HolmenTree
ArboristSite Guru
Like olddirty says, wear your steel toes [not plastic or carbon either]. If you're running saws, the 1st thing you'll cut is your left knee or your left foot. Husqvarna once sold an arborist boot thru Sherrills about 7yrs ago. Arbor Master Training is sponsored by Husqvarna and all their instructors wore these fancy boots. Only trouble was these boots had plastic toe protection not steel. In 2001 I took a chainsaw course through Arbor Master and both instructors had the plastic toe boots .Here they were running saws without the proper footwear. I brought it up to them in front of the class.You could hear a pin drop, pretty embarrasing for them. The next year Sherrill no longer sold the boots.
I wear iron worker boots. 8" tops for good support, soft white flat soles with good traction ,great for rope footlocking and a steel toe and [ steel arch great for spikes.]These boots are very light and the soft gummy sole designed for walking on narrow steel girders is equally as good walking on round limbs. Lacing goes down to the toe for extra foot support and extra traction for the rope in footlocking. I can't think of a more skilled dangerous job then a ironworker walking on a 6 inch wide steel beam 400 feet off the ground day in, day out. I feel comfortable in their boots. Trust me they are the only boots to wear.
I wear iron worker boots. 8" tops for good support, soft white flat soles with good traction ,great for rope footlocking and a steel toe and [ steel arch great for spikes.]These boots are very light and the soft gummy sole designed for walking on narrow steel girders is equally as good walking on round limbs. Lacing goes down to the toe for extra foot support and extra traction for the rope in footlocking. I can't think of a more skilled dangerous job then a ironworker walking on a 6 inch wide steel beam 400 feet off the ground day in, day out. I feel comfortable in their boots. Trust me they are the only boots to wear.
