Patent ID: 8499882

Claim:
A utility vehicle comprising: a vehicle body frame including a main frame including a floor member, which receives a load of an engine, a pair of right and left side members provided integrally at both side portions of the floor member in a rightward and leftward direction, and a sub-frame for reinforcing the main frame; each of the pair of side members including a side pipe element extending in a forward and rearward direction at a side portion of the floor member in the rightward and leftward direction, a first pillar pipe element, a second pillar pipe element, and a third pillar element, the first pillar pipe element, the second pillar pipe element, and the third pillar element extending upward from the side pipe element such that the first pillar pipe element, the second pillar pipe element, and the third pillar element are spaced apart from each other in the forward and rearward direction; the sub-frame including a first cross member provided between and coupled to the second pillar pipe element in a middle location in each of the pair of side members such that the first cross member extends continuously in the rightward and leftward direction; one end portion of the first cross member being detachably coupled to one of the second pillar pipe elements, and an opposite end portion of the first cross member being detachably coupled to the other of the second pillar pipe elements; and a center portion of the first cross member extending in the rightward and leftward direction is positioned above the engine.