Case
Case SV280B
The bright segment is what Case SV280B 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.
A 2,800 lb rated capacity and 130-inch hinge pin come off a 74 hp FPT diesel that needs neither DPF nor DEF. The SV280B is a large-frame vertical-lift wheeled skid steer working the TV370B's formula on wheels: big-machine lift and truck-loading height without big-machine emissions plumbing.
Also sold as
The same machine is sold as the New Holland L328 — 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: All-day truck loading and pallet handling, with large-frame height and no DEF hassle Its vertical lift path reaches highest at full extension, for loading high-sided trucks and stacking.
Lifting and reach
- Rated operating capacityWheeled rating convention
- 2,800 lbs
- Tipping load
- 5,600 lbs
- Lift height to hinge pin
- 130 in
- Lift path
- Vertical Lift
- Operating weight
- 8,000 lbs
Power and hydraulics
- Engine power
- 74 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.
Among large-frame wheeled skid steers this one occupies an unusual position: full vertical-lift reach and a 24.2 gpm standard hydraulic circuit, with an engine simple enough to need no diesel exhaust fluid at all. For owners who have fought dosing-system faults on other machines, that combination is the whole argument, and it is not widely available at this capacity.
It behaves like a truck-loading machine. The 130-inch hinge pin gets the bucket over high sides, the 232 lb-ft of torque pulls better than 74 horsepower implies, and the cab is genuinely among the widest in the industry with an easy step-in and a backup camera in the display. Two things are worth knowing before ordering. The standard attachment coupler is manual, not hydraulic - the larger SV340B gets the heavy-duty hydraulic coupler as standard equipment and this machine does not - and an enclosed cab is an option across the B-Series. Where it genuinely falls short is sustained hydraulic work, because 68 net horsepower is modest for an 8,000 lb frame.
Firm-ground truck loading and pallet handling, where emissions simplicity and lift height beat outright power, is the case for it. Unlike Case's tracked models, its capacity number can be set against rivals' without adjustment, which makes the comparison refreshingly straightforward. Before signing, price the hydraulic coupler and cab into the quote so the comparison is honest, and get a number on New Holland's L328 as well - it is the same machine in different paint, and the dealer you would rather deal with should settle it.
What owners like
- A large-frame wheeled machine with no DEF at all: the 74 hp FPT is certified Tier 4 Final on a diesel oxidation catalyst, so there is no fluid to top up and no filter to replace, which is unusual at this capacity.
- Standard auxiliary flow is 24.2 gpm at 3,050 psi, among the most generous standard circuits in the class and enough that many owners never specify the high-flow option at all.
- Its 2,800 lb rating needs no translation - wheeled skid steers are rated at 50 percent of tipping load across the whole industry - so it compares directly with a Bobcat S76 or Cat 260 in a way Case's tracked headlines do not.
- Vertical lift and a 130-inch hinge pin clear the sides of tall dump trucks and hopper feeders that mid-frame machines cannot reach over.
- Peak torque of 232 lb-ft from the 3.4-litre four-cylinder does more of the work than the horsepower figure suggests, and operators routinely report being surprised by what the engine pulls.
- Case's cab is one of the widest available with a low entry threshold, large rear window and a backup camera in the 8-inch display - a real consideration for larger operators who find Bobcat cabs tight.
What owners complain about
- The standard attachment coupler is manual, where the 90 hp SV340B above it gets a heavy-duty hydraulic coupler as standard - an irritation on a machine likely to change attachments several times a day, and an extra-cost item to put right.
- 68 net horsepower has to move an 8,000 lb large-frame machine, so flow-hungry work sits well behind the 90 hp SV340B and rival large frames even with high flow fitted.
- An enclosed cab is an option rather than standard equipment, so a base quote may not include what a buyer assumes it does.
- On wheels it surrenders all the soft-ground capability of the tracked TV370B, and at 8,000 lb it marks turf and soft surfaces readily.
- Case's dealer and parts network is thinner than Bobcat's, Cat's or Deere's across much of the country, and owners describe the ownership experience as largely a function of which dealer is nearby.
- Resale trails the big three, so a lower purchase price is partly offset by a steeper depreciation curve.
Drawn from casece.com, compactequip.com, constructionequipmentguide.com.
What buyers ask
Does its 2,800 lb rating need adjusting like Case's track loaders?
Does it really need no DEF?
Is the attachment coupler hydraulic?
Is 74 hp enough for a machine this size?
How does it compare with the tracked TV370B?
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