Work Boots

[Fried Chicken]

If I told y'all what I wear on my feet while chainsawing, I feel I'd run the risk of exploding the forum.

As it is I destroy shoes on a regular basis, I want to try the "buy once cry once" approach to shoes for irregular hard use.

I've seen the Thorogood American Heritage 6 recommended. I've also heard rumors that the shoe industry does this weird thing where they cycle the high quality shoes around: there are fixed manufacturers and the various shoe companies build a reputation with quality, then ride that reputation with low quality, rinse and repeat. Idk if any of that is true, I'm not into shoes.

Kindly looking for recommendations

 

[dandan111]

I don’t like heavy shoes. Water resistant hiking shoes is what I prefer.
Merrel is nice but not cheap. I have a cheap pair of hi techs I bought from
Amazon right now. They have a hole in the side so I’ll be shopping soon.
You can buy made in usa boots. They’ll be leather, heavy and expensive.
I had a pair of ugly double h boots for longer than I wanted at one point.
They just kept going..

 

[Fried Chicken]

I don’t like heavy shoes. Water resistant hiking shoes is what I prefer.
Merrel is nice but not cheap. I have a cheap pair of hi techs I bought from
Amazon right now. They have a hole in the side so I’ll be shopping soon.
You can buy made in usa boots. They’ll be leather, heavy and expensive.
I had a pair of ugly double h boots for longer than I wanted at one point.
They just kept going..

Good point on lightweight; That's what I prefer. Helps with awareness which prevents accidents in the first place.

See the cheap pair already broken.... I'll check out Merrel