Work vehicle with multiple battery support sections
A work vehicle includes a driver section 4 including a seat 6 and disposed in a side view between a front travel device 1 and a rear travel device 2 ; a first battery support section 31 under the seat 6 , a first battery 41 is mountable in the first battery support section 31 ; and a second battery support section 32 between the driver section 4 and the rear travel device 2 in a side view, a second battery 42 is mountable in and removable from the second battery support section 32.
1 . A work vehicle, comprising:
a front travel device;
a rear travel device;
a driver section including a seat;
a first battery;
a second battery;
a motor configured to supply motive power to the front and rear travel devices with use of electric power from the first and second batteries;
wherein the driver section is disposed between the front travel device and the rear travel device in a side view;
a first battery support section under the seat, and wherein the first battery is mountable in the first battery support section;
a second battery support section between the driver section and the rear travel device in a side view, and wherein the second battery is mountable in and removable from the second battery support section; and
a body frame for which the front and rear travel devices are provided and which supports the driver section,
wherein the body frame comprises:
a first frame member under the driver section;
a second frame member extending upward from a back portion of the first frame member and disposed backward of the driver section; and
a third frame member extending backward from an upper portion of the second frame member,
wherein the second battery support section is backward of the second frame member and below the third frame member,
wherein the second battery support section comprises:
a support base coupled to the back portion of the first frame member or to the second frame member and extending backward; and
a support frame member coupled to the third frame member and the support base, and
wherein the second battery is attachable to the support base.
2 . The work vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein:
the second battery support section is below the seat.
3 . The work vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein:
the first and second batteries are each in a shape of a rectangle with a long side and a short side in a plan view,
the first battery is mountable in the first battery support section with the long side of the first battery in a left-right direction A 1 , and
the second battery is mountable in the second battery support section with the long side of the second battery in the left-right direction A 1 .
4 . The work vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein:
the motor is between the driver section and the rear travel device in the side view;
the second battery support section is between the driver section and the motor in the side view; and
the motor is backward of the second battery support section.