Recommend me waterproof workwear.

[4String.]

Folks.

"Bread and butter" work at the new job is delivering bricks and blocks to construction sites around this green and pleasant land, and with winter on its way most of them bear a passing resemblance to Paschendale in 1916 .

To avoid having soggy feet, can anyone recommend decent steel toe cap boots and waterproof over-trousers? Boot wise, lace ups with high ankles and probably a Goretex membrane are what I'm after. Not rigger boots as Armageddon will arrive if I wear those . Trouser wise, something that's hi-viz and preferably breathable.

As I'm no longer on the hiab I won't be spending all day stood in the mud, but my existing Dealer boots simply aren't up to the job. I have a fabulous Goretex Goretex hi-viz jacket that was kindly donated by a previous employer , but I need boots and trousers to make the winter more bearable. Work will provide me with boots but I'm happy to buy my own, and I have no problems with buying decent gear at whatever it costs.

Much thanks as always.

Man try .

 

[cheb]

Work issue me with Haix boots and Ilasco waterproofs. Both seem to cope with the weather up here.

 

[Robbie260]

My personal favourites for boots are helly Hansons my last pair lasted me 2 years being dragged through sea water, weld spatter, effluent, heavy fuel oil and all manner of other things. They aren't cheap though. But they do have composite toe caps and mid soles making them light and they have kept my feet warm and dry or cool and dry through it all. Actually they only had to go as I rested a steel pipe with an uncleaned up end on the vertically so my boot was supporting it and it cut through the leather on the edge of the toe cap. Sods law dictates that something would fall exactly there eventually.

As for wet weather gear I'll look and see if I can find a name but when maplin was closing down I bought a lorry marshling jacket from them its the most water proof thing I have ever come a cross and it only out me a fiver.

 

[Robbie260]

The boots.

Heres the jacket its kept stuffed in the back of the truck. Made by b dri unwittingly I recently just bought steel toe cap wellies by the same brand and they seem really decent too.

 

[James1979]

Agree with Haix or HH for boots.

As far as trews, any Scandi make is great. Helly; Mascot; Viking; A couple I cant think of. I’ve had most and they all perform well in the weather up here and wherever I have been at sea.

 

[addjunkie]

Ive found Sioen stuff very good, but its pricey. Far better when someone is else buys it. Or Wenaas is another brand to consider.

 

[James1979]

Fladen. Knew it would come to me eventually!!

 

[Parm]

I’ve never seen a truck driver that gets out of his cab and goes beyond undoing the load?

 

[Parm]

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Heres the jacket its kept stuffed in the back of the truck. Made by b dri unwittingly I recently just bought steel toe cap wellies by the same brand and they seem really decent too.

that label is 100% without doubt a Chinese fake

 

[Barking Mat]

I can't recommend any steel toe capped boots, never found a good pair which did six months plus, they always start wearing through, but equally we have a tight budget for boots, overalls, etc....

My brother in law, used to, sadly, give me his hand me down royal mail coats and over trousers, helly Hansen ski pants in the factory shop near cardiff, was stupidly cheap, I've got my emergency rain outfit in the car, Brittany, can have similar weather to Devon, best, to be preared, then you don't need it.

 

[gaz1]

trouser wise you dont need hi vis just a pair that can stay on all the time when driving or unloading

jacket should be hi vis

but trouser wise id go for thermal ones that are waterproof offshore type

same with jacket

take jacket off when getting into cab let it drip dry shove your driving jumper back on

nothing worse than having to take those pants off again and then back on before you can unload

 

[eLuSiVeMiTe]

Click through the range. Should be something there that suits
https://goliath.co.uk/products
Re salopettes.
I have a set of these hanging over the door.


https://gb.gillmarine.com/mens-pro-salopettes/
Used them for kite buggying in foul weather and kept me dry.

Check there range. Will do them in thermal too.

 

[pcwizme]

Hiax stuff is great, They make boots the army now use (occasionally it seems, still magnums out there too) as well as some chainsaw boots. Trouser wise sorry cant help! all my waterproof ones are black or blue!

 

[Turbo]

For boots I highly recommend Grisport boulders. High leg but being Italian leather they are quite flexible so easy to drive in. Super comfy & quite warm plus a side zip for easy removal.

https://www.nisupplies.co.uk/product/gri-sport-boulder-black-safety-boot/

This was the cheapest I found, you get a 10% discount with your 1st order bringing the price down to £85.

 

[James1979]

trouser wise you dont need hi vis just a pair that can stay on all the time when driving or unloading

jacket should be hi vis

but trouser wise id go for thermal ones that are waterproof offshore type

same with jacket

take jacket off when getting into cab let it drip dry shove your driving jumper back on

nothing worse than having to take those pants off again and then back on before you can unload

Depends where he’s working I suppose. A few sites now ask for hi viz top and bottom. A lot even specify the colour which is a pain if they’re strict about it.

 

[mtt.tr]

Best jacket ive owned is a swazi exspensive but now about 15years old still dry was used tree cutting i got it secondhand its still dry

 

[8ob]

Work will provide me with boots but I'm happy to buy my own, and I have no problems with buying decent gear at whatever it costs.

Much thanks as always.

Man try .

Cant see one boot doing everything you want, a sloshing about in mud boot wont be a good driving boot. I would go for a slip on dealer type work boot for driving and slip into a decent pair of fur lined steel toe cap welly`s for out of the cab. Stay away from laces

Bob

 

[James1979]

Cant see one boot doing everything you want, a sloshing about in mud boot wont be a good driving boot. I would go for a slip on dealer type work boot for driving and slip into a decent pair of fur lined steel toe cap welly`s for out of the cab. Stay away from laces

Bob

If you are good about swapping them it keeps the cab nice and clean as well. Depends how much pressure work put on you time wise.

 

[4String.]

Fleece lined Goretex membraned steel capped boots ordered this morning, should hopefully be waiting for me at home on friday, and not a moment too soon .

Woke up this morning in the hills above Beatock to find the wagon in a puddle the size of a small English county, (and being a Yorkshireman, they're all small ), so my feet were soaked at 5 o'clock. Delivered in Carlisle then got across to Sunderland just as the heavens opened, soaked again, then up to Bedlington to load a 20 ton piling hammer from a construction site that was a sea of thick gloopy mud...

Feet have been like blocks of ice all day, so I'm looking forward to getting in bed tonight and wrapping them up in the king sized quilt of many togs

 

[chris pruteanu]

I bought sixTon peak boots, they do a gore Tex version and also vibram soles and are about the 80 quid mark. Very lightweight and warm as well !