While Pöttinger’s moving headboard design is neat, it’s something that nearly every other manufacturer now offers. Times, to be blunt, have moved on. So, today, it’s the driveline with the power belt that sets the Jumbo 7400 apart, and we’ve been seeing just how much of a difference this configuration can make.
The Jumbo has always been a solid performer in the Pöttinger wagon line-up, though it was more a case of evolution rather than revolution as the range adjusted to more horsepower and output over the seasons. That all changed in 2021, however, when the firm unveiled a new generation of flagship grass-collecting boxes in the form of the six-model 7000 series.
We say six, but for the UK and Ireland it is really three — the 7400, 7470 and 7540, which dump the forage straight out the back. If these happen to have dosing rotors in the rear, then they are called 7380DB, 7450DB and 7520DB. Previously, Pöttinger popped an L or D on the end of the model number to denote if it was fitted without or with dosing rotors.
There is another key change, with the model name highlighting the DIN rather than the compressed load capacity. DIN uses width, height and length of the machine to determine actual volume, rather than relying on some vague math with a sprinkling of witchcraft to come up with a compressed load figure. In other words, if you ever come to comparing forage wagon capacities when making a buying decision, it’s the DIN rating that’s the one you want to use.
The final logic in the model naming was calling it the Jumbo 7000 range, which has since been joined by the Jumbo 8000, the latter having more knives — 48 versus 65 for those operators demanding an even shorter chop length of 25mm compared with 34mm.
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