Case
Case SR270B
The bright segment is what Case SR270B 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.
Biggest radial-lift machine in Case's wheeled lineup, the SR270B is a 90 hp, 8,117 lb large frame built for serious dirt work. With 282 lb-ft of torque, an available 8,677 lb breakout force, and an enhanced high-flow option pushing 4,000 psi, it's the radial counterpart to the vertical-lift SV340B for buyers who dig more than they load.
Suits: Excavation and grading contractors who want maximum radial digging power and high-pressure attachment capability Its radial lift path reaches furthest at mid-height, for digging, grading and backfilling.
Lifting and reach
- Rated operating capacityWheeled rating convention
- 2,700 lbs
- Tipping load
- 5,400 lbs
- Lift height to hinge pin
- 125.1 in
- Lift path
- Radial Lift
- Operating weight
- 8,117 lbs
Power and hydraulics
- Engine power
- 90 hp
- Engine
- FPT
- Auxiliary flowStandard circuit
- 24.2 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.
Case's biggest radial-lift skid steer exists for one reason: to put 90 hp and 282 lb-ft behind a bucket that is pushing rather than lifting. Owners talk about it as a dirt and demolition machine - digging, prying, pushing piles, running rock saws and planers - and much less as a truck loader, which the radial geometry and the 98.3 in dump height both bear out.
The two decisions that shape ownership are both made at order time. First, the breakout cylinder: the widely quoted 8,677 lb figure is the optional one and the standard machine makes 7,480 lb. Second, the hydraulics, where the ordinary high-flow package gives more volume at 37.6 gpm and the enhanced package gives less volume at 35.0 gpm but raises pressure to 4,000 psi - and pressure is what the heavy attachments run out of. The 90 hp engine brings SCR and a DEF tank that the 74 hp models in the same family do without. An enclosed cab is an option. On the good side, a heavy-duty hydraulic coupler is standard, service points are grouped at the rear, and the auxiliary manifold can be connected under pressure so changing lines does not mean bleeding the system.
Genuinely below-grade work, and a want for the heaviest wheeled machine Case builds, is what it suits. But check the SR240B first: it breaks out harder as standard, weighs 700 lb less, and costs meaningfully less, so the SR270B only wins if you need the torque and the 37.6 gpm flow rather than the digging force. Before signing, confirm which breakout cylinder and which high-flow package the quote covers, whether a cab is included, and get a price on the equivalent New Holland machine - CNH sells this platform under both badges, and the dealer is what owners end up living with.
What owners like
- 282 lb-ft of peak torque and 84 net hp from the 3.4L FPT is the most of any wheeled B-Series machine, and operators consistently report it pulls into a pile harder than the gross 90 hp rating leads them to expect.
- Enhanced high-flow is the option that matters: 35.0 gpm at 4,000 psi, against the ordinary high-flow package's 37.6 gpm at the standard 3,050 psi. Cold planers and rock saws usually run short of pressure rather than volume, so the lower-flow, higher-pressure package is the one that actually runs them.
- The 90 hp engine meets Tier 4 Final on cooled EGR and SCR with no diesel particulate filter at all, so there are no regen cycles to sit through - just DEF in a 2.8 gallon tank.
- A heavy-duty hydraulic attachment coupler is standard here and on the SR240B and larger only; every smaller B-Series machine ships with a manual coupler and charges for the hydraulic one.
- At 8,117 lb it is the heaviest radial-lift machine Case builds on wheels, and that mass is what lets it push a full bucket into compacted material instead of spinning the tyres.
- Creep Speed holds a slow, consistent ground speed while attachment speed is set separately on the throttle, which is the difference between a usable and an unusable cold-planer pass.
What owners complain about
- The 8,677 lb bucket breakout figure quoted everywhere is the optional cylinder. Standard breakout is 7,480 lb - about 14 percent less - so the number that sells the machine is not the number on the base build.
- The cheaper, lighter SR240B breaks out at 8,680 lb as standard, which beats even this machine's optional cylinder. If digging force is what you are buying, the bigger model is the wrong end of the range.
- This is where the B-Series gives up its DEF-free simplicity. The 74 hp models run cooled EGR and a diesel oxidation catalyst with no fluid and no lifetime filter service; the 90 hp engine adds SCR, a DEF tank and its dosing hardware.
- An enclosed cab with heat and air conditioning is an option, not standard equipment - the base machine is specified with a ROPS/FOPS canopy and side screens. Quotes compared against rivals that include a cab are not comparing like for like.
- Radial geometry caps the hinge pin at 125.1 in and dump height at 98.3 in, identical to the SR240B and well short of the vertical-lift SV280B's 130 in. Buyers loading high-sided trucks all day are in the wrong lift pattern.
- The 8-inch display with the split-screen backup camera comes with electro-hydraulic control models; on a mechanically controlled machine it can be added but only shows camera and operating data. It is a control-option decision dressed up as a screen decision.
- At 8,117 lb and 69.8 in over the tyres it is a 3/4-ton truck and a heavy trailer, and Case sells roughly 800 new skid steers a year against Bobcat's 2,672, so parts and service density depends far more on which dealer you happen to live near than it does with the market leaders.
Drawn from casece.com, hillsmachinery.com, constructionequipmentguide.com, lubyequipment.com, blog.ritchiebros.com.
What buyers ask
Is the 8,677 lb breakout force standard?
Does it need DEF?
Which high-flow package should I order?
Is an enclosed cab included in the price?
Why does the 8-inch display seem to be optional on some machines?
Should I buy this or the SR240B?
Put the Case SR270B against
Machines in the same range
The rest of the Case line
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Case SV340B
$70,000
Also sold as the New Holland L334
- Engine
- 90 hp
- Aux flow
- 24.2 GPM
- Weight
- 9,100 lbs
Case's most powerful wheeled model is the SV340B, a large-frame vertical-lift skid steer powered by a 90 hp FPT diesel. It's built for heavy loading, with strong breakout force and a competitive price.
Full sheet & owner reports
Case
Case SR240B
$59,000
- Engine
- 74 hp
- Aux flow
- 24.2 GPM
- Weight
- 7,400 lbs
Large-frame performance with medium-frame running costs is Case's pitch for the SR240B, the current B-series successor to the popular SR240. It's a large-capacity radial-lift wheeled skid steer with a 74 hp FPT 3.4L diesel that skips both DPF and DEF entirely, 2,400 lbs of capacity, an 8,680 lb breakout force, and a heavy-duty hydraulic coupler standard.
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