PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a walking type work machine that is operated by an operator walking behind the machine body and allows the operator to visually recognize a fuel residual quantity during the operation even though a fuel tank is partially covered with a cover.SOLUTION: A walking type work machine comprises: an engine 2 that is arranged at a forward part of the machine body a speed change gear that is arranged at a backward part of the engine 2 a translucent or transparent fuel tank 4 that is arranged above the speed change gear a machine body cover 3 that covers the engine 2, the speed change gear and the fuel tank 4 and is provided with a horizontally-elongated inspection window 30 partially exposing the fuel tank 4 on a surface facing a walking operator a speed change operation lever 83 that extends to a backward part of the machine body and shifts a gear stage and a speed change guiding section 14a that is formed adjacently below the inspection window 30 for the purpose of the speed change operation of the speed change operation lever.COPYRIGHT: (C)2015,JPO&INPIT【課題】機体後方を歩行する操縦者によって操縦される歩行型作業機において、燃料タンクを部分的にカバーで覆いながらも、操縦中に燃料の残量を視認できること。【解決手段】機体前部に配置されたエンジン2と、エンジン2の後方に配置された変速装置と、変速装置の上方に配置された半透明または透明の燃料タンク4とエンジン2と変速装置と燃料タンク4とを覆うとともに、歩行する操縦者に向かい合う面において燃料タンク4の一部を露出させる横長に延びた覗き窓30を形成する機体カバー3と、機体後方に延びるとともに変速装置の変速段を切り替える変速操作レバー83と、覗き窓30の下方に隣接して形成された、変速操作レバーの変速操作のための変速案内部14aとが備えられている。【選択図】図3
