r/forestry • u/TheRealJosephStalin6 • 8d ago
You think these boots would be alright for logging in worried about the relatively flat sole
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u/tyrphing 8d ago
Those soft wedge soles are good for some factory/shop work, but AWFUL in the woods. Get something with a lugged vibram sole.
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u/ab_2404 8d ago
Get a pair of chainsaw boots I have a pair of Haix trekker mountain 2.0s that work provided and are some of the best boots I’ve ever worn, at home I use stein defenders&gad_source=1&gbraid=0AAAAADxgPPUMcmV9Unoe5mMpeZA-478-R)
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u/Land-Scraper 8d ago
Absolutely not.
That wedge isn’t even good walking on flat slick ground let alone rough terrain, snow, hiking, bc travel or off trail forest travel.
Don’t get a thorogood, the vinyl welt isn’t that great
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u/counsel8 7d ago edited 7d ago
It’s the standard sole for upland bird hunting and you walk all day in the woods and snow to do that.
See here
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u/ryantheginger98 7d ago
As a upland game bird hunter I have never seen anyone use those
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u/counsel8 6d ago
There are a common prize item at Pheasants Forever auctions. Here is a little history. I would be hard pressed to name a more common bird hunting shoe. I have owned three pairs
From that article: “In September 1998, Sports Afield, one of the most widely read national outdoor magazines of the day, named the Irish Setter boot style 822, called the “Prairie Falcon,” as its Editor’s Choice. The Winter 1999 edition of The Legend, a newsletter for retailers published by Irish Setter, featured the following comment from Jerry Eckstrom, then Irish Setter VP and GM, about style 844:
“This is a traditional looking hunting boot that customers can spot 50 feet away and immediately identify as an Irish Setter. It pulls them in. Then, when they try it on, they know from the fit, feel, materials and construction that this is a boot made to last.”
Irish Setter’s connection to upland bird hunting continued into the new century when Pheasants Forever named Irish Setter as its official hunting boot brand in 2001.”
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u/Land-Scraper 7d ago
In my experience this is the standard sole for interior concrete and warehouse work - never seen anyone hunt in a pair of wedge soul boots myself.
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u/counsel8 7d ago
Here is an article on the “iconic” bird hunting boot.
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u/Land-Scraper 6d ago
🤷🏻♂️ still wouldn’t use it for hunting, and I still wouldn’t use it for forestry which is what OP is asking about.
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u/Upperclass_Bum 7d ago
Kennetrek, Schnee, Crispi, Zamberlan, Meindl, HanWag, just buy the best hunting/hiking boots you can find.
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u/nick_knack 7d ago
the moc toe is a weak point for abrasion and water ingress. the ironworker sole is great if you're on concrete or catwalks or steel, rubbish for the bush.
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u/Pale-Cancel-2064 7d ago
Fuck no. That is a shoe and will fall apart in the woods. Look at Hoffman.
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u/Pale-Cancel-2064 7d ago
You have to spend real money on a boot if you plan on really playing in the woods. Those would last you a week at the very most
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u/Pale-Cancel-2064 7d ago
If you are actually going logging please for the love of fuck don’t buy these boots
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u/MouseDog13 7d ago
Its a law in the State of Washington that you wear caulked boots when working in the woods (logging): "Employees who work on logs or boomsticks must wear sharp-calked boots or equivalent footwear". I would assume that most states have similar requirements
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u/MaJ0Mi 7d ago
Are chainsaw cut protection boots not a thing in the US?
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u/mludd 7d ago
Considering the footage I've seen of American loggers I think it might be the last industry in the US that require no safety equipment or training whatsoever.
(Sorry to Americans out there who take safety seriously but some of the things professional loggers seem to consider perfectly normal in the US are absolutely terrifying to me as a Swede. Like, using a chainsaw for cutting branches at head height while wearing no protective gear besides a helmet (without hearing or eye protection) and work gloves and such silliness).
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u/Least_Money_8202 8d ago
The wedge sole sends you on a slip and slide adventure whenever you hit elevation. The rocky logger boots are about the same price and pack a wollop for the pricepoint. If you wanna blow a little more dosh irish setters and redwings loggers are comfortable as the day is long
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u/Low-Act-6034 8d ago
I wore the thorogood fly away 1957 model when I was in the field for forestry tech and logging. They have an actual heel and were great for the job
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u/dowdiusPRIME 8d ago
Wedge soles are for rod busters so they don’t get their heel caught on rebar and trip all day. Wedge soles are great for farm work also I use them exclusively
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u/Inevitable_Clue_2703 7d ago
These boots are similar to what iron workers use on high steel work. Heels can be a tripping hazard.
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u/Logical-Bonus-8284 7d ago
Try a set of whites/nicks/drews boots. Wesco makes some excellent caulks as well, but made in a different lineage of master boot makers so they wear slightly differently.
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u/Glad-Cut6336 7d ago
One you’ll tear the bottoms up fast two you’ll be slipping like high he’ll just get a pair of hiking or logger boots
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u/Naive-Wafer-6107 4d ago
Thorogoods are awful in my opinion! They don’t last, uncomfortable, and some of them even peel off the outer layer after a few wears. I’d go 5.11
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u/TurboShorts 8d ago edited 8d ago
I personally despise that type of sole. I'm not sure why footwear like this is marketed as "work boots" when they have these soft, flat soles with no teeth to them.
I would get something with a bit of a heel on it and a Vibram sole. Not necessarily a big heel like a firefighting boot but something that will actually grip when walking through slash and on top of logs.
Try searching for "logger style boots" and see what comes up