Krause 3131 31 foot finisher how much tractor?

[Daric Preston]

I recently bought an IH 4586 with a 300 hp cummins 855 conversion. Does it have enough ponies to pull a 31 foot Krause finisher? Looking to go on a 2 hour trip to buy a this tool. It has a 5 bar spike harrow also. I figured I pull a 16 foot JD 722 finisher with my JD 4440 which as 130hp so if I double the width of the tool I should only really need twice as much horsepower. Any thoughts or real world experience on this? Hoping I'm not going too big but the price is right on the Krause any info will help. Thanks.

[Larry Bendal]

Does it just have spring teeth and the drag spikes

[Daric Preston]

It's a remlinger type spike tooth not the spring tooth or coil spring

[Larry Bendal]

You should have plenty of ponies but dependent upon your soil conditions you might need roller baskets. In our area we would never get away with just the spike bars

[Adam]

whats the rule of thumb?  7-11 hp per ft of implement.  Of course it depends on soil types.  Think you'll get along just fine.

[Daric Preston]

I have a brochure from John Deere for a 2310 finisher and it says 8-12 horses per foot so I'm in that range, but as before mentioned it depends on soil type and conditions. We've gotten away with the spike harrow only but a set of baskets behind it would be nice. I will try this and see how it goes and maybe get a unverferth set up later. I have a cousin who has a JD 8760 that he pulls a similiar Glencoe 34 foot finisher and has a double basket behind it. It does a great job and is truly one pass but said that it pulls hard at times. Unverferth claims that a double roller basket takes .5 to 1 hp per foot. Don't know if I buy that. Thanks for the opinions.