20/04/2026
The Caterpillar 797 is legendary, no matter the variant.
But here’s a scale check.
Its payload is so massive it could haul over 397 million M&M’s in a single load, a figure highlighted years ago by Finning.
Production is just as global.
Key components are built at Caterpillar Mexico, then shipped to site where each truck is fully assembled near the mine.
First introduced in the late 1990s, the 797 quickly became a benchmark in ultra-class haulage.
Today, it remains one of the most successful high-capacity mining trucks ever deployed, with hundreds of units across its 797, 797B, and 797F generations working in major operations worldwide.
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