A wheel drive comprises a hollow wheel support having a projection and in which is housed an axial-piston hydraulic motor having an output shaft connected via planetary gearing to the hub. To this end the projection is provided with mounting pins constituting the planet carrier of a first set of planet gears which mesh with a ring gear formed integrally inside the hub and with a sun gear that may be provided directly on the motor output shaft or that may be the output of a second set of planetary gears whose planet gears mesh with the ring gear of the hub and whose sun gear is connected to the motor output shaft. A clutch can be provided on this motor output shaft to disconnect it from the respective sun gear, and the inner end of the motor shaft may be acted on by a wheel brake.