Small Heavy Equipment

Case Construction Equipment has been indelibly linked with two products over the years—backhoe-loaders and skid steer loaders. It created the very first factory-integrated backhoe-loader in 1957, and ended up being an early skid steer competition for Bobcat (Melroe), after buying the Uni-Loader brand in 1969.

The Case skid steer pedigree happens to be significantly irregular, however. After many years of creating the “1800 Series, ” including the bulletproof 1845C, a product still seen on work internet sites these days, Case skid steers got a few brand-new identities. Each hoped to enhance about what arrived prior to, nevertheless the 1800s proved a difficult act to follow.

There have been the XTs in 1997, the 400 Series in 2005, as well as the Alpha Series, beginning in 2014.

The arrival of Alpha Series marked the fourth different title when it comes to item supplying in a course of 18 years. It may be a red-flag whenever a maker continually renames a family of devices, but immediate past have observed renewed security and extra financial investment inside iron.

The 90-horsepower SR270 is the biggest radial-lift product in nine Case skid steer designs comprising the Alpha Series, noteworthy if you are the initial set of skid steers in the industry to use SCR technology to deal with Tier 4-Final emissions instructions.

While other manufacturers and a number of engine makers postured against SCR and invested their advertising bucks to back EGR technology, Case was a bold very early adopter of SCR among construction OEMs, leveraging CNH Industrial’s Fiat Powertrain (FPT) globally experience with SCR in on-road and agricultural applications.

Building Equipment made the trek to your International Union of running Engineers Local 649 near Peoria, Ill., to own operator/instructors Brad Walker and Jimmy Trockur test the SR270 and provide a glimpse in to the present state of Case skid steers.

The afternoon associated with test ended up being cold and obvious, but present rains and snowfall melt remaining the test location dirty and challenging.

“To be truthful, I became let down today once I saw it absolutely was a rubber-tired device in place of a tracked device, ” Trockur says. “I thought, ‘This is not going to be much fun, ’ but I was impressed just how it got around. It did really.”

An extensive position

There’s no doubt traction and security had been an element of the objective whenever Case designed the SR270. It immediately grabs the eye featuring its lengthy, broad stance and cab-forward design. The “PowerStance” wheelbase, given that company calls it, plays a role in a complete period of 147.5 ins (with a low-profile bucket). The over-the-tire width with spec tires is 69.6 inches. Inside the cab, it's 35 inches from window to screen.

“It’s the largest radial-lift skid steer in the market, ” says Scott McElroy, Case income training manager for skid steers and small track loaders, which gave Walker and Trockur a walk-around.