Case
Case SV185B
The bright segment is what Case SV185B 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.
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.
Suits: Farms and small contractors who load trucks and stack pallets but want small-frame size and running costs Its vertical lift path reaches highest at full extension, for loading high-sided trucks and stacking.
Lifting and reach
- Rated operating capacityWheeled rating convention
- 1,850 lbs
- Tipping load
- 3,700 lbs
- Lift height to hinge pin
- 120 in
- Lift path
- Vertical Lift
- Operating weight
- 6,570 lbs
Power and hydraulics
- Engine power
- 60 hp
- Engine
- Perkins/ISM
- 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.
Carrying rather than digging is the entire case for this machine. Case's vertical-lift small frame is aimed at owners stacking pallets, placing block and loading trailers, where holding the load out away from the machine at height matters more than how hard the bucket pries. Owners of the outgoing model bought it in large numbers for exactly that work, and the B Series version keeps the mission while modernising the operator station.
The standout practical detail is hydraulic. Standard auxiliary flow is 24.2 gpm at 3,050 psi, which is what Case fits to its 74 hp mid-frame machines, and it arrives here on a 60 hp loader - so the attachment list is far longer than the horsepower suggests, with a 30.7 gpm high-flow package available on top. The engine is a 2.2 litre Perkins-family unit certified on cooled exhaust gas recirculation and a diesel oxidation catalyst with no particulate filter and no DEF, so there is nothing to regenerate or top up. The weak point is force: 5,550 lb of bucket breakout and 135 lb-ft of torque are the softest numbers in the wheeled range, and the cheaper radial SR175B out-digs it by 1,720 lb of breakout. A manual coupler is standard, and cab, two-speed, electro-hydraulic controls and self-levelling are all options.
Pallets, block and truck loading are the work here, with the steadier load position at height as the payoff. If you are digging, grading and prying, the SR175B is cheaper and dramatically stronger, and the honest answer is that most small-frame buyers are better served by it. Before signing, confirm whether two-speed and a cab are in the quoted price, and note that the vertical arm here does not buy extra lift height over the radial machine - it buys load position, capacity and stability.
What owners like
- Standard auxiliary flow is 24.2 gpm at 3,050 psi - the same standard flow Case gives its 74 hp mid-frame machines - on a 60 hp small frame. Most attachments in this size class run on the base machine without paying for the high-flow package.
- Vertical lift keeps the load out away from the machine through the top of the arc rather than drawing it back, which is what makes stacking pallets and placing block over an obstacle steadier than on Case's radial small frames.
- At 1,850 lb it is rated 100 lb above the radial SR175B on a tipping load 200 lb higher, so the vertical linkage buys real carrying capacity rather than just a different arm shape.
- The 2.2 litre Perkins-family engine meets Tier 4 Final with cooled exhaust gas recirculation and a diesel oxidation catalyst alone - no particulate filter, no regeneration cycles, no DEF - unlike the cheaper SR160B, which does carry a DPF.
- The optional 30.7 gpm high-flow package is unusual on a 60 hp machine and opens up attachments that most small frames simply cannot power.
- The platform it replaces was Case's long-running volume seller in this size, so the mechanicals are well understood, used examples are liquid, and independent shops have seen them before.
What owners complain about
- Bucket cylinder breakout is 5,550 lb against the radial SR175B's 7,270 lb - a 30 percent deficit on a machine that weighs 300 lb more. If your work is digging rather than carrying, the vertical arm is costing you badly here.
- 60 hp and 135 lb-ft of peak torque is the least torque in the entire wheeled B Series, below even the 60 hp SR160B's 139 lb-ft. Operators pushing into packed material notice it, and the 67 hp SR175B is the machine they usually wish they had bought.
- Vertical-lift linkage carries more pivots, pins and bushings than a radial arm, which is more to grease and more to wear out over a long life.
- The manual coupler is standard and the hydraulic coupler is an option, as it is on every B Series machine below the SR240B.
- The enclosed cab with heat and air conditioning, two-speed travel, electro-hydraulic controls, ride control and self-levelling are all separate options, so the base price describes a plain canopy machine with one travel speed.
- Its 120 in hinge pin and 90.7 in dump height are actually lower than the radial SR175B's 122 in and 94.6 in, so the vertical arm here buys stability and load position rather than extra height - a point worth understanding before paying for it.
Drawn from casece.com, hillsmachinery.com, constructionequipment.com, constructionequipmentguide.com.
What buyers ask
How much auxiliary flow does it actually have?
Should I buy this or the radial SR175B?
Does it have a DPF or need DEF?
Is two-speed travel included?
Is it strong enough for a full pallet of sod or pavers?
Put the Case SV185B against
Machines in the same range
The rest of the Case line
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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.
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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.
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Case
Case SR160B
$42,000
Also sold as the New Holland L316
- Engine
- 60 hp
- Aux flow
- 18.4 GPM
- Weight
- 5,645 lbs
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.
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