Poly snouts vs.. tin

[dennis swon]

I am probably buying an old 643 corn head with tin snouts, somewhat wrinkled.  I've no experience with poly snouts.  Are they a big improvement over tin, or not really?  I have a few stones.  Any recommendation regarding a brand?

Thanks,

Dennis

[huserag]

Last fall I destroyed an outside snoot on my 843. Poly was cheaper than tin so it was replaced with poly. I ran about 300 ac after that and couldn't see a lot of difference between them. Can't say I could justify spending a lot more money on a 893 vs 843 just to get poly. As in a previous post, snapping rolls, deck plates, chains, sprockets,etc would be my deciding factors. HTH. Vern

[dennis swon]

Thanks for your advice guys.  I replaced chains and upper sprockets.  Plan on going with blemished tin for now.  100 acres of corn really doesn't justify much excess.

Dennis

[pan ag]

You will appreciate poly if your corn is down.

[GVLPOLY]

Tin does work, but Poly outperforms tin in many harvest conditions.  Run 2 rows of poly next to 2 rows of tin on the same header and you will see a difference.  Check out GVL Poly at www.gvlpoly.com