Case
Case SR160B
The bright segment is what Case SR160B is rated to carry; the grey run past it is the rest of its tipping load. Bar length is tipping load drawn to the same scale on every machine on the site, so a short bar is a smaller machine and not a conservative rating.
At just 5,645 lbs and six feet tall, the SR160B is Case's entry point to its B-series wheeled lineup - a small-frame radial-lift machine with a 60 hp Perkins-family diesel and a 1,600 lb rated capacity. It's built for tight spaces, light-duty property work, and buyers who want to tow with a half-ton truck.
Also sold as
The same machine is sold as the New Holland L316 — different paint, different dealer network, same hardware, so the choice is usually about which dealer is closer and which one you would rather owe a service call to.
Suits: Towable, tight-access work at Case's lowest price, for homeowners, hobby farms, and rental fleets Its radial lift path reaches furthest at mid-height, for digging, grading and backfilling.
Lifting and reach
- Rated operating capacityWheeled rating convention
- 1,600 lbs
- Tipping load
- 3,200 lbs
- Lift height to hinge pin
- 112 in
- Lift path
- Radial Lift
- Operating weight
- 5,645 lbs
Power and hydraulics
- Engine power
- 60 hp
- Engine
- Perkins/ISM
- Auxiliary flowStandard circuit
- 18.4 GPM
- Flow type
- Standard
- Warranty
- 2 yr / 2,000 hr
Fitted or available
What this machine can be ordered with. Some of these are standard and some cost extra, and which is which moves between trim levels, so check them against the quote rather than against this list.
What owners report
Summarised from the sources listed below. Nothing here was tested by us.
Getting into places other loaders cannot is the entire point here. Case's entry wheeled machine is 59.8 in wide and a shade over six feet tall, weighs 5,645 lb, and is bought overwhelmingly by people whose constraint is a gate, a barn door or a half-ton truck rather than a spec sheet. On that narrow brief it does exactly what is asked, and the B Series cab improvements - push-button start, redesigned switchgear, an available 8-inch display with backup camera - arrived here as well as on the expensive models.
The ownership catch is counterintuitive and worth knowing before the order goes in. Every other wheeled B Series machine clears Tier 4 Final on cooled exhaust gas recirculation and a diesel oxidation catalyst, with no particulate filter and nothing to regenerate. This one, the cheapest in the range, is the single model that carries a DPF - so the buyer paying the least is the one dealing with regen cycles. Alongside that, auxiliary flow is 18.4 gpm with no high-flow package offered at any price, bucket breakout is 5,270 lb, there is no two-speed option, and dump height is 84.8 in. A 120V block heater and a cab-wide rearview mirror are standard; the enclosed cab, hydraulic coupler, self-levelling and air-ride heated seat are not.
Physical dimensions have to be the deciding factor for this to be the right machine - residential backyards, livestock buildings, tight municipal work, a half-ton tow vehicle. If the gate is not the constraint, the SR175B is the better buy by a wide margin: 2,000 lb more breakout, 7 more horsepower, a high-flow option and no particulate filter, for a step up in price that most buyers end up wishing they had made. Before signing, measure the narrowest access you actually need to clear, and confirm that the attachments on your list will run on 18.4 gpm, because there is no upgrade path.
What owners like
- At 59.8 in over the tyres and 75.5 in to the top of the ROPS it goes through gates, barn doors and backyard fences that stop every other machine in Case's wheeled range - the next model up is 64.6 in wide.
- 5,645 lb operating weight and a 125 in overall length make it a genuine half-ton-and-a-modest-trailer proposition, which is the practical reason most of these get bought.
- The B Series operator station improvements reached the cheapest model too: push-button start, the redesigned control posts and switchgear, a cab-wide rearview mirror as standard, and the 8-inch LCD display with backup camera on the options list.
- Radial geometry and a 2.2 litre engine making 139 lb-ft mean it digs and grades honestly down low, where owners consistently report it works above its 60 hp rating on dirt and gravel.
- A 120V block heater is standard rather than optional, which is a small thing that matters on a machine sold heavily into cold-climate farm and municipal work.
What owners complain about
- This is the only wheeled B Series machine fitted with a diesel particulate filter - Case certifies it on cooled EGR, a diesel oxidation catalyst and a DPF, while every other model in the range uses EGR and a catalyst alone. The cheapest machine in the family is the only one that runs regeneration cycles, which is the opposite of what buyers expect.
- There is no high-flow option at all. Standard auxiliary flow is 18.4 gpm and that is the end of the conversation, so mulchers, cold planers and large snow blowers are permanently out of reach rather than one option box away.
- Bucket cylinder breakout is 5,270 lb, the lowest in the range and 2,000 lb below the SR175B one step up, so it pries and digs considerably less well than the price gap suggests.
- Two-speed travel is not offered, so every ground-to-ground move happens at one speed - on anything larger than a small lot, that is dead time all day.
- Dump height with a low-profile bucket is 84.8 in, which is a trailer and pickup-bed figure rather than a dump-truck one. Loading a full-size truck means building a ramp of material or finding a bank.
- Servo-assisted joysticks on mechanically controlled machines begin at the SR210B, so this model gets neither that nor any of the digging force of the machines that do.
- 1,600 lb of rated capacity is outgrown quickly, and the step to the SR175B buys 2,000 lb more breakout, 7 more horsepower, a 30.7 gpm high-flow option and no particulate filter for a fairly modest price difference.
Drawn from casece.com, hillsmachinery.com, constructionequipmentguide.com.
What buyers ask
Is it true this is the only Case B Series skid steer with a DPF?
Can I add high-flow hydraulics later?
How narrow is it really?
Can I load a dump truck with it?
Is there a two-speed option?
Is it worth stretching to the SR175B?
Put the Case SR160B against
Machines in the same range
The rest of the Case line
Case
Case SR175B
$46,000
- Engine
- 67 hp
- Aux flow
- 20.6 GPM
- Weight
- 6,270 lbs
A 122-inch hinge pin, 7,270 lb of bucket breakout force, and an available 30.7 GPM high-flow package let the Case SR175B punch above its size in ways most small frames can't match. Underneath it's a small-frame radial-lift wheeled skid steer with a 67 hp turbo diesel and a 1,750 lb rated capacity.
Full sheet & owner reports
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Case SV185B
$50,000
- Engine
- 60 hp
- Aux flow
- 24.2 GPM
- Weight
- 6,570 lbs
In Case's B-series wheeled lineup no vertical-lift machine is smaller than the SV185B, which pairs a 60 hp turbo diesel with an 1,850 lb rated capacity. Successor to Case's best-selling SV185, it's a farm and light-construction favorite that loads trucks and stacks pallets without the size, thirst, or price of a large frame.
Full sheet & owner reports
Case
Case SR210B
$54,000
- Engine
- 74 hp
- Aux flow
- 24.2 GPM
- Weight
- 6,970 lbs
Maintenance-free Tier 4 emissions - no DPF, no DEF - come with the 74 hp FPT 3.4L turbo diesel in this medium-frame radial-lift wheeled skid steer. With a 2,100 lb rated capacity and 7,270 lbs of breakout force in a relatively compact package, the SR210B is Case's all-purpose dirt machine.
Full sheet & owner reports