MARYLAND TACOMAS

I personally am not a fan of redwing.

background info: I'm an engineer for a heavy industrial engineering and construction company. currently working a field assignment that has me walking around a 400 acre construction site. I average about 10 miles of walking per day. so needless to say, I burn through boots pretty good. after a few years in this position, I've found that my two favorite pairs of boots are a pair of slip-on Rockeys, and a pair of lace-up Timberland Pros (very very different boot than the tan ones you see people wearing in the hood). I'm required to have a steel or composite toe that meets job specific standards, but you may not need that at the airports.

the Rockys
http://www.bootbarn.com/Rocky-Men's...lt,pd.html?dwvar_2009960_color=Trail Old Town

Timberland Pros
http://www.bootbarn.com/Timberland-...fault,pd.html?dwvar_2016529_color=Brown/Black

Timberlands come waterproofed, and the Rockys come water resistant. I've coated both pairs, and they do great in the water and mud. I don't lounge around in standing water, but I walk through ankle deep water and mud quite frequently.

 

We are recommended, but not required to have steel toes (yet). how flexible are the timberland pro's? I tend to end up on my knees a lot as the bin is to short to stand up in when stacking bags

 

No, it's a fiberglass camper and I don't want to mount anything on the roof and chance damaging/stressing the fiberglass. I bought a new aluminum TracRac but it's not height adjustable and it's too high to be loading & unloading this boat. I need to buy a Thule rack with adjustable height but they aren't cheap.

 

I wear Bates. Very light & comfortable. A cop friend of mine told me about them. He said that's what they all wear.

 

is there potential to be required to wear steel toes, or whould they require you to wear boots that meet a specific ANSI standard? the timberlands are composite toe, but meet the same ANSI Z41 PT99 standard that your every day steel toed boots fall into.

they are very flexible and very comfortable. they also have the rubber toe box, so if you're getting down on your knees a lot, you aren't going to be wearing through the leather toe on a regular boot.

 

I have the Timberland Pros as well, I don't have to wear hard toe shoes on daily basis but when I vist certain customers it is required so I carry them in the truck. I use Timberland Pro low cut.

https://www.timberland.com/shop/men...-pro-mudslinger-steel-toe-work-boots-86515214

 

I have had timbeland, cat, bates, redwing. I can recommend redwing, it is better than the others plus they come with 1 year warranty and shoelaces replacement for life, I think (I have never used the warranty because those are good boots). I started using redwings 5 years ago, I'm on my 3rd pair now because I got the second pair sprayed with muriatic acid by accident. I use stock no. 2240

 

Bates is what we had in the military I like them too. I have a set of Columbia Sportswear that I like but they are winter boots and are insulated.

 

For those of you who went to green ridge, what are some of the good tent sites? My brother and his buddies are going there this weekend and are tent camping and drinking. I know it's non alcoholic so the more secluded the better.

 

66, 65, 85,

 

100 is secluded too but haven't stayed at that one yet

 

Not sure he needs to look a updated map they changed some sites around this off season ,stay off the main roads sites and don't act like a-holes, I like sites with one way in/out that way you can see or hear company coming and keep all empties in trash bag concealed ..but that's just me Chip and Buzzbait know the park really well message them

 

66 you might have more company with the opening of the new hiking trail. But they should drive right past 65 and you'll be up on a hill. 85 is really secluded and would be the best sight since it's almost not even in the park.

 

Anyone know any leer caps up for sale locally?

 

Also what are your opinions of leer or is there a better brand to go with? I don't know much about the caps

 

You want a cap now thought you were gonna get a bed rack for rtt

 

I think I'm gonna go with a cap now instead it'll still support a RTT kinda have a high COG but it'll give me a lot more dry storage space for camping gear too.

 

Plus you could camp in the shell if I didn't feel like using the RTT. It's just more versatile than a half rack on the bed.

 

I wear Wolverine from Tractor Supply. Theyre steel toe, slip resistant and provide a ton of support but still soft to stand in. My favorite ones so far, have tried Timberland and Redwing and theyre "okay" but equivalent to the Wolverine boots as far as quality and comfort but the Redwings were almost $300, Timberlands were $200 and the Wolverine boots were $100.

 

Go with a softop. Theyre kick ass. Collapse with no effort when needing the bed, lightweight if you want to remove alone, look cool and Ill build you a rack ro wrap around it so you can use a RTT.