Work vehicle

A work vehicle comprising:

• a vehicle body;
• a travel device configured to cause the vehicle body to travel;
• a transmission configured to output a driving force to the travel device;
• a shift operation section configured to set a travel speed of the vehicle body output by the transmission;
• a lift device located at a rear end of the vehicle body and configured to support a work device and to raise and lower the work device;
• a lift operation section operable to an ascent position according to which the work device is raised to a set height, and to a descent position according to which the work device at the set height is lowered to a work height;
• and
• a control unit configured to control operations of the transmission and the lift device,
• the control unit being configured to perform deceleration control on the transmission in such a manner as to raise the work device to the set height and reduce the travel speed of the vehicle body in response to the lift operation section being operated to raise the work device to the ascent position while the vehicle body travels forward.