Going on all fours was a good idea, better than falling off.
Oil resistant plus slip resistant seems to help slightly.
Watch out for snow or frost when tarping... The first few steps will feel alright, but then the ice sticks to your shoes and compacts into ice. Easy to have a bad day.
Proper Work Boots
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The plastic wrap you put under your tarps will be slick no matter what. And your tarps will be slick on top of the plastic after you roll them out.
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I very rarely wore boots. I just never was a boot person. Even in the Air Force I rarely wore the "combat boots" I was issued. Most of the time I wore a simple pair of shoes and had plastic boots for dealing with mud puddles etc. I do agree with @REO6205 though, if you gonna buy boots get some good ones!
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Red Wings.... #2408
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Not much you can do about it and boots are unlikely to help.
The problem isn't that you are slipping on the plastic.
The problem is that the plastic you are on is sliding on the
product underneath. All you can do is try to keep your center
of gravity low, try to spread your mass out as far as possible
to maximize your balance, crawl if you have to, and be
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Nothing wrong with crawling... i do it all the time on real sketchy loads... sometimes those real tall loads ur looking down to the ground about 20ft ... aint for the faint of heart.
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Some other fellers on here are Ariat fans as well. They seem like a quality made product. I'm definitely going to look at them hard for my next pair. $200 for me is about the outer limit of what I'd spend for work boots, & the Airat workhogs seem to fit in that range..farmerjohn64 Thanks this. -
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I never spent much time yanking skateboards, but I have some. Just walking around on a load 3 or 4 feet high can seem high. One reason I never did that much.
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