MushCreek
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Hey, ice is a-comin', and I'm gonna have to take the dog out, etc. Out to the shop for some quick 'n dirty crampons, redneck style. Gen-U-Wine South Calackalacky engineerin'. Accept no substitutes!
Emergency redneck crampons
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mike93lx
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That's some serious redneck ****, for sure.
I use yaktrax
I use yaktrax
Beerhippie
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Winter Walking cleats. Gals at the pub started using these back during the isolation days to get back and forth to the tents we had set up outside. I tried them. Best I've used. Carbide studs and spendy--but cheaper than a busted ****.
RTM
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Here I was expecting bottle caps on a strap, the original cheap replacement suggested in magazines from when I was a kid
Beerhippie
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I've wrapped bailing wire around my shoes before. Done right, it works. But the WWs above are easier--you don't have to cut them off--and work better.
WisJim
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I have some that are similar, not sure of the brand, and I like them a lot better than the spring type YakTrax. The YakTrax sort of wallow on smooth ice and with my poor balance I feel uncomfortable with them.
Winter Walking cleats. Gals at the pub started using these back during the isolation days to get back and forth to the tents we had set up outside. I tried them. Best I've used. Carbide studs and spendy--but cheaper than a busted ****.
The best are Kahtoola microspikes for actual hiking on ice and packed snow. Certainly not suitable for a server at a brewery, they are basically a flexible crampon without front points. And they last. I see broken Yaktracks on the trail all the time, they don't hold up like microspikes, and only have a fraction of the gripping power. I'm sure I have over 100 miles on my microspikes and have seen Yaktracks that have fallen apart on the first trip.
Nutria
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The Bean
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^^ I think those are for stomping grapes. Lol.
And here I thought they only made knives...
Beerhippie
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Right handy in a barroom brawl, too.
That's some serious redneck ****, for sure.
I use yaktrax
Yup. Every time I take the garbage cans down the hill in the winter for collection day.
MichaelP
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Here is a case when your heel spurs can be a great benefit.
Make your plantar fasciiatis and feet calluses work for you.
Make your plantar fasciiatis and feet calluses work for you.
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They fit into the arch area, so the screws aren't really that prominent on the shoes. If they were much shorter, they wouldn't reach. My original plan was to run hex head sheet metal screws into the lugs of my logging boots, but the heels came unglued despite only having been worn a couple times. I'm hoping contact cement will stick 'em back on.
OccupantRJ
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Could you get that off your taxes as a work related tool?
OccupantRJ
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I used superglue the last time I had a sole come loose and it has done better than the contact cement I have used on other shoes in the past.
cherrybomb
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I have a pair of clamp on from Lee Valley, they have for little hex head screws for the grip.I replace a few ever once in a while,but that's easily done,that might work for you
There is no redneck anything being discussed here. What’s here is the stuff Snappy Man would sell.
What you need is four layers of duct tape and thumbtacks stolen from the community bulletin board at the local strip joint. The one where your sister “dances” at. That’s the redneck way to do it.
What you need is four layers of duct tape and thumbtacks stolen from the community bulletin board at the local strip joint. The one where your sister “dances” at. That’s the redneck way to do it.
rlitman
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Years ago, I bought a bag of screw in tire studs and installed them into a pair of boots. They're great in the parking lot at work, and don't cause issues walking in on the carpet, but I don't dare take them onto hard floors.
)remind me to stay outta your bar. I'm too old for those shenanigans.
Beerhippie
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Me, too. "Putting the leather to them" (raking an opponent, who was already down, in the face, with caulk boots) was something I witnessed in my youth while drinking in logger bars in the PNW.
honcho
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shoggoth80
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This is what I was expecting
However, if it works, it's not stupid. I've got nothing bad to say.
