Are your skid shoes made of UHMW? And does it matter?
Yes! It does. UHMW Poly Skid Shoes provide extended wear needed
for more acreage, longer hours and bigger combines of today's top producers.
Poly Skid Shoes — machined from specially-formulated ULTRA
III UHMW poly for wear characteristics superior to standard HDPE —
are 20% more resistant to abrasion in actual wear tests against OEM!
May Wes Poly is stronger than industry standards. In order to be UHMW
poly, manufacturers must make poly with a molecular weight of at least
3,000,000. May Wes Poly Skid Shoes are made of UHMW poly that has
a molecular weight range of a minimum of 4,000,000 and 5,400,000 at
the top end. This is what sets May Wes Poly Skid Shoes and other poly
parts above the rest of the skid shoes on the market. The denser
UHMW is, the stronger it becomes.
Do May Wes retractable fingers break?
YES. They will break but they will not damage your auger.
Poly Fingers are strong and resilient and will bend 10 degrees past the
breaking point of metal fingers before breaking. When they do break
they will disintegrate into a dust that will not damage internal working
parts of the combine.
Can you reduce the noise in the Case-IH feeder house? How?
It's easy. Reduce the rattle and clatter of metal on metal, grain on metal
and chain on metal with May Wes Feeder House Silencer Kit. Poly
provides even flow of grain and reduces wear on chain and drums.
Will your grain elevator paddles warp? And lose grain?
Not if they are made of UHMW. May Wes Poly Paddles do not bend
back — keeping grain from falling back down to the auger, increasing the
capacity of your elevator. Less friction and wear from poly also extends
the life of your elevator.
Does your chaff spreader rob a combine's hydraulic power?
No! It doesn't. The May Wes Dual Chaff Spreaders are attached to the
original straw spreaders with an extended shaft and do not tap into the
hydraulic lines of your combine. A special inverted V shaped poly chaff
pan directs the chaff to the spreaders — spreading the chaff evenly
breaks down compost material more quickly.
What costs more? A May Wes Stalk Stomper or a combine tire?
A combine tire. You can buy 4-5 sets of Stalk Stompers for the price of
ONE very expensive combine tire. Reduce stubble damage from corn
stalks, which under compression act like a nail, poking a hole right
through your tire.
Do you have poly for under the auger on the combine head?
Yes. May Wes has corn, flex and rigid head auger liners.
Condensation and wet grain will not corrode these poly liners and even
when metal floor is corroded the poly keeps loose grain from falling
through the rust holes. Creates a steady, even flow of grain into the
combine for maximum efficiency.
Can poly auger wear shoes go over new or worn flighting?
YES! It can. May Wes Auger Wear shoes — made of UHMW poly — fit
onto new or worn steel auger flighting and provide a slick surface for grain
to flow freely. Each wear shoe covers one pitch (revolution) of the auger
and are joined with a patented bevel lap joint and secured with a countersunk
poly capped bolt for a smooth finish to reduce bunching and build-up.
