My Working Gloves Suck !

[Haoleguy]

Update on Geier 448s. Both my spouse and I have a pair. At the outset I'll say these are the most comfortable gloves I've tried and the stitching is rock solid. We had high hopes for these gloves for all around farm work including stringing high tensile wire on a vineyard trellis. My spouse got her pair first and we were stringing wire at the time. Stringing wire is with one of us driving the tractor with a spinning jenny in a dump trailer that is spooling out wire and the other following behind and keeping the wire tight and snapping it into trellis posts. After 2 days of this my spouse's right hand Geier glove burned a line hole from the wire abrasion.....very disappointed. After that I decided not to use mine for stringing line. When mine arrived I used it for all around use which is grabbing briars, wood logs, and stones. I found the stones wore a hole into my right hand thumb relatively quickly. Overall the gloves are comfortable and work well with plant material(briars, wood) but do not last with pulling metal wire and moving rocks. That being said Geiers do last longer than the cheapies but at their price buying multiple cheapie gloves is better for some jobs. So at this point I'm going to see about repairing the Geiers and possibly a modification of the palm with another abrasion resistant material. Cost of repair will determine if I go through with it.

So at this point my gloves are many depending on the job and time of year. For warm weather and working in the soil with plants my breathable Mudd gloves are perfect. They also act as a liner for other gloves if so needed. For pounding in metal posts the latex dipped Kevlar gloves work best and last through about 300-400 posts. For general chores I'm leaning towards a disposable leather glove and wrap duct tape in some areas(palm & couple of fingers) when stringing wire....yes I still have some more to do. For winter I have a thermal liner(Outdoor Research) and a leather kevlar outer glove(Cabelas) that works well.

 

[Haoleguy]

duplicated mistake

 

[MMagis]

I think you're expecting too much from a pair of gloves. I rarely wear gloves for work, but when I do I buy cheap leather and consider them disposable. Building new barbed wire fence is the only thing that will wear a pair out in a few days. Other than that, they last for quite a while. I think there may be things you can change what will help reduce wear. For example, I'm baffled why someone is walking behind the tractor, running a single strand of HT wire through their hands? That shouldn't be necessary if the spinning jenny is set/working properly. HT wire is usually dispensed 4-10 wires at a time, it's one of the biggest (only) advantages of smooth HT.

 

[joecoin]

Does anyone treat their leather gloves with anything? Like mink oil?

 

[Soundguy]

Mine are usually treated with engine oil, gear oil, or trans fluid

 

[davesl708]

Does anyone treat their leather gloves with anything? Like mink oil?

I have a pair of Gore-Tex leather gloves that I clean with leather cleaner but the other dozen pair are on their own.

 

[Haoleguy]

I think you're expecting too much from a pair of gloves. I rarely wear gloves for work, but when I do I buy cheap leather and consider them disposable. Building new barbed wire fence is the only thing that will wear a pair out in a few days. Other than that, they last for quite a while. I think there may be things you can change what will help reduce wear. For example, I'm baffled why someone is walking behind the tractor, running a single strand of HT wire through their hands? That shouldn't be necessary if the spinning jenny is set/working properly. HT wire is usually dispensed 4-10 wires at a time, it's one of the biggest (only) advantages of smooth HT.

I do expect a lot out of gloves as the manufacturers make claims like heavy duty and used for wire and fencing materials. The reason for the handling of wire is that at every 20 ft the wire has to be placed into notches on metal posts with tension retained over a length of 750 ft. The notching and roll of the land precludes tensioning at the end of the run.

 

[newbury]

I'm late to this thread but I'd put in a vote for "Wells Lamont" leather work gloves for all around work.
They are inexpensive, now about $6/pair in packs of 3 at Costco and Sams and take a lickin and keep on tickin.
Plus they come in an XL size which actually almost fit my hands (still kind of tight). And they suck up engine oil and grease very well.

I've only had two pair wear out at the tips.

 

[Tomtint]

For what ever reason, I wear out gloves fairly quickly. One pair that has held up fairly well is a leather Carhartt with some sort of felt liner. The lining came unstitched fairly quick, leaving me with just the leather itself. But it's thick leather and surprisingly soft and easy to wear.

 

[Beltzington]

The dozen for $10 cloth and rubber gloves provide good dexterity an protection for most work. The heavy rubber and cotton gloves work great for concrete and gutter work and cost $3/pair at box stores. However I want to be buried with a well worn pair of leather gloves, they tell a story. However, having spent $5 - $30 dollars a pair I have yet to find a brand I can recommend, my current pair have lasted better than any and **** if I can remember the brand or where I bought them.