New Holland
New Holland C327
The bright segment is what New Holland C327 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.
Digging, grading, and dirt work rather than truck loading is where the C327's radial geometry aims. It's the sole radial-lift compact track loader in New Holland's 300 Series, pairing a 74 hp FPT diesel with 2700 lbs of rated capacity.
Also sold as
The same machine is sold as the Case TR270B — 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: Digging and grading far more often than truck loading Its radial lift path reaches furthest at mid-height, for digging, grading and backfilling.
Lifting and reach
- Rated operating capacityTrack loader rating convention
- 2,700 lbs
- Tipping load
- 5,400 lbs
- Lift height to hinge pin
- 123 in
- Lift path
- Radial Lift
- Operating weight
- 8,270 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.
Dirt work, not truck loading, is what this frame is shaped for. Radial geometry keeps the bucket low and forward through the first part of the lift, which suits digging, backdragging and grading - and at roughly $60,000 it is one of the cheapest 74 hp track loaders wearing a major badge. Owners who buy it for the right job speak well of it; the cab in particular gets praise even from people in the middle of complaining about the machine.
The practical experience is a comfortable, quiet, well-equipped loader with one specific and serious weakness. Track retention in rocky soil has been reported as three de-trackings in 50 hours on a low-hour machine, with rock working into the track carriage, and neither the dealer nor factory support offering a fix - and no aftermarket rock guard exists to bolt on. The other limitation is geometric rather than a defect: 22.3 in of dump reach is little more than half what the vertical-lift models in the same line manage. Electrically it shares the family's valve-driver faults and the dealer-locked diagnostic software that goes with them.
Right for landscapers and dirt contractors on soft, stone-free ground who dig far more often than they load, and wrong for anyone filling high-sided trucks daily - that buyer wants the C330 or C332. Because it is the same machine as the Case TR270B, price it at both dealers and buy from whichever is closer. Before you sign, demo it in ground that looks like your ground, specifically ground with rock in it, and convert the capacity to 1,890 lb before you set it against a Bobcat or Deere figure.
What owners like
- The cab draws the warmest praise of anything in this line. One owner running a low-hour machine in rocky ground, in the middle of complaining about a serious problem with it, still wrote that he did not think there was a more comfortable cab and control set for someone of his build. That is unusually credible praise, because it came from someone with every reason to be unkind.
- The 8-inch LCD display with integrated backup camera is standard equipment here, where the vertical-lift C330 beside it lists the same display as an option. On a machine at this price that is a meaningful piece of included kit.
- 74 hp in an 8,270 lb machine gives it a better power-to-weight feel than the heavier vertical-lift models, and radial geometry keeps the bucket forward and low through the first part of the lift - which is what you want for digging, backdragging and grading rather than truck loading.
- High flow is available, unlike on the C330, so brush cutters and smaller mulching heads are on the table for a radial machine at this money.
- Being a badge twin of the Case TR270B is a genuine buying advantage: it is the same machine off the same line, so you can price it at whichever dealer is closer and buy the relationship rather than the paint. In this catalog the New Holland badge lists about $5,000 under the Case one.
- Low-profile undercarriage with steel-embedded tracks running on rubber rather than steel, and fewer moving parts than a conventional roller-frame design, which keeps daily cleanout quick and the machine quieter than steel-on-steel rivals.
- Cycle times and hydraulics are tuned for dirt work rather than finesse, and in-line pumps keep it quiet enough that operators notice at the end of a long day.
What owners complain about
- Track retention in rocky ground is the serious one. An owner working soil with 4 to 8 in rock reported de-tracking three times in 50 hours - rocks work into the track carriage and derail it. He took it to his New Holland dealer, and neither the dealer nor the factory support team had a suggestion, and there is no aftermarket rock guard for it. If your ground has rock in it, demo this machine in that ground before you buy.
- Dump reach is only 22.3 in, against 37 in on the vertical-lift C332 and 34.7 in on the C330. Combined with 98 in of dump height, loading anything with high sides is awkward - you are reaching over the near rail rather than out to the middle of the box.
- The published capacity needs careful handling, and even the spec databases get it wrong. New Holland headlines 2,700 lb at 50 percent of a 5,400 lb load, then labels the 1,890 lb figure '30% tip' when it is in fact 35 percent; at least one major spec chart republishes that same 1,890 lb under a '50%' heading. The number you want for cross-brand comparison is 1,890 lb.
- Only 8 in of ground clearance, the lowest of the C-Series track loaders - the C332 has 9.6 in. On rutted or stumpy ground that is exactly where debris gets packed into the undercarriage.
- Short-to-power faults at the boom and bucket valve low-side drivers, and stuck relief spools throwing implausible auxiliary sensor codes, are reported across this generation of New Holland and Case loaders, and chasing them needs CNH's dealer-locked EST software.
- As the only radial machine in the track loader line it gets the least dealer attention, and thin New Holland construction coverage means fewer units on the lot to demo or rent before committing.
Drawn from construction.newholland.com, skidsteerforum.com, constructionequipmentguide.com, compactequip.com, aglist.ca.
What buyers ask
Does the C327 really throw tracks in rocky ground?
What is the real rated capacity for comparing against other brands?
Radial or vertical lift - which should I get?
Is it the same machine as the Case TR270B?
Can it run a mulcher?
How much ground clearance does it have?
Put the New Holland C327 against
Machines in the same range
The rest of the New Holland line
New Holland
New Holland C330
$63,000
- Engine
- 67 hp
- Aux flow
- 24.2 GPM
- Weight
- 8,380 lbs
The New Holland C330 is a mid-size compact track loader with the patented Super Boom vertical lift and a 67 hp Perkins diesel. It delivers 3000 lbs of rated capacity in a lighter, simpler package that stays below the DEF-aftertreatment power class.
Full sheet & owner reports
New Holland
New Holland C332
$66,000
- Engine
- 74 hp
- Aux flow
- 24.2 GPM
- Weight
- 9,630 lbs
Sharing the C337's frame and 101.6-inch dump height at a lower price and capacity point, the C332 is a large-frame compact track loader with the patented Super Boom vertical lift and a 74 hp FPT diesel.
Full sheet & owner reports
New Holland
New Holland C345
$95,000
Also sold as the Case TV450B
- Engine
- 90 hp
- Aux flow
- 24.2 GPM
- Weight
- 10,610 lbs
Workhorse of the 300 Series for serious loading and high-flow attachment work, the C345 is a heavy-duty compact track loader pairing a 90 hp FPT diesel with the patented Super Boom vertical lift and 4500 lbs of rated capacity.
Full sheet & owner reports