Case Construction Equipment has added the new short-radius 27-ton, 160-horsepower CX255E SR excavator to its E Series lineup.
Advanced payload technology, customizable hydraulics and an automotive-style cab help boost productivity, while powerful digging and breakout forces — paired with a compact footprint — deliver performance in tight spaces, the company says.
For a walkaround tour of the new CX255E SR, check out our video above with Case Product and Marketing Manager Jeremy Dulak.
Case launched its E Series in 2022. The lineup, now up to 10 models, ranges from the 102-horsepower CX140E to the 268-horsepower CX380E.
New technology upgrades bring a suite of smart features to the cab, including:
- Payload Weighing: Measures the weight of the material in the bucket for accurate truck loading.
- Height and Depth Alarms: Allow the operator to set physical limits to prevent overhead accidents or overdigging.
- Dynamic Stability Assist: Displays roll and pitch angles and automatically reduces rocking during dumping.
- Customizable Hydraulic Flow Balance: Allows operators to dial in arm-in, boom-up and swing functions based on the job.
- Selectable Free Swing Functionality: Releases the swing brake and allows the upper carriage to rotate freely for more stability and safety when lifting and placing swinging loads, working on uneven terrain or loading trucks.
Both models allow operators to adjust power to the task with four work modes in a range up to 10 throttle settings:
- Super Power: Maximum possible power.
- Power: Suitable for daily operation.
- Eco: Offers improved fuel efficiency.
- Lifting: Increased control during lifting and craning tasks.
All functions can be adjusted on the 10-inch LCD display that serves as the excavator’s control center. The interface also allows operators to get a 270-degree bird’s-eye view around the machine and store settings for up to 10 attachments.
Excavators are the third most popular construction equipment category in the U.S. behind compact track loaders and mini excavators. According to EDA, more than 15,000 new financed excavators were sold in the U.S. between June 1, 2025, and May 31, 2026. (EDA and Equipment World are owned by Fusable.)
Case CE CX255E SR Excavator Specs
- Operating Weight: 60,400 lbs
- Engine Power: 160 hp
- Engine Torque: 457 lbf
- Pump Flow: 111.4 gpm
- Hydraulic System Pressure: 5,410 psi
- Swing Speed: 11.5 rpm
- Swing Torque:47,200 lbf
- Standard Track Shoes: 31.5 in
- Ground Pressure: 6.2 psi
- Track Gauge: 7.83 ft
- Max. Dig Depth: 19.42 ft
- Max. Reach @ Ground Level: 30.08 ft
- Max. Reach Height: 34.5 ft
- Arm Digging Force: 30,000 lbf
- Bucket Digging Force: 34,600 lbf
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Jeremy Dulak
I'm standing in front of our study 55 and behind us we have our 145. We're at and we're showcasing these new models.
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Jeremy Dulak
Hi, I'm Jeremy Dulac with Case Construction. I'm the product manager for our large excavators. These are our E-Series models similar to what we've launched, but this fills out everything underneath. 38 ton for case is now 38 to 13 ton our E-Series. I'll give you some highlights of what the E series offers. First, we have a new operator station.
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Jeremy Dulak
It has a high back, super comfortable seat, as well as a new monitor ten inch monitor. That monitor allows you to customize your controls, your joysticks. You can change the pattern or the buttons through that monitor. It also has some new features for operator customization. Our auxiliary control. So a lot of our attachments get put on these machines.
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Jeremy Dulak
You actually have a menu where you can set and name your attachment. So you can set the pressure and the hydraulic flow and name that attachment. And so when you flop between one attachment to another you have those settings right there. Also we have the ability to adjust your hydraulic flow between your boom and your arm. That priority there you can adjust it to what you're doing.
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Jeremy Dulak
It also the swing motion and the boom. You can adjust those flows to how you are operating in what job tasks you are doing in that display. If you get our advanced features, which is available on some of our models, that includes payload, so you can track the payload up to six different trucks with that feature, as well as dynamic stability Control is included in that feature as well, as you can set height and depth alarms.
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Jeremy Dulak
The last thing is it has a digital and KM that comes with that feature as well. A couple other things with the series you're going to experience is they've redesigned the undercarriage, they've moved the rollers for a quieter and more smoother ride. So these two new models that are short radius, the end user is going to normally be a customer that is an obstruction.
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Jeremy Dulak
So you want that back end within the undercarriage. It's a market where a lot of our customers in the road building or near the urban areas where you're near frictions, will use the short radius.
