Transaxle and working vehicle equipped with the transaxle

A power train for a vehicle, comprising:

• an engine including an engine output shaft, wherein the engine is equipped on the vehicle so as to serve as a longitudinal engine having the engine output shaft oriented in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle;
• and
• a transaxle comprising:
• a transmission output shaft to be oriented in a lateral direction of the vehicle so as to be drivingly connected to a drive wheel of the vehicle;
• a hydrostatic transmission and a mechanical transmission for transmitting power from the engine output shaft to the transmission output shaft, wherein the engine is joined to the transaxle so that the engine, the hydrostatic transmission and the mechanical transmission are assembled together;
• and
• first and second power take-off shafts for taking off power from the mechanical transmission, wherein the first and second power take-off shafts are distributed rightward and leftward from the engine.