Boots

Discussion in 'Questions From New Drivers' started by stacks, Mar 25, 2020.

  1. PE_T

    PE_T Road Train Member

    I’ve paid about $125 for some Wolverine work boots at Sketchers. They were the nicest boots I’ve ever owned. Sketchers also has a big selection of boots.

    I personally hate steel toe because they can give you blisters if the boot doesn’t fit you tightly. I’m fine with composite toe boots. They’re much lighter.

    The ones I have now, I got from Walmart. They do not have a good selection of boots. I paid about $90, and these were their best boots.
     
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  4. buddyd157

    buddyd157 Road Train Member

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    $125.00 Red Wings, back in the fall of 2005, still have them, had them re-soled 2 times now, (at $80 each time) and had the boot lace eyelets replaced under thier lifetime warranty once.

    now i use them when i am either shoveling the snow, or working in the garden, and i keep'em clean and i water proof them maybe once a year.

    this particular boot has long since been discontinued

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    this happens all the time here, i cannot post the other 2 pics...
     
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  5. olddog_newtricks

    olddog_newtricks Medium Load Member

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    I paid 275 for some really nice snake skin boots years ago. Now I just wear those 125 dollar lace up ropers.
     
  6. WesternPlains

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    I have a Justin type foot. Not at all a Tony Lama.
    I can say Irish Setters have done me good.
    Keens yes.
    But the very best work boot I've have are Justins. Fit me the best. They're lace up work boots. They weren't cheap either. As I remember.. $275? I had bought them for Oil Field.
    Don't need boots now in driving. I wear what's comfortable and acceptable to customer.
     
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  7. stacks

    stacks Road Train Member

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    Can you claim back for work boots at the end of the tax year
     
  8. WesternPlains

    WesternPlains Road Train Member

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    Only if you're 1099.
     
  9. MACK E-6

    MACK E-6 Moderator Staff Member

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    Red Wing no. 2408. Comfortable and long lasting.

    I’ve been buying those for well over 10 years now.
     
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  10. kemosabi49

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    Red Wings. Bought in 2005 for when I worked overseas. Wore nearly everyday for two years then when ever I needed steel toes after I came back. Re soled a couple times.
     
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  11. magoo68

    magoo68 Road Train Member

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    A buddy liked those boots until winter hit and he wiped out badly twice on the ice . The second time he shattered his ankle bad and missed 6 months of work as a owner op .
     
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