Patent ID: 7913505

Claim:
A work vehicle comprising: a pair of front wheels; a pair of rear wheels; a vehicle body framework including: a base frame supporting the pair of front wheels and the pair of rear wheels; a cabin frame provided integral with the base frame at a fore/aft center of the base frame to form a cabin of the vehicle; a pair of right and left side members having a front half region and a rear half region; and a support frame located forwardly of the cabin frame and upwardly of the right/left side members; front wheel suspensions located under the support frame, each of the front wheel suspensions having an upper end thereof supported by the support frame; an upper cover located in front of the cabin, the upper cover having a hood for covering and uncovering an opening in the upper cover; an engine located downwardly of the rear half region of the side members; a loading platform located upwardly of the rear half region of the side members; an air conditioning unit housed under the hood, the air conditioning unit including: a casing; an evaporator housed in the casing and directly supported by the support frame; and a fan having a rotational axis that extends vertically, the fan generating airflow radial-outwardly of the vertical rotational axis such that the airflow can be supplied to the evaporator through the casing; wherein an upper portion of the support frame is located upwardly of a forward portion of the base frame and downwardly of the hood to define an accommodating space for the air conditioning unit between the hood and the support frame; and a condenser for the air conditioning unit located in the accommodation space, wherein the condenser is located below and forwardly of the air conditioning unit and on and between the right/left side members.