Patent ID: 8387714

Claim:
A rear implement mounting frame construction for a tractor, the construction comprising: a pair of mounting frames attached respectively to right and left sides of a tractor body; and each of said right and left mounting frames comprising a plate member having a plate thickness oriented along a right/left direction with respect to a front side of the tractor, said plate member including a case mounting portion to be connected to a rear axle case of the tractor body and a vertical connecting portion formed rearwardly of said case mounting portion and for connecting a rear implement, wherein each of said case mounting portions includes an insertion hole for inserting a rear axle, a cutout portion which places the insertion hole in communication with an upper end of the case mounting portion, and a bolt hole provided in a periphery of said rear axle, said cutout portion having a width that is substantially the same as the width of said rear axle, and a bolt being inserted through said bolt hole, said rear axle case being guided to said insertion hole by said cutout portion having the substantially same width as said rear axle; wherein, as viewed from an outer side to an inner side in a lateral width direction of the tractor body, said case mounting portion and an outermost end face of said rear axle case are overlappedly disposed with the case mounting portion preceding the outermost end face of said rear axle case; wherein said rear axle case includes a second bolt hole provided in outermost end face thereof, the bolt being fastened to extend between said second bolt hole and said bolt hole provided in said case mounting portion as viewed from the outer side to the inner side in the lateral width direction of the tractor body, and said mounting frames being attached to said outermost end face of said rear axle case, and wherein a reinforcing member is attached to the vicinity of the upper end of the case mounting portion to close said cutout portion.