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Default Work boots that last

Ignoramus4604 fired this volley in
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Any suggestions. I do realize that I have to pay for quality.

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Ig,
I had a pair of Redwing pull-ons, when I had a working farm. They were
used for wet, dry, concrete, dirt, and chicken **** (actual chicken ****)
duty, and they lasted four full years of daily use (except for the
occasional drying).

A plastic, forced-air "column-style" boot dryer is inexpensive, and worth
every penny to maintain good leather boots. So is a good bar of saddle
soap (with a stiff fingernail brush), a tin of 'boot wax' (really a
grease with some wax in it), and a small bottle of Neat's Foot Oil (an
8oz bottle lasted me about two years).

If you think you'll ever get them really wet, count on maybe getting a
half-size larger than fits well at the store!

Lloyd