PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a combine harvester capable of performing an inspection work of a thresher easily without inviting a cost rise.SOLUTION: A combine harvester comprises: a thresher 8 for threshing reaped grain culms a grain tank 9 for reserving the grains which were obtained by threshing them in the thresher 8, the grain tank 9 being positioned over the thresher 8 and being supported to a machine body fixing part in a manner to be freely swung and lifted around a horizontal axial core by the operation of a hydraulic cylinder 41 and an interlocking operation mechanism R which can open a handling chamber 23 of the thresher 8 in response to a lifting swing of the grain tank 9.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 5