SAFETY TOE BOOTS OR NOT.

[BRMyers]

Composite toe for my boots. I wear them at work, so I wear them at the farm.

 

[Gary Fowler]

I worked construction 40 years and had to wear steel toed boots or shoes any time I was not in the office. When I retired, so did my steel toed boots. I could never find a pair that didn't rub my toes a bit (and I tried most brands). Now it is light weight slip on shoes of various types, athletic shoes included, because I cant wear slip on boots due to high in-step. Due to bad back, cant bend over to tie laces either, so it is slip on all the way.

NOTE: During my 40 years of construction, never had a foot accident.

 

[Henro]

I worked construction 40 years and had to wear steel toed boots or shoes any time I was not in the office....

NOTE: During my 40 years of construction, never had a foot accident.

Could not help but think paper cuts might have been a greater danger for you Gary! :laughing:

 

[Doofy]

I wear only Slip-on's too, only because bending over is hard on my Fat.

 

[Steppenwolfe]

I just bought a new pair of Danner USMC RAT's with a steel toe; man, those are some comfortable boots. Hopefully the last pair I will ever buy. And... Made in America!

 

[Jstpssng]

Yeah, often it's skin cancer.

Jstpssng, I hope they weren't your wifes bunny slippers.

YOLO. Also, if bunny slippers work for Walmart shopping, perfectly fine for tractor work.

I'm just trying to be prepared, so that my slippers will match my ride if it morphs from Kubota Orange to Mary Kay Pink.

(Actually they're rubber soled leather "moccasins" from LLBean, and work pretty well for walking around in the driveway or on the lawn.)

 

[BrokenTrack]

I'm just trying to be prepared, so that my slippers will match my ride if it morphs from Kubota Orange to Mary Kay Pink.

My wife wears Mary Kay Pink when driving the bulldozer. They are not really bunny slippers, but about as close to slippers as you can get. :laughing:

 

[GeneV]

I'm just trying to be prepared, so that my slippers will match my ride if it morphs from Kubota Orange to Mary Kay Pink.

:laughing::laughing:

Oh, and Brokentrack, wifey looks way too clean to be driving the dozer.

 

[Jstpssng]

Getting back to safety boots... this AM I had to go to town for fuel and supplies, so threw my saw in, thinking to bring another pickup load of log ends home from where one of last winter's jobs. It wasn't until I got there that I realized I hadn't brought my boots. Not wanting to run my saw without steel toes, I loaded what I could lift.

I didn't take a chance on cutting my feet, and hopefully my back will forgive me by next winter.

 

[BrokenTrack]

:laughing::laughing:

Oh, and Brokentrack, wifey looks way too clean to be driving the dozer.

She will drive the bulldozers, although she is not really a huge fan of them, but REFUSES...absolutely HATES, the skidder, and refuses to drive that. I think it is because of the shrill Detroit 2 Stroke it has in it. She likes the Kubota Tractor though...

As for looking "too clean", perhaps, but after we were married, we went out and did our "Trash the Dress" photoshoot. For those that do not know, that is when the bride: instead of waiting for it to yellow in a closet, or be eaten by moths, goes out and completely trashes her wedding dress one last time. In true Tractor By Net Forum Member fashion: we chose to use bulldozers and MUD!

Does the fourth photo meet your dirt-approval GeneV?

I thought you might get a kick out of the photo. That was actually her idea, and while I know some people think ill of us, I think it is great that she has embraced farm-life, and has fun doing crazy things with me.