PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a riding rice transplanting machine with a fertilizing unit, which is equipped with a large-capacity hopper capable of easily supplying the seedlings without making an upper edge of a hopper higher than a seedling placing platform tip.SOLUTION: A rear side drive of a travel device is a crawler system, and an upper edge of a front wheel is substantially the same height as the upper edge of a crawler 6a, and thereby the ground pressure is low and the traction force becomes strong in comparison with a rear wheel system to improve a travelling performance in an ill-drained paddy field and a deep field. Also, a fertilizing unit 70 can be installed in a low position by making the upper edge of the crawler be substantially the same height as the upper edge of the front wheel, and even a large-capacity hopper 71 may not become higher than an extension line 42a of a seedling placing platform 42 to facilitate feeding of seedlings. Also, the longitudinal width of the hopper may not be widened, and therefore the need for moving a planting work machine 4 toward the rear is eliminated and the whole machine body is not elongated. Accordingly, a riding rice transplanting machine with the fertilizing unit is provided, which has a good balance in the front and rear.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1COPYRIGHT: (C)2020,JPO&INPIT【課題】ホッパーの上端が苗載台先端より高くならずに苗の供給が容易な大容量のホッパーを装備する施肥装置付き乗用田植機を提供する。【解決手段】走行装置の後側の駆動をクローラ方式とし、前輪の上端とクローラ６ａの上端を略同じ高さとすることで、後輪方式に比べて接地圧が低く牽引力が強くなり、湿田や深田での走行性能が良くなると共に、クローラの上端を前輪の上端と略同じ高さとする事で施肥装置７０を低い位置に設置することができ大容量のホッパー７１としても苗載台４２の延長線４２ａよりも高くならず苗供給が容易にできる。又、ホッパーの前後方向の巾を広げることも無いので、植付作業機４を後方に向けて移動させる必要も無くなり機体全体も長くならず前後のバランスも良い施肥装置付き乗用田植機とした。【選択図】図１
