Work equipment with a propulsion drive

The device has a wheel (3) which is driven by a drive motor (14) driven. A working unit is equipped with an accelerator pedal (11) for setting the driving speed by the user. The movement of the accelerator pedal is converted into a movement of an actuating element (13). A shift lever (12) configured for switching between forward travel and reverse travel. A switching device (60) configured to convert the operation movement of the accelerator pedal in actuating direction (50) into a movement of the actuating element in the switching positions of shift lever.