Patent ID: 8172268

Claim:
A work vehicle comprising: a plurality of wheels including a first wheel, the plurality of wheels engaging the ground for driving the work vehicle; a fuel tank disposed above the first wheel; wherein the fuel tank includes: a first portion which is located higher than the highest point of the first wheel in a side view and which also is overlapped at least partially with the first wheel in a top view; a second portion disposed forwardly in a fore-and-aft direction of the work vehicle of said highest point of the first wheel and extending downwardly from the first portion so as to extend lower than said highest point of the first wheel, said second portion being in fluid communication with said first portion; and a third portion disposed rearwardly in the fore-and-aft direction of the work vehicle of said highest point of the first wheel and extending downwardly from the first portion so as to extend lower than said highest point of the first wheel, said third portion being in fluid communication with said first portion, and wherein each one of said second portion and said third portion of the fuel tank includes a bottom which extends laterally more inwardly in a side-to-side direction of the work vehicle than an inner face of the first wheel; and said fuel tank includes a communicating passway for establishing direct fluid communication between the bottom of the second portion and the bottom of the third portion, at a position more inwardly than the inner face of the first wheel.