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| Does anyone know of a boot maker that makes premium pull on work boots? I am looking for the Danner equivalent of pull-on work boots. Justin, Ariat, Chippewa, Red Wing, Irish Setter, etc. Anything sold at a farm supply store or western store will not be considered.
Don't want to sound uppity about my boots, but they are my feet and, so far, the only work boots that I have ever found to be worth a damn are no longer made.
Edited by Land_Surfer 11/12/2013 18:58
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Huntley Montana | I like RED WINGS, buy 2 pair at a time, alternate most days unless I'm away from home. Get about 3 yrs out of 2 pair. |
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central illinois | Red Wing my foot's best friend. |
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Southeast Wyoming | frmbig1 - 11/12/2013 18:07 Uuu. Nnjuuuiippoiiyrqqqqzzcb u. U u. Uh yurt. Yum. My. M h u. U. By uuu u. U u. U uuu. Y c you.
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Sparta, WI | frmbig1 - 11/12/2013 19:07 Uuu. Nnjuuuiippoiiyrqqqqzzcb u. U u. Uh yurt. Yum. My. M h u. U. By uuu u. U u. U uuu. Y c you.
Me too! |
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West/NW Minnesota | I agree. Red wings are the way to go. Takes a bit to break them in. Side note, band-aide makes a product called friction block. Like a tiny deodorant stick. Put on the back of your heels and no blisters. Great product, as are my red wings. |
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Schlegel Farms, Hagerstown Indiana | Don't know if they are premium or not, but Dan Post has been good (last pair I bought)
Wore Carhartt boots before that. |
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sw mb. | Blundstone |
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| Red wing...dad and I both generally get 2 years or so out of a pair. Ariats don't hold up well for me |
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East Prairie, MO | I have never made it past the break in period on Red Wings, or Ariats either for that matter, therefore I hate them both. However, Rocky Aztec's are practically broken in out of the box and I can get a little over a year out of them with each and every day spent in comfort. I'm willing to buy a pair of boots every year so I will enjoy the farm supply store brand while you are all wrapping your feet in bandages LOL! |
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south central WI | frmbig1 - 11/12/2013 18:07 Uuu. Nnjuuuiippoiiyrqqqqzzcb u. U u. Uh yurt. Yum. My. M h u. U. By uuu u. U u. U uuu. Y c you.
My exact thoughts, just afraid to type it out and put it out there. Very brave of you to put it all on the line. |
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S. GA | frmbig1 - 11/12/2013 19:07
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| I should have mentioned...no glue on soles!!! Only sewn on welted soles! I want a pull-on work boot built as tough as this: 
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Southeast Wyoming | Land_Surfer - 11/12/2013 20:13 I should have mentioned...no glue on soles!!! Only sewn on welted soles! I want a pull-on work boot built as tough as this:
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SW Ontario | +1 |
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IA | +1 I will never own another pair of pull on redwings again. Rocky's get my vote. Way comfortable right out of the box and I think they hold up better. The redwings stitching is gone on the side of the boots and the sole is seperating from the boot. Inside of the boot feel apart faster then the outside. Plus side I could finally take the tape out of 200dollar boots so I didn't get blisters on my feet. |
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Sandy Hook, MB | Hello Land Surfer
You won't find a better boot than Canada West Boots. I've been wearing their pull on western safety work boots for over 30 years now. I think that I'm on my sixth or seventh pair now. Wear them every day (in the shop in the winter) & get 4 or 5 years out of them (with recapping the heels, they wear out because of the way that I walk. I need a western style heel & can't wear boots with a flat heel). |
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West Union, Illinois | If you really want premium visit the Fire Store and look at boots |
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North End I-15 | guess you need a pair of Whites
Edit : opps not pull ons .
I have wore Tony Lama 's for years , They make a good work boot .
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Dearfield Co. | all this stuff you guys mention qualify for the hand me down category if you ask me.When I buy footwear its either a cheap athletic shoe or boots that fit the task.For work boots I usually get a variation of Loveless boots elephant pack boot.Loveless boots out of OKC has a website and they build the boot for you not some chinaman .If I want a boot that is a pull on thats a little fancier its Ponder Boot out of Tx.My father wore ML Leddy boots most of his life and the fit as well as how a hand crafted to your foot boot that can be re-crafted numerous times makes these other things look stupid |
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| Thanks for all the input. So far, all of your recommendations feature glue on soles and/or western style soles for their pull-on / Wellington style boots.
Edited by Land_Surfer 11/12/2013 22:36
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Moingona Iowa | Look at Blackjack boots . Made how you want them.
Have a pair of elephant and been resoled and new heels, like new.
