PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a mowing travel vehicle reducing an operation load on an operator.SOLUTION: A mowing travel vehicle includes: a lifting/lowering mechanism 13 changing a height of a mower unit above the ground a mowing blade drive mechanism 31 driving a mowing blade of the mower unit a lifting/lowering control section 59 changing the height of the mower unit above the ground between a work height as the height above the ground appropriate for mowing containing a minimum height and a non-work height as the height above the ground inappropriate for mowing containing a maximum height a mowing blade drive control section 58 controlling the drive of the mowing blade and a management section 55 giving a control command to the lifting/lowering control section 59 and the mowing blade drive control section 58 on the basis of a detection result of a travel state detection section 7 detecting a travel state of the vehicle containing travel and stop and a detection result of a mower unit state detection section 8 detecting a mower unit state containing the height of the mower unit above the ground and the drive and stop of the mowing blade.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1COPYRIGHT: (C)2017,JPO&INPIT