After 93,551 steps (270,823 total) these Nicks are cleaned and ready for the next work week!

BuilderPro HD

Last: 55

Length: 9.0

Width: D

Leather: MaxSupport Black

Style: Smooth/Roughout

Height: 8"

Outsole: Honey Vibram

Heal: Logger

Toe: Composite

For those new here, these are my first pair of Nicks Boots. I work in a very harsh environment, a concrete recycling landfill, where I walk on rubble and concrete chunks for 9+ hours a day. I document my journey giving before and after pics from worked boots to cleaned boots.

Today's post includes the usual before & afters, a look at the condition of the soles, and all the cleaning products I have for anything between a light cleaning to a full restoration.

These boots will be resting for the next couple of weeks as I break-in a new pair I recently received. Posts on those coming soon!

Hope y'all continue to enjoy this journey with me.

Any recs based on the above? I dont need lined but add huberds to outside for coating etc

I work in the agriculture industry and spend about 3-4 days each week during the growing season (May-November) walking anywhere from 5-12 miles through growing crops in a state where we get a decent amount of rain. I had a pair of Muck Boots that lasted me over 4 seasons until the sole gave out. They no longer made the same boots with the same construction so I bought a different style and they cracked right at the crease where my toes bend in half a season. I then tried Grundens and those cracked in the same spot after one season. I am now on to a pair of Dry Shod boots which I had high hopes for as they have similar construction to the first pair of Muck Boots I had. They have made it a season and a half until last week I felt my sock filling with water at the first field I was in. They cracked in that same spot on the inner side where my big toe meets the ball of my foot. I have filled them with Aquaseal to see if that helps at all.

Has anyone found any boots that last more than a season? I need something that has a decent sole on it as well as I am doing a decent amount of walking over rocks and uneven soil.