Patent ID: 7527298

Claim:
A riding work vehicle comprising: a vehicle body supported by front wheels and rear wheels; a driving section provided at a front portion of the vehicle body; an engine hood provided at a rear portion of the vehicle body; an engine cooling air inlet provided at a front end area of the engine hood; a mower connecting portion for connecting a mower to the vehicle body at a position selected from the group consisting of: between the front wheels and the rear wheels and forwardly of the front wheels; a pair of right and left first fenders supported to the vehicle body so as to be located above the front wheels or the rear wheels; and second fenders removably attached to the vehicle body through second fender support portions, each of said fenders including: a front fender body forming a front end region of the second fender; a dust cover portion forming a rear end region of the second fender disposed laterally of the engine cooling air inlet and having a surface extending laterally outward to prevent foreign matters from being swirled up from the ground and entering the engine cooling air inlet; an overlapping portion connected to the front fender body at one end thereof and connected to the dust cover portion at the other end thereof thereby forming a rear end region of the second fender; wherein said front fender body and said overlapping portion have projecting portions projecting laterally outward from each of said first fenders such that side ends of the front fender body and the overlapping portion are located laterally outward from a lateral outside edge of each first fender.