Work vehicle
A work vehicle includes a first cover extending between and attached to a gear case and a lower face of a floor, and covering a first opening in the gear case, a second opening in the floor, and an area surrounding a steering shaft between the first opening in the gear case and the second opening in the floor while separating the first opening, the second opening, and the area from a region below the floor.
1 . A work vehicle comprising:
a wheel for travel;
a steering mechanism configured to steer the wheel;
a gear case housing the steering mechanism;
a driver's section above the gear case;
a floor above the gear case and below the driver's section;
a steering shaft having a steering wheel at an upper portion and extending upward from the steering mechanism through a first opening at an upper portion of the gear case and a second opening in the floor; and
a first cover extending between and attached to the gear case and a lower face of the floor, and covering the first opening in the gear case, the second opening in the floor, and an area surrounding the steering shaft between the first opening in the gear case and the second opening in the floor while separating the first opening, the second opening, and the area from a region below the floor.
2 . The work vehicle according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a second cover covering the second opening in the floor and a portion of the steering shaft above the second opening in the floor.
3 . The work vehicle according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a lid at a lower portion of the first cover, the lid having a third opening through which the steering shaft extends and covering the first opening in the gear case inside the first cover.
4 . The work vehicle according to claim 3 , further comprising:
a drain channel through which water entering an interior of the first cover and reaching the lower portion of the first cover is dischargeable to outside of the first cover.
5 . The work vehicle according to claim 4 , wherein:
the lower portion of the first cover is inclined such that an area of the lower portion of the first cover, the area including the drain channel, is lower than another area of the lower portion of the first cover.
6 . The work vehicle according to claim 3 , wherein:
the lid has a vertical wall extending upward from an outer peripheral portion of the third opening of the lid along an outer peripheral portion of the steering shaft, and extending over an entire circumference of the outer peripheral portion of the third opening of the lid.