CROP CUTTING DEVICE

The present invention provides a crop cutting device (1) comprising a crop guiding surface (3) including a plurality of parallel slots (5) extending in a direction of travel of the crop over the crop guiding surface (3), a plurality of knives (7) arranged side-by-side and pivotally mounted below the crop guiding surface (3), each knife (7) being aligned with a respective slot (5) and pivotable between a retracted inoperative position and an extended operative position. A plurality of operating units (11) is foreseen, each operating unit (11) being associated with a respective knife (7) and each being operable to bring the associated knife (7) from the retracted into the extended position. The device comprises a selector mechanism configured to selectively engage one or more of the operating units such that the respective knife (7) can be brought from the retracted into the extended position. A first frame part (19) is pivotally movable with respect to a second frame part (21) around a selection pivot axis (22) between a selection position and a working position.