Work Vehicle

A work vehicle comprising:

• a body frame;
• an engine supported by the body frame through an elastic body;
• a belt transmission mechanism connected to an output shaft of the engine in a power transmissive manner;
• a power takeoff (PTO) mechanism connected to the belt transmission mechanism in a power transmissive manner to take out power from the engine;
• a mower unit disposed at an intermediate portion of the vehicle body, to which power is transmitted from the PTO mechanism;
• a hydrostatic transmission configured to convert power from the output shaft of the engine into advance drive power or reverse drive power and to transmit the converted power to a pair of right and left rear wheels;
• a conveyance duct running between the rear wheels and configured to convey mown grass from the mower unit to a rear side of the vehicle body;
• and
• a rear wheel drive case disposed at a rear portion of the vehicle body and configured to drivably support the rear wheels, comprising
• a pair of right and left rear wheel transmission case portions extending in a vertical direction of the vehicle body and flanking both lateral sides of the conveyance duct, each having a lower end portion configured to support the rear wheel;
• and
• an input case portion extending in a lateral direction of the vehicle body disposed upward of the conveyance duct and connected to upper end portions of the respective rear wheel transmission case portions,
• wherein
• the hydrostatic transmission having a hydraulic pump and a hydraulic motor is connected to a front portion of the input case portion, while the hydraulic pump arranged lower than the hydraulic motor.