White's boots for spur climbing?

[802climber]

I am looking at getting a pair of White's Smokejumpers. Curious how well the shank in these boots holds up for spur climbing all day. Currently have Chippewa Super Loggers and my arches hurt. Not ready for a climbing/lineman boot, need general purpose logger boot.

My job is a lot of brush cutting in rough mountain terrain, a lot of other ground work, decent amount of spur climbing.

My Chippewa's are literally getting ripped up by briars, rocks, etc. Stitching starting to come out of them too. Not to mention my feet hurt and I am ready to take the step up to more expensive custom boots.

Looking at a pair of 10" smoke jumpers, w/ steel toe. Hopefully White's will hold up to serious abuse, and also have a serious enough shank for use with spurs?

 

[Mass tree guy]

chippewa
redwing
caterpiller (cheaper)
Rocky

 

[newsawtooth]

They work fine. I use them sometimes. Keep in mind they have a leather shank so they are not as rigid as some boots with steel or plastic shanks. They will last quite awhile and are rebuild-able. Lately I have been using La Sportivas for spiking. They are considerable cheaper and more comfortable.

 

[Slvrmple72]

Which La Sportiva's Newsawtooth?

 

[newsawtooth]

Slvrmple72, I like the Glaciers. Only drawback is they can get a little hot because the leather and padding is thick. They work well in the tree without spurs for preservation work too.

http://www.whitesboots.com/index.php?dispatch=products.view&product_id=30469

 

[802climber]

thanks for the replies.

i am going for the lineman shank.

have not been impressed by steel or plastic shank boots i have owned and i only weigh 155#.