Self-propelled rice cutting machine

This walk-behind, self-propelled, multi-functional reaper-windrower is specifically designed for plots inaccessible to large machinery—such as terraced fields, orchards, and small, scattered farmlands. Powered by an air-cooled gasoline or diesel engine, it features anti-slip drive wheels, adjustable handlebars, and flexible differential steering, allowing for easy one-person operation. Its front-mounted crop dividers, reciprocating cutter bar, and windrowing mechanism effectively handle lodged crops to prevent tangling, ensuring clean cutting without grain loss and neat swath formation. The machine boasts a thickened, rust-resistant body that remains lightweight and easy to transport; it uses standard parts for affordable maintenance and delivers harvesting efficiency 8–12 times that of manual labor. Capable of harvesting a wide range of crops—including rice, wheat, sorghum, rapeseed, forage grass, and mugwort—it performs well in paddy fields, drylands, and on slopes. Ideal for individual farmers and small cooperatives, this versatile machine handles grain harvesting during peak seasons and cuts fodder or medicinal herbs during off-seasons, effectively solving the challenge of harvesting small plots while saving labor and reducing costs to bring mechanization to small-scale farming.