Your thots on steel-toe boots
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I am sure some safety **** wrote that after the fact... composite toes came into being for companies like Fedex...who have thousands of employees that have to go though a metal detector
Last edited by Tom84FXST; 03-19-2019 at 08:19 AM.
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I have worn Redwing steel toed boots for decades. In 2017 I was rear ended while riding the Dragon by another Harley. I came off the bike and rolled what seemed to be a long distance. Bottom line I walked away without any injury to my feet. I think good riding boots regardless of steel toes or not will work well.
Bill
Bill
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My riding boot of choice is a slip on industrial work boot. I am presently wearing Carhartt's with chemical resistant soles, no slip soles, lined, waterproof, and they have plastic toe reinforcements. I have for the last 20-25 years worn similar from Wolverine with steel toes. I have to wear reinforced toe shoes and boots at work so they became my riding footwear as well.
Beware of salesmen cautioning you about the other guys products in a way to push their own.
If I am in an accident that is of the magnitude that my toes will be sheared off I think my toes may actually be the last thing I will probably be worried about!
The benefit to riding with industrial boots? They last years and cost less than $150. I can walk all day in them, stroll through puddles and mud bogs, and my foot does not slip when I put my foot down on a hot blacktop road. They are just not real fashion conscious I suppose...they are not black, do not have chains or skulls on them, and I can get a new pair in a heartbeat!
Beware of salesmen cautioning you about the other guys products in a way to push their own.
If I am in an accident that is of the magnitude that my toes will be sheared off I think my toes may actually be the last thing I will probably be worried about!
The benefit to riding with industrial boots? They last years and cost less than $150. I can walk all day in them, stroll through puddles and mud bogs, and my foot does not slip when I put my foot down on a hot blacktop road. They are just not real fashion conscious I suppose...they are not black, do not have chains or skulls on them, and I can get a new pair in a heartbeat!
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Trying to remember, but I know we stopped at an Ice house or some little spot for lunch and there was a sign "No Steel toe boots allowed". Well I didn't take mine off and wasn't checked. These days the Glock should be more of a concern than the boots.
Anyway, my employer buys our boots and require Steel or Composite toe. I'm pretty easy on boots so about every 3rd or 4th pair is black and for riding.
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Bingo! `Same here for me. I wore them my whole working career before I retired. Also wore them when riding the bike, but the steel toes did get pretty cold at times.
`Reminds me of the time another worker friend of mine looked down at the worn toe of my Redwing work boot, and noticed that the steel was showing. He said, "Why is the leather worn off the toe?" I replied, "That`s from kicking so much ***". We both laughed.
Pretty hard to beat Redwing boots. I wore them for 50 years before I retired.
Pretty hard to beat Redwing boots. I wore them for 50 years before I retired.
Last edited by mud; 03-20-2019 at 08:13 PM.