Boots

[Dirty Savage]

This is my second summer wearing these:

http://www.sportchek.ca/sportchek/do...&styleId=26189

They're super-light and have awesome traction, very comfortable too.

[1989]

I use Redwing ($130-$160) like another poster added they usually last about a year, sometimes a few months longer. I've gotten some resoled before (about $60) but resoles don't seem last quite as long.

[Joopster]

I like redwings.

[barnyard]

Most redwings are made in china, now.

As a person receiving a fair union wage, I do feel like I have a moral obligation to do what I can and support products from companies that also pay a fair wage. Shoes and boots are a fairly easy place to make that decision.

I have only been in Walmart once, so I do feel like I am at least trying to do my part.

TB

[ol'browneye]

I wear black running type shoes with steel toes. Skechers Iron Energy, but SHeobuy.com quit carrying them so I switched to Dunham made by New Balance. Both run around $55-$65 depending on what kind of sale they are having. The steel toes add a little weight but the protection is worth it to me
plus they could come in handy against a dog! I also have a pair of slip on LaCrosse rubber boots for those rainy and sloppy days. They are about 6" tall and are black so I can wear them to work. I believe they have 200 grams thinsulate and they fit good with just a pair of socks. I wore them today in the soaking rain and my feet were comfortable and dry all day. I don't think I could wear them everyday but they are nice to have in sloppy weather.

[LKLND3380]

Originally Posted by wisconsinbrown

I just got a full time driving job. I am in the need for a new pair of GOOD boots. I live in the midwest so I need something that can get wet and also that will last. Any thoughts from the guys that have been doing this for years?

Make sure you take care of the boots... That means using Saddle Soap, Mink Oil and a Cream Polish. This keeps the leather soft, water resistant and prevents the leather from cracking. My dad drove a truck and he is the one who taught me about taking care of my shoes and now my boots for work.

I had a driver ask me if I got a pair of new boots and I showed him the worn bottoms and told him "I just take care of them."

[LKLND3380]

Originally Posted by rod

After about 12 years of wearing out expensive boots that half the time proved to be neither water proof nor warm in the winter I switched to wearing only a good quality light weight tennis shoe. I carried a pair of insulated overshoes to slip over them if it snowed or rained too much. Worked great for me for many years. I'm sure boots have come along way in the last 20 years but then again so have tennis shoes. Spray a coat of Camp Dry on them and they are just as weather proof as a $200.00 pair of Red Wings

$200 Red Wings or $25 Wal-Mart Specials are tax deductable

[LKLND3380]

Originally Posted by barnyard

Most redwings are made in china, now.

As a person receiving a fair union wage, I do feel like I have a moral obligation to do what I can and support products from companies that also pay a fair wage. Shoes and boots are a fairly easy place to make that decision.

I have only been in Walmart once, so I do feel like I am at least trying to do my part.

TB

You can buy Teamster boots and support Union Labor


http://teamstersmerchandise.com/mm5/...ategory_Code=F

[LeddySS98]

About a year ago this same question went out and 5.11's boots came highly recomended... I got mine off of lapolicegear.com

I went with the 6" A.T.A.C. boot for the summer and i got the 8" when I went back to wearing pant and the snow hit... One plus with the 5.11's is there is zero break in time... they're good to go from day one.

I tried a pair of the $200 Eccos but my ankle/heal rubbed and would have made for a nasty blister... BUT that was due to my orthotic inserts without them I was fine, but with the inserts my foot slid up and down out of the shoe about a inch every step...

Anyway I'd recomend the 5.11's

[Forty6and2]

Originally Posted by LKLND3380

You can buy Teamster boots and support Union Labor


http://teamstersmerchandise.com/mm5/...ategory_Code=F

whoa...cool the teamsters have a store. that is great.

[barnyard]

Originally Posted by LKLND3380

You can buy Teamster boots and support Union Labor


http://teamstersmerchandise.com/mm5/...ategory_Code=F

If they had 12b, I would certainly consider them.

TB

[Mike Hawk]

I'd buy Teamster boots when my current ones wear out, but I'd have to buy them from a store to try them on first.

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Originally Posted by Dirty Savage

This is my second summer wearing these:

http://www.sportchek.ca/sportchek/do...&styleId=26189

They're super-light and have awesome traction, very comfortable too.

Where can I buy those? They can't be purchased online from that site.

[Mike Hawk]

http://www.zappos.com/n/bs?ref=comju...%27s+Coletrane
Looks like Zappos doesn't have ups colors though, I didn't search very long though.

[Joopster]

I refuse to support the union anymore than I already do.