Would a AC 200 pull a 18"ft AC 2500 disk

I'm trying figure out if my 200 would have a enough hp to pull a 18" 2500 or 2600 disk. I'm farming my grandmother place and she's got clay ground. I would be using the disk the for fall tillage.I was curious if this could be done or not. I know depending on the size of the disc/ blade will depend on what size of disk harrow I can use or is there a good general rule of thumb I could use to figure this out. I know these disk are a heavy disk. Right now I'm using a 13" ft JD RWA disk and that disk is to light for what I want to use it for. Thanks

Grandpa used to pull a 18 ft 7 1/2 spacing ih 470 with his 200 with weights and duals

You're not going to be able to go very deep. I would question if you're going to be happy with the job it will do. We used to pull a 21' 2500 series on 9" spacing, with an 8070 2WD, and it was a load for it.

We pull a WHITE 18', 7 1/2" spaced disc with an XT 190 

Back when our 16ft 2600 was new it was pulled with a 200 and its all it could handle as ive been told. Nieghbor has a 16 or 18 2500 behind a 7000 and doesnt have much trouble. Theres a little difference in weight between a 2500 and 2600.

Is the Krause a heavier disk than the 2300.

A 2600 is much heavier than a 2500.  You would pull an 18' 2500, but I would think you would need duals, especially since you have heavy soil.  We have heavy clay soil and some hills.  We have a 21' 2500, and often are running behind a heavy offset cutting disc.  We pull ours with our 220 w/ duals, our 8030 2wd w/duals, or our 8010 w/singles and FWA.

I remembered reading this a while ago.  Had to look through the files for it.  It is advertising so you know, use your own experience and check with other farmers in your area.

LB0442,

I think a Krause pulls easier. I have a 26’ Krause with 20” blades and have pulled it behind my 7050 with single 20.8s. Grandpa demoed a new 2600 behind his 7060 and it wouldn’t handle it but I forget the size.

good running 4020 will run with that disc' W/ duels little nose weight. 4th later after it's set you can go up a gear

Nothing intended here, just my opinion, id rather pull a smaller with disc, maybe 14 ft. at least your not pulling the guts out of the tractor all the time, AC designed these tractors for 75 % pulling weight at 5 mph ,,   

Edited by DougG - 16 Mar 2018 at 6:09pm

I have a 17’ Crustbuster offset with 24” blades that will pull the guts out of a 200hp tractor. I use it to chop stuff up after cleaning fence rows. I think AC made a 3300 offset that’s identical to my crustbuster.

Edited by 7060 - 16 Mar 2018 at 7:18pm

There’s a lot of variation in soil types and what your doing with a disk that makes your question tricky. If you following a plow prepping seed bed in sandy loam you should be fine. If your in heavy creek bottom clay following fall chisel plowing cutting 4” deep to cut the weeds out by the roots like I do some times it will be a load. I have a 18 1/2’ IH 496 with 22” blades that can be a load on my 8070 FWA. It’s not the ideal practice but sometimes it’s a wet spring and you have to disk deep and plant the next day. Good luck