Boots for driving.

Gotta agree with the moccasins or barefoot. I wore my Red Wings when I started trucking school because I thought that was what a "real" trucker wore. Every time I stepped on the brake I about put my instructor through the windshield. He was real cool about it, just said, "If you wear something with a softer sole you will have more control because you can feel the pedal." Wore my trainers the next day and danged if he wasn't right!

 

Whichever boots you can get the matching hat and belt buckle for. That will get you 3/5ths of the way to super trucking.

 

I usually have 3 pair of shoes. One is sneakers. The second are boots that I can wear on the docks. The third are a battered pair of shoes or boots that I can wear in the truck if the other two are wet and are drying or as slippers when I stay in a hotel/motel.

 

Don't buy boots for driving, buy boots for walking around in the mud and snow.

#1 - Make sure they are waterproof. Happiness is a dry pair of socks.

#2 - Make sure they are insulated. Feet get cold, you'll be cold.

#3 - Make sure they have a high top. You wear low cut 6" boot, you'll step in a 7" snowbank or puddle someday, guaranteed.

#4 - Make sure to buy the best boot you can. Take care of them and they last you a lifetime.

I wear a pair of Wolverine hunting boots that I've had for over 20 years. They're lightweight (which is what you should be paying extra for in a hunting boot), have sort of a tennis shoe type sole, and I've put more miles on them than my knees can really stand anymore.

For the really nasty arctic stuff, out come the high top Sorels. Have had those for 25 years. Just get upgraded new liners as needed. The original thin wool ones suck.

 

I carry boots for workin, sneakers for drivin, and flip flops for the shower

 

Dan post with a non slip sole in the middle of a standard leather sole if it's going to be slippery. Full Quill Ostrich any other time. Work boots are heavy and I don't like wearing them, I spend too much time either getting in and out of the truck or going into company offices selling myself (oil field) so I try to look nice unless it's just a muddy nasty job which happens too.

 

Not in Texas.

And I run intrastate.

 

Your not that only one I do as well... Lol...

 

Same here... socks or flip flops.

 

I have had all kinds of boots for varying types of work, but for a general use, comfortable boot I love my Double H ICE western work boots. They have a dryz liner that manages foot moisture and they just simply mold to my feet. They have a rubberlike sole that is durable as hell. I used to wear the Justin slip on work boots, but the heels just started wearing too fast. This was my first pair of Double H boots and I was skeptical at first, but I have to say they are up there with the finest boots made. They look like a dress boot and wear like a work boot!