Patent ID: 7682124

Claim:
A tractor with a backhoe, the backhoe being mounted to a rear portion of the tractor and having a boom, an arm pivotally supported to a leading end of the boom, a bucket pivotally supported to a leading end of the arm, a boom cylinder for operating the boom, an arm cylinder for operating the arm and a bucket cylinder for operating the bucket, said tractor comprising: a frame attached to a rear portion of the tractor; a swing bracket having a front side and a rear side supported to a rear portion of the frame to be pivotable about a vertical axis; a control valve unit having control valves for controlling the boom cylinder, the arm cylinder and the bucket cylinder; and a hose unit for feeding pressure oil from the control valve unit to the boom cylinder, the arm cylinder and the bucket cylinder; wherein said swing bracket includes a first opening open to the front side and a second opening open to the rear side; said control valve unit is disposed, in its plan view, on an extension line of said first opening and said second opening, said hose unit extending substantially straight from said control valve unit through said first opening to said second opening; and wherein said frame includes an upper wall, a lower wall spaced downwardly of the upper wall, a vertical wall disposed from the upper wall to the lower wall for interconnecting the upper and lower walls so that front and rear faces of the vertical wall are oriented in the fore and aft direction, and a pair of right and left side walls extending forwardly from the front face of the vertical wall and interconnecting the upper and lower walls, said frame further including connected portions for attaching the frame to the rear portion of the tractor; and wherein said control valve unit is disposed between the upper wall and the lower wall of the frame, said control valve unit being attached to said rear face of the vertical wall of the frame.