September 25, 2024
Electric combine on the way
South Australian start-up Linttas Electric has revealed ambitious plans to make an electric combine harvester. The radical new approach is claimed to result in energy savings of up to 30%.
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September 27, 2022
Report: Whatever happened to the MDW ‘Harvest Master?
With the fall of the Berlin Wall, former East German harvesting specialist Fortschritt became MDW, and developed combines with more style, quality and technology. Introduced back in 1991, the Erntemeister (Harvest Master) 527 and smaller…
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September 24, 2020
Whatever happened to … … the Case IH Mammut 8790
REPORT: The first three pre-production machines of what was the world’s most powerful forager were hard at work in 1996 in Mengele blue, although, by the time it reached production in 1999, the Mammut 8790…
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September 21, 1999
Case IH 540 IS big baler
Driving impression: It may be all-red today, yet the heritage of the current Case baler has passed through many hands – and many colours. First it sported the green/white of former East German giant, Fortschritt;…
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November 21, 1998
Case IH Mammut 8790 forage harvester
Driving impression: Claimed to be the world's biggest forage harvester, the Case IH Mammut boasts a 400kW/544hp motor, 76cm wide pick-up, 80cm x 63cm chopping drum and three crop processing rollers. We were able to…
