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 was finished in Case IH red. Then, just two years later, the range was dropped
Presented by Case IH as the world’s most powerful self-propelled forage harvester at Agritechnica in 1997, the Mammut 8790 would undergo further field tests and trials throughout 1998, and the first production machines duly hit the market for the following season.
Case IH acquired the forager in 1997 when it took over the Bidell Group, which included Mengele and the Fortschritt factory in Saxony where the Mammut 8790 was being developed. 544hp and a large drum The Mammut 8790 had a 16.0-litre Deutz V8 engine with a rated output of 544hp. At the time, this was around 50hp more than any of its competitors could call on. However, this Deutz motor was swapped for an even more powerful 570hp Daimler-Chrysler engine from the 25th machine produced.
