 56.COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT【課題】作物がコンテナに一定量以上収容されると自動的にコンテナを機体前側に移動させるとともに、移動中にも作物をコンテナに投入できる根菜類収穫機を提供することを課題とする。【解決手段】選別搬送装置55によって搬送される作物を受ける収容部材68を載置すると共に、収容部材68を機体前側に移動させる移動装置67を設けた収容部材載置機枠56を設けた根菜類収穫機において、選別搬送装置55と収容部材載置機枠56との間に作物案内部70を設け、作物案内部70の機体後端部に機体前後方向に移動自在な案内部材71を設け、収容部材載置機枠56の後部に収容部材68を積載すると共に収容部材68に収容される作物の重量により下降する受け部材74を設けると共に、受け部材74の下方で且つ収容部材載置機枠56上に移動装置67を作動させる作動部材77を設けて構成する。【選択図】 図1