Work Shoes?

[locknut]

Bought a pair of 6" boots from these guys last year.Made in Mountain City,TN. Waterproof,soles hold well on ice,and the strings are such that they open up easy all the way down for easy on and off. Good boots.Buy online with paypal.

100% Made In America Boots! AFBOOTS by Allegiance Footwear

 

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wife is just now getting over this problem. Horse stepped on her foot, so it's steel/aluminum toe for her from now on. Gonna either have to go to Gainesville or Daytona Beach to find a Redwing store it looks like.

Be careful with steel toes around horses Phif. More than once I've witnessed shoes having to be cut off a person who just got stepped on because the steel toe collapsed and trapped their foot in the shoe. Their foot looked no better than your wife's either. I got stepped on last year (28 years with the beasts) with a pair of Sketchers on. Real hard leather in the toe. Came out with a broken pinky but I could get the shoe off afterward without any drama.

 

[Haoleguy]

Georgia Giant work boots. Comfortable right out of the box.

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This is what I have been buying and have gone through 2 pair in 7yrs. When on sale they are a bargain. I did note that my second pair seemed to be slightly smaller in the sizing and didn't last as long. I'm now in the market for a good slip on pair of boots with some insulation and waterproof qualities that will allow me to to perform farm work comfortably during the winter. I'll look through the brand suggestions people have put up. Thank you.

 

[Complete Turf Care]

No one has mentioned any 'non leather' boots.

At about age 45 I developed an allergy to leather and I can no longer wear anything leather. It is very difficult to find any footwear that is not leather.

I would love to hear suggestions for work shoes/boots that do not contain any leather. (Real leather or imitation leather) The allergy is actually from the products used to tan the leather.

 

[seymojo536]

Be careful with steel toes around horses Phif. More than once I've witnessed shoes having to be cut off a person who just got stepped on because the steel toe collapsed and trapped their foot in the shoe. Their foot looked no better than your wife's either. I got stepped on last year (28 years with the beasts) with a pair of Sketchers on. Real hard leather in the toe. Came out with a broken pinky but I could get the shoe off afterward without any drama.

I call bullpuky on this. Please provide pictures of where a horse was able to crush the toe guard.

 

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I call bullpuky on this. Please provide pictures of where a horse was able to crush the toe guard.

Yeah, that's just what I did when I witnessed this. I stopped the person screaming in pain and said "wait, I need to take a picture of this because 15 years from now someone is going to call "bullpukey" on this. I can give a rat's tail what you want to put on your feet around 1400-1800# animals. Don't believe me at all but do not forget, there are steel toe boots from Walmart for $49 and then there are over $200 steel toed from all the prestigious boot makers. I said "be careful" and not "Don't get them". Then again, why am I telling anything to a know it all such as yourself who needs to know nothing about who I am or what I've seen and has all the answers enough to go right to "bull pukey"?

Oh and while I have you, don't forget to wear your seatbelt because you can never die in an automobile accident with a seat belt on.

 

[aczlan]

Yeah, that's just what I did when I witnessed this. I stopped the person screaming in pain and said "wait, I need to take a picture of this because 15 years from now someone is going to call "bullpukey" on this. I can give a rat's tail what you want to put on your feet around 1400-1800# animals. Don't believe me at all but do not forget, there are steel toe boots from Walmart for $49 and then there are over $200 steel toed from all the prestigious boot makers. I said "be careful" and not "Don't get them". Then again, why am I telling anything to a know it all such as yourself who needs to know nothing about who I am or what I've seen and has all the answers enough to go right to "bull pukey"?

I have a pair of those $49 Walmart steel toe boots and a $200 pair of Bellville steel toe boots (880ST). Both say that they pass the ANSI C75 test (dropping a 75# weight from 3' (about 2500# of force) deforms the toe cap no more than 0.5").
Mythbusters did an episode on this: Annotated Mythbusters: Episode 42: Steel Toe Amputation, Bottle Rocket Blast Off

Aaron Z

 

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I have a pair of those $49 Walmart steel toe boots and a $200 pair of Bellville steel toe boots (880ST). Both say that they pass the ANSI C75 test (dropping a 75# weight from 3' (about 2500# of force) deforms the toe cap no more than 0.5").
Mythbusters did an episode on this: Annotated Mythbusters: Episode 42: Steel Toe Amputation, Bottle Rocket Blast Off

Aaron Z

If you wish to rely on "MythBusters" that it can never happen, that's up to you. A half inch deflection can certainly trap someone's foot if their toes are already touching the top of the boot. I've SEEN it happen. If you are giving more credentials to statistics, you certainly have the right to take the chance especially with steel from China. A horse hoof and a woman's foot have about the same sq inch of surface area except on that one foot, a 1400# horse is exerting almost 350# on one foot. Now multiply this by a rearing, stamping horse and then take into consideration if the horse has steel shoes and then take into consideration what part, angle of force and axis of that steel horse shoe does the striking and then take into account if the wearer of shoes is on soft ground or a cement floor. No one here can tell me your feet are 100% protected with cheap, steel toed boots and how that piece of steel is supported within the shoe and my proof is my own eyes. Period. Now everyone can do whatever they want and I shall do the same.

 

[SRMN8R]

Going down in flames boys!

 

[MikePA]

I call bullpuky on this. Please provide pictures of where a horse was able to crush the toe guard.

Help me understand why you think another TBN member would purposely lie?