Now I get a pair of nice Danner 16" boots. How can I wear them?

[Erwin]

After 8 years of climbing with regular 6" safety boots, I finally decided to cough up the $400 for a pair of 16" Danner lineman boots. They look very nice, and probably very comfitable too. However, I could not figure out how to wear the long boots (never did this before). Here are a few questions, please help. Thanks
1. When you wear tall boots like that, what pants do you wear? I always wear work jeans to climb with 6" boots. However, the legs of my jeans will not fit over the tall boots. I'm wearing a pair of khaki pants over the boots to the office to day to break in. I do not think that khaki pants are suitable for climbing trees. What do you wear?

2. What sucks do you wear with the tall boots. Do they have to be longer than my boots? Also, the only long socks I see in Cabela's are the heavy wool socks. are they good for all seasons?

 

[deevo]

After 8 years of climbing with regular 6" safety boots, I finally decided to cough up the $400 for a pair of 16" Danner lineman boots. They look very nice, and probably very comfitable too. However, I could not figure out how to wear the long boots (never did this before). Here are a few questions, please help. Thanks
1. When you wear tall boots like that, what pants do you wear? I always wear work jeans to climb with 6" boots. However, the legs of my jeans will not fit over the tall boots. I'm wearing a pair of khaki pants over the boots to the office to day to break in. I do not think that khaki pants are suitable for climbing trees. What do you wear?

2. What sucks do you wear with the tall boots. Do they have to be longer than my boots? Also, the only long socks I see in Cabela's are the heavy wool socks. are they good for all seasons?

I bought a new pair of Danners this year as well, yeah pants out for sure! Buy socks with the moisture wick in them so your feet don't get as sweaty! I love mine for climbing on rope and with my hooks! The vibram sole grips really well to all types of bark I find (just an fyi):agree2:

 

[BlueRidgeMark]

You probably need boot cut jeans.


I never wear sucks with boots. I prefer socks, myself. :greenchainsaw:


If you wear short socks, you risk getting blisters on your calf. I'm not a tree climber, BTW, but I do like tall boots, and I always get socks taller than the boots.

As for wearing wool.... I never wear anything else, summer or winter. I will NOT wear synthetics. I have never gotten a blister wearing wool. I have gotten some nasties wearing synthetics.


Heavy wool socks are kind to your feet. And yes, it does get hot and humid where I live, and I still prefer wool socks.

 

[tree MDS]

There is a guy around here that wears those high boots with the long socks and the pants tucked in. Looks pretty gay, but he's probably never had lyme disease either. It is funny though..

 

[Erwin]

You probably need boot cut jeans.


I never wear sucks with boots. I prefer socks, myself. :greenchainsaw:


If you wear short socks, you risk getting blisters on your calf. I'm not a tree climber, BTW, but I do like tall boots, and I always get socks taller than the boots.

As for wearing wool.... I never wear anything else, summer or winter. I will NOT wear synthetics. I have never gotten a blister wearing wool. I have gotten some nasties wearing synthetics.


Heavy wool socks are kind to your feet. And yes, it does get hot and humid where I live, and I still prefer wool socks.

Yes, Mark. I do socks over sucks too. TRhanks for the kind advices. When you say boot cut jeans. what do they look like and where do you get them. Thenks again. Erwin

 

[BlueRidgeMark]

Carhartt & others make boot cut jeans. They're just a little bigger in the lower legs to allow room for boots. Check wherever you buy work or western clothes. They're pretty common, really.

http://www.dogpile.com/dogpilesugge...e/iq=true/zoom=off/_iceUrlFlag=7?_IceUrl=true

 

[treemandan]

There is a guy around here that wears those high boots with the long socks and the pants tucked in. Looks pretty gay, but he's probably never had lyme disease either. It is funny though..

Man, Plas was over there for about a half an hour stuffing his pants down his boots like that.I didn't notice what he had done til he started to walk up to the tree, I said, " No! We don't dress like that around here." He sulked back to the truck and spent another half hour un-stuffing his pant legs.

 

[tree MDS]

Man, Plas was over there for about a half an hour stuffing his pants down his boots like that.I didn't notice what he had done til he started to walk up to the tree, I said, " No! We don't dress like that around here." He sulked back to the truck and spent another half hour un-stuffing his pant legs.

Thats funny stuff.. young plas.

This guy is actually a hell of a treeman, and probably makes like 50 times more money than me.. so I cant dis him too much. Besides, who wants to get their ass kicked by someone wearing those things.. kinda like gettin your ass beat by a dude wearing flip flops. Not so good.

 

[beowulf343]

After 8 years of climbing with regular 6" safety boots, I finally decided to cough up the $400 for a pair of 16" Danner lineman boots. They look very nice, and probably very comfitable too. However, I could not figure out how to wear the long boots (never did this before). Here are a few questions, please help. Thanks
1. When you wear tall boots like that, what pants do you wear? I always wear work jeans to climb with 6" boots. However, the legs of my jeans will not fit over the tall boots. I'm wearing a pair of khaki pants over the boots to the office to day to break in. I do not think that khaki pants are suitable for climbing trees. What do you wear?

