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A cotton harvester machine having a plurality of cotton harvesting units and a system for mounting the harvesting units at a front end of the cotton harvester. The harvesting units are connected to a frame of the cotton harvester machine in a manner allowing vertical displacement of the harvesting u

A cotton harvester machine having a plurality of cotton harvesting units and a system for mounting the harvesting units at a front end of the cotton harvester. The harvesting units are connected to a frame of the cotton harvester machine in a manner allowing vertical displacement of the harvesting units with respect to the frame. The mounting system arranges the harvesting units forwardly of the frame at different distances in a manner improving weight distribution for the machine while facilitating narrow row cotton harvesting.

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A narrow row cotton harvester for use in a field with parallel rows of cotton, comprising: a fore-and-aft extending main frame supported for movement across the field by pairs of frame carrying wheels, at least one pair of said wheels being adapted for rotation about a common axis; first and second

A narrow row cotton harvester for use in a field with parallel rows of cotton, comprising: a fore-and-aft extending main frame supported for movement across the field by pairs of frame carrying wheels, at least one pair of said wheels being adapted for rotation about a common axis; first and second cotton harvesting units supported at a forward end of said frame, each cotton harvesting unit including forward and rear picker rotors and defining a fore-and-aft plant passage for receiving one of the rows of cotton; and means for supporting said cotton harvesting units forwardly of and for vertical movement relative to said frame, said supporting means arranging said harvesting units in an adjacent relationship relative to each other at different distances from the common axis of said wheels such that the picker rotors of said first cotton harvesting unit are offset in a fore-and-aft direction relative to the picker rotors of said second cotton harvesting unit to facilitate nesting of the cotton harvesting units and thereby improve operability of the cotton harvester in harvesting narrow row cotton.