596306 Disclosed is a winding device (14) for enveloping or packaging agricultural harvest bales (15). The device comprises a winding base (10) for receiving and for rotating the pressed harvest bale (15) and a guiding frame (13) for at least one winding material carrier (11, 12) for wrapping the bale (15) located on the winding base (10) with a web-shaped winding material (22, 23). The height of the guiding frame (13) can be adjusted in order to set the center (20) of the winding material (22, 23) at the height of the center (16) of the harvest bale (15) to be wrapped. To adapt the winding devices (14) guiding frame (13) to bales (15) of different bale diameters, the guiding frame (13) can be pivoted about a horizontal axis (26) located in parallel to the rotational axis (16) of the harvest bale.
