24 and 30 that provide the necessary crop compaction prior to being fed into the bale forming chamber the lower windguard 24 includes a float arm 25 rotatable about fixed pin 26 the forward end of float arm 25 is rotatably affixed to a transverse cross member 28 that extends across the width of the pickup 12 transverse cross member 28 is populated with a plurality of spaced apart tines 36 the float arm 24 is positioned such that the tines 36 may be shaped as shown extending forwardly of an above pickup 12 and extending rearwardly toward stuffer 14 with a similar structural arrangement on the opposite side of the pickup the transverse member 28 and the tines 36 are adequately supported and the rotation about pin 26 and the connection between arm 25 and transverse member 28 allow the tines 36 to float with the volume of crop moving through pickup 12 and to maintain an appropriate amount of compaction thereof upper windguard 30 is supported by a structure quite similar to that just defined for the lower windguard float arm 32 rotates about pin 31 and transverse member 28 similar to 28 supports a plurality of spaced apart fines 34 across the pickup 12 tines 34 extend rearwardly from the forward end of float arm 32 toward the transverse gap between floor roll 18 and.