The invention relates to a device for removing leaves from root crops, such as carrots, comprising sets of bars and sets of bearing blocks, each of the bars having ends rotatably mounted to their respective bearing blocks, thereby enabling simultaneous rotation, and each bar being substantially rotationally symmetrical with respect to rotation over 180° around a symmetry axis. Each bar is further releasably fixable in the device, such that when fixed in the device in a first position, each bar is releasable, is turnable over 180° around the symmetry axis for placing it in a second position, and is fixable in the second position in the device. The invention also relates to a bar for such a device, to a harvesting machine comprising such a device, and to a method for maintenance of such a device.
