[AT] Work boots

[Dave]

These go up to 15/5E See: https://www.amazon.com/Propet-Mens-Blizzard-Mid-Cut-Boot/dp/B005BDIRDI?th=1&psc=1 <https://www.amazon.com/Propet-Mens-Blizzard-Mid-Cut-Boot/dp/B005BDIRDI?th=1&psc=1>
	Dave
PS, Happy New Year!

> On Jan 1, 2017, at 4:16 PM, charlie hill <charliehill at embarqmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Ralph,  I've never had to deal with the temperature extremes that
> are commonplace to you but I've found that I can't wear rubber boots.
> I can get by with the ones with Leather uppers and a rubber or rubber coated
> foot but a complete rubber boot will make my feet sweat no matter what kind
> of sox I wear or don't wear.  What works for me is a leather boot that 
> breathes
> and thick cotton or wool socks that wick the sweat away from my feet.   My
> wide foot requires something along the order of a size 12, 4E or 5E or if I 
> can find it 6E.
> I don't have to tell you how hard it is to find such an animal.  I've always 
> wanted to have
> a custom pair built by Whites or someone but never have been willing to come 
> off the cash
> necessary.
> 
> Charlie
> 
> -----Original Message----- 
> From: Ralph Goff
> Sent: Sunday, January 01, 2017 10:24 AM
> To: Antique tractor email discussion group
> Subject: Re: [AT] Work boots
> 
> On 1/1/2017 6:02 AM, Cecil Bearden wrote:
>>  My Red Wing dealer is  a certified
>> Pedorthist and he has really worked to find something that will fit.  In
>> the summer I have a pair of 12EE boots and the same style in 13-5E for
>> winter.
>> 
>> Add to this the problem of weight with all that leather, and I am
>> exhausted trying to get around.  Is anyone here "Blessed"with big feet
>> and found a solution to keeping them warm in the winter?
>> 
> No great weight here but I wear a 13 triple E for best fit. And forget
> about leather boots once winter comes.
> I go to rubber boots with felt liners soon as it gets cold or snow on
> the ground. Felt insoles under the liners too
> which is why I need a 13 triple E to have room for my feet. Sometimes
> double socks. With this I can usually
> endure our Sask. winters. Usually my hands will start to lose feeling
> and freeze up before my feet but I need
> to keep active. No standing around at -30F or I'm in trouble.
> Something  like these  http://www.farmersplus.ca/muck-boots although I
> don't have that name brand.
> I see guys wearing "running shoes" or track shoes in winter and I just
> about shiver. Those things would have my
> feet sweating and frozen at the same time but I guess not everybody has
> the same feet problems.
> 
> Ralph in Sask.
> 
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