Which Jeans do you use?

[AKwelder]

i wore levi for my entire life, and loved them. Then the seams on the side started to twist around the front and the sizes were became suspect. In the early years i would come to town, walk into a store, grab 3 or 4 pair and buy them. Who needed to try them on?

I drifted with out a brand for a while and then started the Carhart chapter. At first I wore Duck cotton, and then i found the loggers.

I weld for a living, and wear my loggers, they hold up to steel and fire. Recently my misses got me turned on to the dungarees, and they aren't to bad.

Over my loggers i wear bibs and a khaki shirt, in the summer I shed the loggers. If i am not welding i wear the thin denim bibs. Bibs save my shirts and i need the portable tool box on the front.

As for your girls, i have a 20 year old daughter and several younger sister in laws, and everyone works. I send them to the second hand store for work cloths. They get some of the thicker cloths, and it don't kill the wallet.

and i agree, you are herding cats, just go with the flow and enjoy the time together.

 

[MossflowerWoods]

and i agree, you are herding cats, just go with the flow and enjoy the time together.

Somedays you have NO IDEA how true that is...



But I love the stuffing out of all of them, and they have made my life so much more meaningful... I'll keep this catherding job as long as they and the Good Lord will allow me to.

David

 

[MossflowerWoods]

OK! Here is what I learded in a recon mission to WallyWorld...

Kids clothes are generally the same size between boys and girls. The cuts and cloths are different, and typically a boys size 14 has a looser waist, same size seat as a girls size 14.

Boots she could wear for working were harder to size, but she felt the Mens boot one size smaller that the womens boot (which was simply for show) would work.

So I bought the oldest 2 pair of carpenter jeans (Wally brand) a leather belt, rubber and leather boots with laces, normal white socks (not goofy anklet things), and a canvas covered hooded coat. She is basically ready to roll now. When I am at Home Depot this morning for last minute stuff, I will buy her a good set of leather gloves. She already has a pink Kioti cap.

I will do the same, a couple sizes smaller for the moddle daughter when she is feeling better.

For myself, I tried on the Dickies carpenter/utility jeans, and I thought they looked rugged, fit ok (I really needed 33" waist) but I was not spending $25 for jeans I did not really NEED at the moment. This trip was not really about me...

So where do I go to find Carhartt? TSC and Gander Mountain?

Be well all!
David

 

[YesDeere]

I have been buying all of mine from bass pro. They seem to have good prices. But I just buy, don't really shop. But you're kinda in between stores. Richmond or arundel mills???

 

[Depmandog]

Me and my ~200 lbs stands with Bigfoot62!

Give me relaxed/loose fitting jeans of give me death!

David

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For myself, I tried on the Dickies carpenter/utility jeans, and I thought they looked rugged, fit ok (I really needed 33" waist)

Boys, he has been foolin us!! He is one of them SKINNY ones!! HAHA ~ 200 pounds and a 32" waist.... I haven't see those numbers since junior high!!

David, just a bit of good natured ribbing. I enjoy reading your posts!! Take care of them girls. 18 months ago I walked my daughter down the aisle. Now she is 9 months pregnant, and ANY day she is about to make me a grandpa!! YAY!!

There is a special bond between a father and his daughter. Enjoy your time with your daughters! They grow up WAY to fast!

Dean

 

[MossflowerWoods]

I have been buying all of mine from bass pro. They seem to have good prices. But I just buy, don't really shop. But you're kinda in between stores. Richmond or arundel mills???

The Richmond store is WAYYYYYY closer :thumbsup:

I'm gurtly afeared of walking in that place.

It looks like they sell Crack to guys like me

I've been in the Arundel mills parking lot waiting for a meeting with a company about some biz at the Fort, but I did not go in...

David

 

[Turbys_1700]

I wear the Wrangler relaxed fit most of the time...
My wife got my last pair on sale for $10 @ Wally World...
When I work outside in the cold, I usually go with bib overalls from Roundhouse...
You can find them online...
I purchased a pair of heavy duty duck cotton overalls several years ago...
They are reinforced with double knees...
They have held up very well, my son even got a pair...
Made in USA too...
Give them a try...
ROUND HOUSE® Lot #83 Heavy Duty Brown Duck Overalls

 

[Travelover]

I tried Levi's a few months ago and got disgusted when I noticed they had saved a penny by reducing the number of belt loops.

Then I found jeans at Costco, their own brand and they work just fine and the price was somewhere around $17. Considering Costco T-shirts have lasted me for probably 6-8 years vs. maybe 3 for other brands I expect long life from the Kirkland brand jeans from Costco.

+1 on Costco jeans. They fit me well, last a long time and the price is right.

 

[MossflowerWoods]

Boys, he has been foolin us!! He is one of them SKINNY ones!! HAHA ~ 200 pounds and a 32" waist.... I haven't see those numbers since junior high!!

David, just a bit of good natured ribbing. I enjoy reading your posts!! Take care of them girls. 18 months ago I walked my daughter down the aisle. Now she is 9 months pregnant, and ANY day she is about to make me a grandpa!! YAY!!

There is a special bond between a father and his daughter. Enjoy your time with your daughters! They grow up WAY to fast!

Dean

Dean,

You are making my eyes water... Must be allergies...

CONGRATULATIONS!!!!