2. What sucks do you wear with the tall boots. Do they have to be longer than my boots? Also, the only long socks I see in Cabela's are the heavy wool socks. are they good for all seasons?

These are the pants i wear over mine:
http://www.cabelas.com/catalog/search_catalog_command.cmd?fromProductSearch=true&item1=IK-980602

Cabela's doesn't have the best selection of socks. Try the working person's store or wigwam socks. I bought a wigwam double knit hat a couple years ago and liked it so going to try their socks this winter.

There is a guy around here that wears those high boots with the long socks and the pants tucked in. Looks pretty gay, but he's probably never had lyme disease either. It is funny though..

Man, Plas was over there for about a half an hour stuffing his pants down his boots like that.I didn't notice what he had done til he started to walk up to the tree, I said, " No! We don't dress like that around here." He sulked back to the truck and spent another half hour un-stuffing his pant legs.

This site is pathetic. You guys are concerned about looking cool as tree climbers and that isn't gay in and of itself?? Wtf is wrong with you guys? I usually wear my jeans over the boots, but in deep snow they get tucked in so my wet pant legs don't freeze solid in the tree. It's about comfort, not looking cool. Treemandan, if you pulled that #### with me, i'd tell you to pound salt. I'm honestly shocked. When did treemen become so concerned about looking cool?

 

[jefflovstrom]

Carhartt & others make boot cut jeans. They're just a little bigger in the lower legs to allow room for boots. Check wherever you buy work or western clothes. They're pretty common, really.

http://www.dogpile.com/dogpilesugge...e/iq=true/zoom=off/_iceUrlFlag=7?_IceUrl=true

Yup, Levi's, wrangle, ####ies, etc, all have boot cut.
Jeff

 

[tree MDS]

These are the pants i wear over mine:
http://www.cabelas.com/catalog/search_catalog_command.cmd?fromProductSearch=true&item1=IK-980602

Cabela's doesn't have the best selection of socks. Try the working person's store or wigwam socks. I bought a wigwam double knit hat a couple years ago and liked it so going to try their socks this winter.






This site is pathetic. You guys are concerned about looking cool as tree climbers and that isn't gay in and of itself?? Wtf is wrong with you guys? I usually wear my jeans over the boots, but in deep snow they get tucked in so my wet pant legs don't freeze solid in the tree. It's about comfort, not looking cool. Treemandan, if you pulled that #### with me, i'd tell you to pound salt. I'm honestly shocked. When did treemen become so concerned about looking cool?

I think I first became concerned when I decided getting laid might be not such a bad thing..

 

[tomtrees58]

There is a guy around here that wears those high boots with the long socks and the pants tucked in. Looks pretty gay, but he's probably never had lyme disease either. It is funny though..

but you get saw chips in your socks that way:jawdrop:

yup me around 1980

 

[jefflovstrom]

but you get saw chips in your socks that way:jawdrop:

yup me around 1980

Gotta love those good old clips with no safety stuff. If you get replies about PPE, those will be be from the newbies that don't understand that we paved the road. Ah, the good ole days!
Jeff

 

[tomtrees58]

Gotta love those good old clips with no safety stuff. If you get replies about PPE, those will be be from the newbies that don't understand that we paved the road. Ah, the good ole days!
Jeff

yup i here you

me last year tom

 

[Blakesmaster]

I think I first became concerned when I decided getting laid might be not such a bad thing..

Look at that pic of tomtrees back before I was born, bud. That mother####er had to be hittin' some primo poon. lol

 

[jefflovstrom]

yup i here you

me last year tom

Haha!, Got me,
Jeff

 

[tomtrees58]

Look at that pic of tomtrees back before I was born, bud. That mother####er had to be hitting' some primo poon. lol

thanks i have had my tree service since 1973

 

[jefflovstrom]

thanks i have had my tree service since 1973

I hear ya! We were climbing when Jimmy Carter was president and we had to wait in line to get Gas, that is if your license plate had an even or odd number! Dang good ole days!
Jeff

 

[lego1970]

I wear wool socks all year and have been doing so for 20 years. They actually work good because they last a long time, keep the sweat wicked away, and also keep away foot odor. Try to find thinner pairs for summer. If you develope blisters, take a ankle sock and flip it inside out and wear it over your wool socks. Keep in mind that will stretch out the leather a little.

For pants I wear "Propper" military tan or od green pants. They are about $30 a pair. They are light, roomy, fit over tall boots, fairly rip resistance, cool in the summer, yet roomy enough to put long johns on in the winter.

 

[tomtrees58]

I hear ya! We were climbing when Jimmy Carter was president and we had to wait in line to get Gas, that is if your license plate had an even or odd number! Dang good ole days!
Jeff

yea i here you 5$ worth of gas a day nuts:hmm3grin2orange: