Engine mounting assembly for a work vehicle

A work vehicle, comprising:

• an engine including an engine block, the engine defining an engine center of gravity in a longitudinal travel direction of the work vehicle;
• an engine mounting assembly, including:
• a differential case having a frame mounting area, the differential case having a first opening configured to receive an axle assembly of the work vehicle and having walls defining, at least in part, a pan-receiving recess, and
• an oil pan having upright and bottom walls defining an oil sump, the oil pan configured, at least in part, to conform to the pan-receiving recess of the differential case to be supported by the differential case and overlap the frame mounting area, the oil pan having a mounting flange extending from the upright walls with a plurality of mounting bores that receives a plurality of mounting bolts for coupling the oil pan to the engine and the oil pan to the differential case;
• a front frame element connected to the frame mounting area of the differential case;
• and
• a rear frame element connected to a rear end of the differential case,
• wherein at least the engine block, the engine mounting assembly, the front frame element, and the rear frame element form a structural load bearing assembly of the work vehicle that is configured to transfer structural loads between the engine block, the engine mounting assembly, the front frame element, and the rear frame element.