PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a walking type mower capable of performing mowing work in a wide width in a flat land and performing mowing work easily and efficiently even on a levee, etc.SOLUTION: A walking type mower includes a mowing blade housing 3 including ground wheels 2, 2 at right/left both outer positions in a front part of a machine body 1, and a prime mover 4 and a right/left pair of travel wheels 5, 5 in a rear part. Mowing work may be performed while a handle 6 extending rearward and upward in the machine body 1 is gripped and operated by a worker walking rearward. A right/left distance W between the travel wheels 5, 5 is expandable/contractable. A ground wheel attachment part 7 is arranged in a center part on a front upper side of the mowing blade housing 3 and the ground wheel 2a is attachable/detachable to the ground wheel attachment part 7.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1COPYRIGHT: (C)2018,JPO&INPIT【課題】平旦地において広幅での草刈作業が可能であり、畦上等の草刈作業においても容易に効率よく行うことができる歩行型草刈機を提供することを課題とする。【解決手段】機体1前方に、左右両外側方位置に接地輪2,2を備えた刈刃ハウジング3を設け、その後方に原動機4と左右一対の走行輪5,5とを設け、機体1後方上方へ向け延設するハンドル6を、その後方を歩行する作業者が把持操作しながら草刈作業を行うことのできる歩行型草刈機において、走行輪5,5左右間隔Wを拡縮可能に構成するとともに、刈刃ハウジング3の前部上側の中央部に接地輪取着部7を設け、この接地輪取着部7へ接地輪2aを着脱可能に構成する。【選択図】図1