Gloves

[PTS]

I am getting frustrated with gloves failing to last. I love my Iron Clad Heavy Duty Utility. They fit very comfortable, and don't stretch out even when wet. I hate the fact that they wear out so fast. I like a glove that fits like a batting glove from baseball because of the lack of bulk and the ability to do anything with them on. I have yet to find a pair that will hold up more than a couple weeks doing tree work. Iron Clads are like $25 a pop and that gets expensive.

 

[begleytree]

You wear gloves in a tree? really? chipping brush or moving pine I can see.
Whats wrong with earning a few callouses?
In these parts, thats a sure sign of a girly-man!
-Ralph

 

[PTS]

I should clarify. I don't wear them when climbing but do when dragging brush, roping, which is really hard on them and when doing firewood. I can't stand gloves when I am climbing. Not enough control.

 

[PTS]

My wife is reading over my shoulder, and she says she likes my hands feeling like a "girly-man"

 

[begleytree]

LOL nothing wrong with the soft hands on the soft bod!
I was jerkin your chain, hadn't see ya around here for a while.
FWIW, for climbing, try some fingerless weight lifting gloves. You get abrasion resistance, yet retain fine finger dexterity while tying lines.
-Ralph

 

[Tom Dunlap]

For winter gloves I used to take some fleece gloves and cut the finger tip of the pointer finger and thumb. That would give me use of my finger tips. As the weather got colder I added thin glove liners.

Then I learned an even better solution. Cut a vertical slit in the tip of the fingers. Then, when you nd to use your finger tip youo slip them out like a turtle's neck. This keeps your fingers warm or protected.

Find a glove wholesaler and buy a couple dozen glves at a pop to get a price break.

 

[Tree Machine]

That's a good tip, Tom.

PTS....$25 a pair for gloves......Yeek! If you could find exceptional all-around gloves (and this is of course, hypothetical ) for a dollar a pair, would you buy 24 pair, even if they lasted only a week per pair?

 

[Tom Dunlap]

When I bought a gross, 144 pairs, of blue Wonder Gloves in mixed sizes I paid $0.85 pre pair including shipping, right to my doorstep.

Do the math:

$0.85/$25 = cheap!

 

[begleytree]

That's a good tip, Tom.

PTS....$25 a pair for gloves......Yeek! If you could find exceptional all-around gloves (and this is of course, hypothetical ) for a dollar a pair, would you buy 24 pair, even if they lasted only a week per pair?

Yeah, but he's saying he's paying $12.50 a week/pair
Thats crazy.
-Ralph

 

[Tree Machine]

What, huh??? You mean exceptional all-around gloves really ARE available for under a dollar a pair??? Man, where did I miss the boat?

Crazy? That's not even double crazy. That's, like, 12-fold crazy.

Maybe you should think of buying two dozen pair of ugly gloves, and think of it as $24 a pair, but if you buy one, you get 23 free. Then ask yourself if you $24 Ugly gloves perform as well as your Iron Clads.

 

[begleytree]

lol, you were really starting to sound like a glove salesman there, TM

 

[Tree Machine]

Big fan, if anything.

 

[Tree Machine]

Especially if you like putting your hands on a soft woman when you get home.

 

[pbtree]

I at times use the inexpensive cotton gloves when climbing, depends on the tree and honestly just my mood at the time - I do it more often in cooler weather to help keep my hands warm.

On the ground and on the ropes, I wear heavy duty leather gloves...

 

[rbtree]

Iron Clads are like $25 a pop and that gets expensive.

Gracias. If you like a tight fitting glove, why not use the stretchy dipped gloves? Prices range from 70 cents a pair to about $4..

I have used the "Wonder" or Ugly" gloves, at under $1 a pr, they work fine. Before getting my first order from www.galeton.com yesterday, I usually used the Blue Atlas gloves, or the Gray winter ones. Galeton has their own brands, a bit cheaper. They seem ok, will try them out today.....The also carry Atlas, at very good prices.

 

[jamie]

i wear gloves in the winter, scotland (i'd say the uk) is cold and wet, if it was just cold it would be ok......but its the wet that gets you. i like having a fingerless index and thumb....i had some gill sailing gloves. they had some nubuck leather on the fingers and wore out quite quickly. i was good and only used them to climb, putting on some cheap riggers for any ground work.

jamie

 

[xtremetrees]

Baseball gloves for climbing pines are the best. If your going thru them so fast perhaps you could be more effecient in how you grab the limbs to drag the brush. Are you pushing all your trees with the verticle snap cut? Most older climbers use a notch to make wood go and keep their gloves off the wood. We've gotten lazy and let the notch move the wood instead of pushing like we should. A leaning tree will shread my hand to pieces.

 

[bigskygriz]

Wells lamont makes a glove called "the mechanic" that are comparable to iron clad style and equal to the iron clads in durability but only cost ten dollars

 

[Jumper]

Baseball, golf or football gloves are often reduced to next to nothing at the end of the seasons.....I use the latter under my goalie gloves and they are less than $10 when reduced...mind you I have smaller hands and my size is always available. I do have a pair of mechanic's gloves and they seem fairly sturdy as well. For ground work I prefer something with a longer cuff except when chipping as I have a scar on my left arm that gets "angry" real quick when rubbed by brush. In any event lighter weight gloves would get pretty chewed up quickly tuggin brush.