DIGGING MACHINE

To inhibit crops remaining in a digging machine from falling onto a front side from a digging tool when the digging machine is raised from a working posture.SOLUTION: A digging machine is connected to a travelling vehicle so as to be lifted and lowered by a lifting and lowering link mechanism, and includes: a machine frame; a digging tool formed of plate materials attached to the front part of the machine frame with the plate surface directed in a vertical direction for digging crops when the machine frame moves forward together with the travelling vehicle; a conveyance body for conveying the crops dug by the digging tool to the rear upside; and a posture adjusting mechanism for automatically adjusting the posture of the digging machine when the lifting and lowering link mechanism is raised so that the digging machine takes a falling suppressing posture for inhibiting the crops remaining in the digging machine from falling onto the front side from the digging tool when the digging machine is raised from the working posture by the lifting and lowering link mechanism.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1 【課題】掘取機が作業姿勢から持ち上げられたときに、掘取機に残留した作物が堀取具から前方側に落ちるのを抑制する。【解決手段】堀取機は、走行車両に昇降リンク機構によって昇降可能に連結される掘取機であって、機枠と、機枠の前部に板面が上下方向を向くように取り付けられた板材で形成され、機枠が走行車両と共に前方移動することで作物を掘り取る堀取具と、堀取具により堀り取られた作物を後上方に搬送する搬送体と、掘取機が作業姿勢から昇降リンク機構によって持ち上げられたときに、掘取機に残留した作物が堀取具から前方側に落ちるのを抑制する落下抑制姿勢になるように、昇降リンク機構の上昇時に掘取機の姿勢を自動調整する姿勢調整機構と、を備えている。【選択図】図１