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Billypisschips t1_j0mprmq wrote

Working with masonry; stone, brick, and block, he will need steel toe caps and will be lucky to get 12 months wear with the amount of abuse they'll get. Timberland pro, Caterpillar, or Haix will at least give him a year (hopefully) of comfortable wear. Don't go cheap on his feet, but bear in mind you'll be buying another pair within a year.

Edit-cleaning the cement off at the end of the day will significantly increase their lifespan.

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Tris-Von-Q OP t1_j0mqbsg wrote

Thank you so much for taking the time to explain what I’m investing in with regard to my lower budget. It means a lot.

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Billypisschips t1_j0mxksx wrote

No worries. Hopefully by the time he needs another pair he'll have seen what works best for his colleagues.

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cherlin t1_j0pvvrr wrote

Masonry eats boots so no sense going crazy expensive, but you also don't want to go crazy cheap. You can look at keen moctoe's (with a steel toe) in the $150-200 range that will be super comfortable and good quality, they will fail a little sooner than a nice pair of thoroughgood, but in this line of work everything will fail, and the keens will at least be immediately comfortable and not need a break in.

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Western_Detective_84 t1_j0o3fjd wrote

Back when I was doing framing carpentry in eastern Oregon - it was the fine sand. It was a boot killer - penetrated everything - and sawed off the stitching.

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Western_Detective_84 t1_j0ssc01 wrote

You know, I just came back to this, and I have to add: I described the eastern OR soil as fine sand. It wasn't sand-like at all. It was dust-like. Incredibly fine. It would stain my work socks.

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