Comments on: Snuggly not too uggly ugg ‘stryne boots http://listics.com/200910265034 “History may only rarely be written by the losers, but it is always written by the writers.” -- David Weinberger Tue, 15 May 2012 01:11:40 +0000 hourly 1 By: Frank Paynter http://listics.com/200910265034/comment-page-1#comment-64539 Frank Paynter Tue, 27 Oct 2009 23:19:40 +0000 http://listics.com/?p=5034#comment-64539 You can warm those Wellies right up with felt in-soles and wool socks. I live in the land of heavy winter boots that have to protect you from weather that includes deep snow and temps of 40 below zero--well, twenty below in these days of global warming. Sorels have been my favorite for extreme weather, but for the clod hopper experience I always liked Red Wings. Alas, for the last several years my favorite purveyor of clumsy boots, Farm and Fleet, has sourced all their boots from China. Neither the Chinese Red Wings nor the Chinese Sorels are yet up to the quality of the days when they were made in Minnesota and Canada respectively. My complaint with the last couple of pairs from off-shore is that the closures never worked. And the pricing has gotten outlandish too. My next pair of boots will likely be American made by Weinbrenner, a good Wisconsin shoe maker. For you I'd recommend the Hellfire Haz Mat boots. They're fourteen inch high pull-ons. They also make a Wellington if the Haz Mat look is too garish for the livestock. See their complete line here: <a href="http://www.weinbrennerusa.com/aboutUs.cfm" rel="nofollow">http://www.weinbrennerusa.com/aboutUs.cfm</a> You can warm those Wellies right up with felt in-soles and wool socks. I live in the land of heavy winter boots that have to protect you from weather that includes deep snow and temps of 40 below zero–well, twenty below in these days of global warming. Sorels have been my favorite for extreme weather, but for the clod hopper experience I always liked Red Wings. Alas, for the last several years my favorite purveyor of clumsy boots, Farm and Fleet, has sourced all their boots from China. Neither the Chinese Red Wings nor the Chinese Sorels are yet up to the quality of the days when they were made in Minnesota and Canada respectively. My complaint with the last couple of pairs from off-shore is that the closures never worked. And the pricing has gotten outlandish too.

My next pair of boots will likely be American made by Weinbrenner, a good Wisconsin shoe maker. For you I’d recommend the Hellfire Haz Mat boots. They’re fourteen inch high pull-ons. They also make a Wellington if the Haz Mat look is too garish for the livestock.

See their complete line here:
http://www.weinbrennerusa.com/aboutUs.cfm

]]> By: Betty Jo http://listics.com/200910265034/comment-page-1#comment-64537 Betty Jo Tue, 27 Oct 2009 18:28:18 +0000 http://listics.com/?p=5034#comment-64537 It's that time of year when the muck boots come out of the tack room and onto the front porch (next to the window where MissAndventure (the naughty chicken)) stands watching me through the window as I type. Though there are many hiking boots on the market, there are few really appropriate to a farm. The big trouble with most of them, is the cloth or gortex padded insides which catch every prickly piece of hay that falls from the bales while feeding the cows. Once securely caught between the threads, these nasty spikes are near impossible to remove. I finally found a pair of Carolina work boots that are leather, not cloth lined. You know them probably as "clod hoppers". They have wide soles that help avoid ankle twists while trodding across a new plowed field of clods. But in the winter, it's those Wellies for wading in mud and poo. Trouble is that they are really cold. I've thought about shearling liners (like your UUGS), but again, shearling is a hay magnet. It's a problem. Husband uses gaiters to enclose the tops of his boots, but I want something I can quickly slip in and out of as I'm in and out of the house a dozen times a day. So, if you ever come across a warm boot liner that's not a hay magnet, let me know. Love the Whittier poem. It’s that time of year when the muck boots come out of the tack room and onto the front porch (next to the window where MissAndventure (the naughty chicken)) stands
watching me through the window as I type.

Though there are many hiking boots on the market, there are few really appropriate to a farm. The big trouble with most of them, is the cloth or gortex padded insides which
catch every prickly piece of hay that falls from the bales while feeding the cows. Once securely caught between the threads, these nasty spikes are near impossible to
remove. I finally found a pair of Carolina work boots that are leather, not cloth lined. You know them probably as “clod hoppers”. They have wide soles that help avoid ankle
twists while trodding across a new plowed field of clods.

But in the winter, it’s those Wellies for wading in mud and poo. Trouble is that they are really cold. I’ve thought about shearling liners (like your UUGS), but again, shearling is a hay magnet. It’s a problem. Husband uses gaiters to enclose
the tops of his boots, but I want something I can quickly slip in and out of as I’m in and out of the house a dozen times a day. So, if you ever come across a warm boot liner that’s not a hay magnet, let me know.

Love the Whittier poem.

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