Timsboots
Osuna boots also made to order. Very good
Edited by rustywire 11/12/2013 23:48
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Marysville/Sunbury, Ohio | Have been wearing Thorogood wellingtons for most of the last year. No complaints so far; Goodyear welt construction, and they are American made.
http://www.weinbrennerusa.com/dspNavCategory.cfm?rootID=1&catID=138...
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Glasgow, Ky | Got my first and last pair of lace up Red Wings last year. Never could get them broke in to the point they were comfortable. Big disappointment. |
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| I fractured the support under my foot back in '79 and had to have custom made pods to wear. Dr said I would have to wear them the rest of my life. I have since started wearing Eccho shoes & boots , They are the only shoe / boot I have found that I don't have to wear the pods. They are hand made in Portugal. Unfortunately they don't make a slip on boot so I wear their hiking boot. I have tried Red Wings in the past, even before my injury, and I never did care for them. |
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Baldwin City, KS | Get along extremely well with Carolina boots. I wear lacers, but I would think they make pull on . Plus I generally find them for under $100. Can't beat that IMO. |
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NW Oklahoma | <p>If you want a boot that will feel like a glove on your foot, go with Lucchese. Yes new ones will cost at least $400, but I just bought a pair of worn once off of e-bay for $150. They have rubber sole available on limited styles. Go to a western wear store and try new lucchese's on to find your size. Then get on ebay and save some money. Don't buy the ones that have a style number beginning with M. Those are made in mexico and will not run true to size.</p>
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Sandy Hook, MB | Land_Surfer - 11/12/2013 22:34 Thanks for all the input. So far, all of your recommendations feature glue on soles and/or western style soles for their pull-on / Wellington style boots.
Hello Land Surfer
Doesn't look like a glue on and/or western style sole to me??? |
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Lee Co | I found one I really like called twisted x steel toe model msc0001 real comfy
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West of Broken Bow | I don't remember the brands that they carry, but check out baileysonline.com
They sell forestry supplies and gear. Some of the logging boots might fit your wants and needs. Just type in "boots" into the search box.
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SE Arkansas | ariat sierra. they make them in waterproof, steel toe, non steel whatever you want. I could run a marathon in mine, and they were $120. been wearing them for two years now |
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SW, Missouri | Justin's for me. |
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ford county,illinois | There is a shoe cobbler that has a store in Ottawa, Illinois called Tino's. I know he repairs all types of shoes and I think he can also build shoes. |
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Ridgway, IL | I believe you will have trouble finding a danner lace up quality level in a pull on boot. I believe they are built for active work, that doesn't lend itself to pull-on boots.... because of the lack of support. I think they figure if you don't need the strength of a lace up, you probably don't need the overboard quality either? There are a fair amount of coal miners, rock quarries, and a few loggers/sawmillers around here. Guys wear danners, matterhorns, and I see some wearing whites. You don't see these guys wearing pull on boots unless its a more casual situation. Most of these guys are wearing metatarsals now.
I wear non insulated, lace up, danner bull runs. I feed cattle, and farm. They have a crepe vibram sole, so wont track stuff everywhere. I feel the same way as you, would pay whatever for the right boots. The quality difference between a danner, and the run of the mill red-wing is not comparable, and the danners really aren't all that much more. We have a workwear store in the area, that serves a huge amount of miners. If I buy these danners, they are 175$, the common red-wings are 140 or so. I do not wear steel toes, but the coal miners have to, along with the met-tarcel. It does take a month to break them in though. The cheaper boots wont hold up to being wet/washed all the time like the better boots will. I did have a pair of red-wing heritage series work boots a few years ago, they were good quality, but not as good as the danners, and were about 2wice the price, above 300. I think they try to market those heritage boots as more of a style deal... but they're better craftsmanship than the ones that they usually have on the redwing displays.
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Sandy Hook, MB | Hello LKM
I used to wear lace up work boots. On the rare occasion, maybe once every 2 or 3 years, I would step down off of a piece of machinery or something onto some uneven ground & sprain my ankle. Since I switched to a pull on work boot, over 30 years now, I have yet to sprain my ankle!!! That tells me that my ankles are stronger from wearing a pull on work boot with no support!!! |
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Gobbler's Knob | If what you say is true, then the military would be wearing pull-ons instead of lace-ups. |
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Pedee, Oregon | Danner boots ain't what they used to be. Still the best boot at their price point, IMO. White's Hathorn line has a romeo http://www.whitesboots.com/index.php?dispatch=categories.view&categ... |
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Sandy Hook, MB | Muddy - 11/13/2013 22:05 If what you say is true, then the military would be wearing pull-ons instead of lace-ups.
Hello Muddy
So,.... the military is always right? |
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