Catapiller steel toe work books

About 20 years ago I worked for Caterpillar for a few years, in an engineering office at a manufacturing site the. Had to have steel toed boys to go out onto the assembly shop floor, so bought a pair of Caterpillar steel toed boots at an employee discount of about 50% (by the time you added in the company allowance for a cheaper pair of boots).

I wore those boots every day for the next seven years or so, and right up until the day I wore the soles through they were, and still are, the most comfortable boots I've ever owned!

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*steel toed BOOTS*

Not boys....

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Like others on here, I need composites to get through the metal detectors. I had a pair of red wings once, the most expensive boots I have ever bought and they were horrible. They never did brake in. They were uncomfortable until the day the soles wore through.
 
don't get me wrong, At the long beach naval shipyard where I served a 4 year apprenticeship we were required to wear steel toed shoes they had a shoe store right on the base and you could pay for the shoes right out of your paycheck does anyone remember thom maccanns shoes don't know about he spelling, but that is the kind they sold. then I went to Southern Calif. Edison and they didn't care if you wore steel toes or not. then to Pacific Gas and Electric where you had to pass through a metal detector every day no steel toed shoes unless you wanted to walk through security in your stocking feet and dust their floor for them but then they banned tennis shoes unless they were steel toed or composite toed carbon graphite toed shoes so in order to wear tennis shoes I switched to composite toed converse shoes like high priced tennis shoes. these shoes were comfortable and passed through security the history of my shoe wearing sage is sure boring bill
 
Like others on here, I need composites to get through the metal detectors. I had a pair of red wings once, the most expensive boots I have ever bought and they were horrible. They never did brake in. They were uncomfortable until the day the soles wore through.


Yep, me to. Except I took them back to the Red wing dealer the day after I bought them - couldn't walk 75 yards on concrete without my knees hurting and feet hurting. That's what drove me to stop in at Sears and try on the cat-er-pillars. Saved $75 on price and vastly improved comfort. Couldn't believe how expensive the Red Wings are and how poorly their soles are made.
 
I've had a few Red Wing Composites. Made in China junk really. Probably fine for most but I'm on my feet a great deal and they don't pass the test.
Red Wing still make some quality shoes right here in town, but composites aren't one of them.
I've heard aluminum toed boots make it through the metal detectors, don't know for sure though.
 
In the 1970-80's period, my employer required steel toed boots in the shop and gave us a $70 voucher every 6 months to buy them, and the voucher was only good at one provider. I worked in the parts department, and shoes lasted a long time there compared to the guys working the shop floor. Nice USA made leather boots in many styles including Wellingtons and hiking style boots were available around the $70 voucher level from the provider's store in those days, and I always made sure to buy those boots, which became a perk of employment. I still have several pair of those boots, new in the boxes...
 
That's a great deal compared to what we have. $125/year. Although we can use it for any company.
Can anyone relate to this pic?IMG_20170409_100933445.jpg
 
Most of the people I know who work around hot/heavy metal (blacksmiths and foundryfolk) wear metatarsal boots. They're steel or composite toed, but also have an outer armor plate over the instep of the boot as well. Like >these<. Much better protection than your average reinforced-toe boot.
 
I know steel-toed wellingtons are not easy to find anymore, but they are available still. That's what I wear almost constantly. The last pair I bought are from Wolverine and are quite comfy. They seem to be holding up pretty well so far, but were not cheap. Better than replacing laces every other week or so!
The crushing of steel toes is not an urban legend, either. My father, in about 1972-3, was wearing them when something heavy crushed the steel toe into his foot. He had to balance on the other foot while squeezing the crushed toe in his bench vise, sideways, to get his foot out of the boot. Fortunately, the crushed steel toe didn't amputate his toes for him, but it was close. I don't work around anything heavy enough to cause that type of problem, so the steel toes do provide protection from stuff that would hurt.
 
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