Engine cooling system for a skid-steer loader

Claim 1

A cooling system for a skid-steer vehicle, the vehicle having a body portion, uprights mounted on the body portion at the rear thereof and on opposite sides, a boom assembly carried on the uprights and extending forwardly downwardly on opposite sides of the vehicle, an engine compartment defined by the uprights, support means underlying the engine compartment, a rear closure having ventilating openings therein, a front panel and an upper structure, the cooling system providing, an engine mounted in the engine compartment at the rear of the skid-steer vehicle on the support means provided, a fan mounted in closely spaced relation at the rear of the engine and aligned therewith to provide a compact fan-engine combination, the fan adapted to provide negative pressure to draw circulating air into the engine compartment, and a radiator mounted at a forward upper end of the engine compartment and overlying the engine mounted therein whereby air is drawn through the openings in the rear closure compartment by the fan, circulates through the compartment, and exits through the radiator provided at the forward upper end of the compartment.