Protective cover for combine skid plates

A cover for use on the outer surface of a skid plate of a combine grain head, and the skid plate comprising a plurality of side-by-side skid plate panels of different widths, and each skid plate panel having an outer surface, opposed leading and trailing edges, and a pair of opposed side edges, said cover comprising:

• a plurality of side-by-side cover panels, each said cover panel corresponding to a specific one of the plurality of skid plate panels and each said cover panel having an outer surface, an inner surface, opposed leading and trailing edges, and a pair of opposed side edges, said inner surface of each said cover panel being configured to matingly engage the outer surface of its corresponding skid plate panel, said outer surface of each said cover panel being substantially parallel to said inner surface thereof and having formed therein a first living hinge adjacent and parallel to said leading edge and a second living hinge adjacent and parallel to said trailing edge, said cover panels being made from a material having a low coefficient of friction, whereby said cover panels will resist the adhesion of soil thereto.