Patent ID: 7905811

Claim:
A speed changing structure for a work vehicle, comprising: a travel speed changing device ( 13 , 14 , 15 , 16 ) having a plurality of speed change positions; a manually operated speed changing lever ( 63 ); a controller ( 64 ) for controlling the travel speed changing device; a manually operable operating part ( 65 ) provided on the speed changing lever ( 63 ); and a display unit ( 53 ) for displaying the current operating position of the speed changing lever ( 63 ), wherein the speed changing lever ( 63 ) has a plurality of operating positions corresponding, respectively, to the speed change positions of the travel speed changing device ( 13 , 14 , 15 , 16 ); wherein the controller ( 64 ) operates the travel speed changing device ( 13 , 14 , 15 , 16 ) in a first speed changing mode when the speed changing lever ( 63 ) is operated and the operating part ( 65 ) is not operated, and operates the travel speed changing device ( 13 , 14 , 15 , 16 ) in a second speed changing mode when the speed changing lever ( 63 ) and the operating part ( 65 ) are operated; and wherein in the first speed changing mode the travel speed changing device is operable such that the speed change positions correspond sequentially to operating positions of the speed changing lever ( 63 ), and in the second speed changing mode the travel speed changing device is operable to skip intermediate operating positions that the speed changing lever ( 63 ) passes through from a current operating position to a target operating position, and the target operating position at which the speed changing lever ( 63 ) is stopped in the second speed changing mode is set as a target speed change position and displayed on the display unit ( 53 ).