Standing platform for skid steer vehicle

A vehicle, comprising:

• a vehicle frame,
• a first pair of front and rear wheels mounted to one side of said frame and a second pair of front and rear wheels mounted to the other side of said frame,
• a power source, a transmission, and controls mounted on said frame and operable to selectively rotate said first and second pairs of wheels independently of one another in forward and reverse directions so as to allow for substantially zero radius turning of said vehicle about a zero-radius turning axis, and
• a standing platform mounted to a rearward end of said frame, said standing platform having a forward edge, a rearward edge, a first side edge, and a second side edge,
• wherein the midway point between said forward edge and said rearward edge is forward of a rearward vertical tangent of said rear wheels.

A vehicle, comprising:

• a vehicle frame,
• a first pair of front and rear wheels mounted to one side of said frame and a second pair of front and rear wheels mounted to the other side of said frame,
• a power source, a transmission, and controls mounted on said frame and operable to selectively rotate said first and second pairs of wheels independently of one another in forward and reverse directions so as to allow for substantially zero radius turning of said vehicle about a zero-radius turning axis, and
• a standing platform mounted to a rearward end of said frame, said standing platform having a forward edge, a rearward edge, a first side edge, and a second side edge,
• the vehicle, when rotating around the zero-radius turning axis, scribing a circle having a radius equal to the distance from the zero-radius turning axis to the radially extreme most portion of the vehicle,
• wherein said rearward edge of said standing platform is positioned within the circle, thereby avoiding striking any objects when rotating about the zero-radius turning axis.