Working vehicle

A working vehicle comprising:

• an engine disposed on a rear portion of a vehicle body;
• the engine including a crankshaft extending in a longitudinal direction, said longitudinal direction being a longitudinal direction of the vehicle;
• a transmission disposed on the rear portion of the vehicle body and configured to transmit power from the engine to a drive wheel with a speed change;
• a load-carrying platform disposed above at least one of the engine and the transmission;
• a driving operation part disposed in front of the load-carrying platform and allowing an operator to ride thereon;
• a PTO shaft mounted on a front portion of the vehicle body and being capable of taking out power to the outside of the working vehicle;
• a mechanical power transmission mechanism for transmitting the power from the engine via a power transmission shaft to the PTO shaft, the power from the engine to the PTO shaft not being transmitted with a speed change by the transmission;
• the mechanical power transmission shaft being configured to receive power from a longitudinal front of the engine and to extend longitudinally from the longitudinal front of the engine to transmit power from the engine to the PTO shaft;
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• the mechanical power transmission mechanism extending below the driving operation part.