Best Gloves for flatbedders?

Well Saturday I got my month old leather gloves soaking wet. I had not put any mink oil because this was a new leather. After drying Sunday, they were a little stiff when I put them on but after flexing the fingers they were like they were on Saturday. These gloves are made of buffalo hide. I have been told that it is tougher than cow hide and I believe it.

 

I use some oilfield impact gloves that I got from my last employer they work great help protect fingers from bungee if it breaks while stretching it and has rough palm for grip.

 

I've given up on the whole glove thing. Spending $15-20 on a "good" pair of buffalo hide (or any other allegedly "durable" glove) only to have holes worn in the finger tips after 3 or 4 days is just ridiculous...especially when a 40 count canister of Wet Ones costs $2 at Walmart and lasts a month. I keep a pair of gloves in the truck to wear while fueling...but just bare hand it for chaining, strapping, tarping, etc. and then clean my hands when I'm done.

 

Advanced gloves makes some good cut resistant gloves that stand up really well to abrasion From winding straps. They are a woven mesh so they aren't waterproof and would be too cold in the winter but they last 4-5 times longer than leather.

 

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I found some wintertime gloves this year called memphis ninja ice gloves. Got them from amazon. They get a little stiff if they get wet, but they work great in the cold. Throw some hot hands inside before you put them on and tarping when it is single digits is a lot more comfortable. Summertime I get a new pair of cheap mechanics gloves from wally world when I can't stand the holes in the finger tips any more

 

Let me try this again since photobucket seems to be working again. I've had these gloves since fall of last year. They are Black Canyon and sold at Pilot and Flying J. Maybe Petro but I don't know. They are around $15.00. They sell one like them that's insulated but these are the ones I buy and they last forever., They have been soaked and dried more times then I can count

 

i buy the cheap leather gloves at harbor freight. they run about 6 dollars a pair and usually last a month. they would last longer but one wears out before the other because i roll my straps up after every unload and use my hand to guide it on the roller. ususally rolling up 8 to 12 straps every day sometimes twice the more expensive ones did not last any longer then the cheap ones

 

Just buy the cheapo 3 pack when ya find them on sale at the truckstop. No gloves will last long enough to justify more than 3 or 4 bucks a pair. Not counting the ones you lose kicking them out of the truck in the dark. In the winter, buy them too big, and line with brown jerseys. Just have plenty so you always have dry ones. Then you can pull them apart, to dry much quicker than them spendy insulated ones. Also, gloves are tax deductable.....save your receipts!