GLOVES???

I usually get my gloves at Home Depot most of the time. Either leather or pigskin. I try on every pair I buy and sometimes I have to come back or hit another store to find a pair that fit good. $8.00 - 12.00 and they usually last a month or two depending on how wet they get sometimes. Even within the same brand you will find some that are thicker or thinner than others. Not enough dexterity with welding gloves.

 

If you can stop at a KwikTrip, MN/IA/WI- there are the best gloves I've ever found. Kept my hands dry while chaining and held up for 4 months. Don't remember the brand but they're greenish. I've never found gloves that good ever since except for there.

 

Just buy 'em by the dozen. They make the leather thinner than they used to 20 years ago. Always thumb and index finger of dominant hand wears holes. I have tons of leftys that are still good! Anyone know someone with no right arm I can donate them to?

I don't know how they can make good thick welding gloves so cheap but can't use that good leather for cheap work gloves.

 

Harbor freight. 5 pair for $7.99. http://www.harborfreight.com/5-pair-black-and-yellow-leather-work-gloves-66291.html
Great gloves. Don't expect warmth, Just expect your hands not too get muffed up. Been using these for years, The only downfall about them. Collecting so many mismatched with grease, Dang left hand

 

Rig worker gloves. They can tell you the brands to get in the oil field section.

 

Want to save your gloves?
Have 2 pair,1 "normal" pair and 1 which is waterproof(thick plastic).
If it looks like the normal pair is going to get wet ,use the plastic ones.
Besides a normal glove that gets wet is bad for the hands anyway.

And another tip........don't buy 1 or 5 pairs...............buy a whole carton(that how they come from China or India)
Put it in the darkest,dry place in your house and they keep for 10y easely.

 

I buy the leather ones, usually Wells Lamont from Menards. Then I take some gray tape, and tape the fingers of the new gloves. The tape wears before the gloves do. I can usually get a month or 2 out of a pair.
I also have a pair of the rubber looking ones, when it's wet outside.

 

I get mine at www.galeton.com I usually get the panther style. They seem to last a while but I rotate 3-4 pairs when they get wet.

 

whichever pair you decide to purchase for the actual work,make sure you buy a quality pair of fingerless driving gloves.I am always impressed with the coolness of the fingerless driving glove driver as they pilot their technology laden trucks at 62mph in the middle lane. Besides,fingerless driving gloves assist in placing the automatic transmission into park and drive without the hand slipping off of the button or shift lever thus cutting down on the potential for rear end collisions at the truck stop.

I wish that fingerless driving gloves came in something other than black as they all look the same-mundane.you've seen one,you've seen them all.we need variety in the fingerless driving glove revolution.are you with me?

 

For cold/wet stuff, I've got a pair of Kinco waterproof insulated gloves I got when working oilfield. They've held up the longest, and I haven't been kind to them. 3 years and counting. For most other things, I buy the higher quality leather gloves with the little cinch strap at the wrist. Those don't last long if you get them wet, but seem to hold up reasonably well otherwise. Maybe a pair every few months.

The hardest thing on gloves, for me, is winding straps with a winder. Guiding it with the other hand just shreds gloves from contact with the moving strap.