Yes they do grow up too fast.

Right now my 13 year old in in the midst of hormones, and teenaged angst and drama. We fight too often for either of our tastes and she really has no idea how much I love her at the moment. I look forward to the days in the future where we've gotten past the crisis of the moment.

I'm almost 48 with a 2 year old daughter, and honestly I'd take another dozen... But it would kill my wife, and I can't have that. I need her too much.

And thanks for thinking my big fat jelly donut eating carcass is skinny!

I still see myself as the 145 lbs 5' 11 7/8" pencil necked geek who showed up pimply faced for boot camp in October of 1982... I'm a little shorter, rounder, and bearded now but I don't really see it...

Be well & God Bless you & yours (especially the grandbaby in the oven).
David

 

[YesDeere]

David,
Be afraid. Very afraid of that store. I'm usually not allowed unsupervised. I can generally justify any purchase in my own head.

 

[Bigfoot62]

. . . 200 pounds and a 32" waist.... I haven't see those numbers since junior high!!


There is a special bond between a father and his daughter. Enjoy your time with your daughters! They grow up WAY to fast!
Dean

I was thinking the same thing.
For me, a 36" felt so good that I buy the 38".

I second that remark about the daughters. (goes for the sons too) My "little girl" is in college now. Doesn't seem right. Goes way too fast.

 

[toppop52]

Which Jeans do you use?

The ones that come out of the drawer in the dark, doesn't everyone?

David, I'm embarrassed for you! I know you've seen women from behind before, and yet you ask if men's and women's jeans are the same! Even if they wore the same pair, they definitely ain't the same!:laughing:

 

[s219]

It looks like they sell Crack to guys like me

Bass Pro is quite a store -- I am pretty sure my mouth hangs open the whole time I am walking around in there.

If someone took me to a Bass Pro when I was a kid, I think my head would have popped off.

 

[Combustix]

I'm with the costco guys at $12 bucks a pair where I am I have 4 pair now for at least as long. they are a little looser and the fashinista police will put you on who looks bad in jeans list but they are durable, and comfortable. When I know I'll be pulling blackberries, it's carharts and that is my second set of clothes.

 

[milkman636]

Carhartt Dungarees will last.

Here is a link:Carhartt - Product - Cordura® Front Work Dungaree

They are comfortable, tough, and have all the pockets a man could ask for.

Carhartt also make products specifically for women.

 

[JB4310]

I would wear all those carhartt work pants, except the legs are a little baggy. only a few styles of there jeans have the right amount off opening at the bottom for me.

I like everything carhartt, sometimes I look like a walking advertisement for them, with coat, pants, sweatshirt, hat even belt!
Lately I have to catch myself from that full ensemble, I'm afraid they will feature me on one of those make over shows :laughing:

JB

 

[Egon]

Guess we should find out if the jeans must be presentble in public. It will make a difference.:laughing:

 

[two_bit_score]

I've been a lifelong Levi's guy, but they abandoned me when the stopped making jeans that fit (560's) and got all "fashionista".

I've recently started wearing Wrangler's and they seem to hold up well. Sliding down the asphalt at ~20mph I only got 2 holes in a brand new pair a month ago.

But it gets more complex. I have daughters. They REALLY want to work on many of these projects with me (and that is a blessing and I want to work with them also).

But girls jeans are a JOKE! they are sparkly spandex and would not last a single day in the field!

Even I am discovering that my jeans are taking a beating now that I am REALLY working them. they are getting cut, greasy, and often I look like Mike Rowe on Dirty Jobs.

So I have really two questions.

#1 - Who makes REAL WORK jeans that will hold up to this?

and

#2 - Who makes real Jeans for GIRLS! (as an aside, can anyone tell me if boys size 14 is the same as girls size 14?)

The high for this weekend is going to be 45. the ground is wet, wet, wet. My daughters are chomping at the bit to get working on the horse fence. They need appropriate clothing for WORKING.

Thanks in advance,
David

I like Wranglers mostly for everything but I have some carhartts I like too. Both hold up well.

Wrangler makes women's jeans too. They are well made.

 

[Dozernut]

I used to get the Makers Mark jeans from Sam's. About a month ago I went in and purchased a couple pair of jeans. I bought the usual size I wear and took them home and laundered them to soften them up a bit. When I tried them on they were high water pants and the left leg was shorter than the right, this was on both pair.

It seems that Makers Mark is now made in China by Chinese with a short left leg. The new pants were donated to Goodwill. I will go back to wearing Dickies, as at least you get what you pay for.

 

[Chilly807]

I used to get the Makers Mark jeans from Sam's. About a month ago I went in and purchased a couple pair of jeans. I bought the usual size I wear and took them home and laundered them to soften them up a bit. When I tried them on they were high water pants and the left leg was shorter than the right, this was on both pair.

It seems that Makers Mark is now made in China by Chinese with a short left leg. The new pants were donated to Goodwill. I will go back to wearing Dickies, as at least you get what you pay for.

That's the same kind of thing I noticed in Costco a few days ago, their jeans (when they were made in Canada) were pretty good quality. The ones they have now (Chinese) are visibly shoddy. For me, paying $30 at Mark's Work Wearhouse and getting good quality clothes made in Canada beats the $15 price tag at Costco by a country mile. My country mile, in fact.

Sean