PURPOSE: To provide a gripping device of a working vehicle, capable of gripping a columnar article even if the columnar article is inclined in relation to the body, and reducing the space on the road to be blocked in working.

CONSTITUTION: A columnar article such as a utility pole D is gripped at two upper and lower parts by upper and lower gripping parts 22c, 21c of upper and lower gripping means 22, 21 arranged on the upper and lower parts of a body, the upper and lower gripping parts 22c, 21c can be freely extended and contracted sideways, and the extension and contraction stroke of the upper gripping part 22c is longer than that of the lower gripping part 21c. Even if the utility pole D is inclined to this side in relation to the body 12, or even if the utility pole D is inclined to the opposite side to the body 12, the utility pole D can be firmly gripped by both gripping parts 22c, 21c.