Forklift

A forklift comprising:

• a hydraulic pump that is mounted on a vehicle body in a state where a pump input shaft follows a longitudinal direction of the vehicle body and a front end of the pump input shaft faces a rear side of the vehicle body;
• a hydraulic motor that is mounted on the vehicle body in a state where a motor output shaft follows the longitudinal direction of the vehicle body and a front end of the motor output shaft faces a front side of the vehicle body, the hydraulic motor being driven by oil supplied from the hydraulic pump;
• a first input shaft which is rotationally driven by the hydraulic motor, the first input shaft being disposed so as to be concentric with the motor output shaft of the hydraulic motor;
• a second input shaft which rotates by the rotation of the first input shaft;
• and
• a differential mechanism which is provided between the second input shaft and an axle that is disposed along to a horizontal direction of the vehicle body, wherein
• the forklift is configured to run by transmitting power of the hydraulic motor to the axle through the first input shaft, the second input shaft, and the differential mechanism,
• the motor output shaft of the hydraulic motor is disposed so as to be offset to a left lower side of the vehicle body with respect to the pump input shaft,
• the second input shaft is disposed so as to be parallel to the first input shaft,
• an idle shaft is disposed so as to be parallel to the second input shaft at a position below the pump input shaft of the hydraulic pump and so as to be offset to the first input shaft and second input shaft, respectively,
• a power transmission mechanism obtained by meshing gears is interposed between the second input shaft and the idle shaft, and then a parking brake unit is provided in the idle shaft.