Quote:
|
Originally Posted by Mel
Java, great review and pics! I wish I coulda stayed out in Vegas a couple more days and went hiking with you. I gotta get me a pair of those Bates and see how they work for me  .
Bill, sounds like you did it all in the logging business! Last pair of boots I used while setting chokers, were some caulked Danners from Hoffman Boots in Idaho. I started working with them right out of the box, with no break in, and never had a problem with hot spots or blisters. Great pair of boots, and Hoffman Boots has outstanding customer service.
Mel |
Fellow Logger, SIR Mel, No I did not do it all logging. No one wanted me to run shovel (log loader). I'd pick up a big log, start it moving sideways fast and fail to find the swing brakes, hit the 110 foot tower on the yarder and rung it like a bell that could be heard for 10 miles. This caused much bad langauge and no small amount of ill will, especially if someone had to dive off the edge of the landing to keep from getting kilt. I also scattered the whole rigging crew on a couple occasions so they asked me to go do something else.
Danners are the best shoes made for the woods, I couldn't afford them while logging (or so I'd thought) so I bought West Coast boots. You have to be extra tough to have worn those.