A wheel loader includes a vehicle body frame, an engine, a working unit including a boom and a bucket, a cab accommodating therein an operator seat, a boom operating member an operating member that switches forward/rearward travelling, a first sensor configured and arranged to detect that the operating member is located in a neutral position, and a second sensor configured and arranged to detect that the boom has been operated. An engine control unit is configured to limit a maximum rotation speed of the engine to a predetermined rotation speed when the operating member for switching of forward/rearward travelling is located in the neutral position and the boom operating member has been operated.