Work Pants

cuttin edge · May 19, 2021

What's your favorite? I used to wear the dickies work pant, but thanks to my expanding waistband, The crotch too often became open if I stepped up or down without pulling up on the leg. Switched to a cheap Walmart jean. Normally on sale for around 10 bucks a pair. They fade fast, but can get a summer out of 3 pairs if I wash them every day. Once again my growing gut is pushing me to a new option, better get out walking in the mornings again. Saw a guy at work today, one of the carpenters, he had a dandy pair of cat work pants, but as with all the cat logo stuff, they were a hundred bucks a pair. Going to need some new boots this year as well. Hate boot shopping. After a discussion on here last year, I did switch to wool socks and never looked back

Willie B · May 19, 2021

My grandfather had a spinal injury as a child, he was about 5'2". Upper torso was a big man, legs were short. He could carry a side of beef!
I had no spinal injury. What's my excuse? I'm a bit taller (once 5'9" before I shrunk an inch) I can't find pants that fit. I need some waist size, but I'm not fat. I once wore 32-30 jeans. Pants in my waist size look like balloons everywhere else. Room to smuggle pillows in seat & legs. I'll follow this thread. I got little to offer, but I too hope for answers.

cuttin edge · May 19, 2021

Willie B said:
My grandfather had a spinal injury as a child, he was about 5'2". Upper torso was a big man, legs were short. He could carry a side of beef!
I had no spinal injury. What's my excuse? I'm a bit taller (once 5'9" before I shrunk an inch) I can't find pants that fit. I need some waist size, but I'm not fat. I once wore 32-30 jeans. Pants in my waist size look like balloons everywhere else. Room to smuggle pillows in seat & legs. I'll follow this thread. I got little to offer, but I too hope for answers.

My brother is 6'4", his son is 6'8, his daughter is 6'2. Two of my sisters are over 6 feet, and so are the 2 boys of one of them. My oldest sister is 5'5. and I am 5'9. Before I became an operator, I was 160 pounds. Now I need a 40 waist, and a 29 leg. I will go naked before I go to sweat pants for work

Old Doug · May 19, 2021

I like the walmart wranglers and get ok life out of them. I have some ruslers also but they fit difrent tighter and i havent been wearing them i was about to get rid of them but cents i have been living at the farm with my parents my eating habits have changed now they fit ok.

lantraxco · May 19, 2021

Black Wranglers relaxed fit. Used to be 40/29 now 42/29. I have short legs with thick thighs. I actually at one point had to see a dermatologist for rashes on my thighs, he told me the hair was rubbed off from too tight pants, was Levis 501's back then, had to give them up. Love Carharts but too stiff and too spendy. I do have Carhart bibs for cold weather.

suladas · May 20, 2021

Stretchy jeans from costco, urban star I believe. I use to always rip the crotch out of mine but these last a lost longer. Like $15 a pair. I am really hard on my work clothes so it's better to go cheap. Jeans are one thing I can find easy, 6'5" but my legs are short. 34-36 waist 31-33 long easy to find. Shirts and jackets that fit properly, forget it. Every manufacture seems to think once something gets past XL they only need to make things bigger in the stomach, not the length or arms.

lantraxco · May 20, 2021

suladas said:
Stretchy jeans from costco, urban star I believe. I use to always rip the crotch out of mine but these last a lost longer. Like $15 a pair. I am really hard on my work clothes so it's better to go cheap. Jeans are one thing I can find easy, 6'5" but my legs are short. 34-36 waist 31-33 long easy to find. Shirts and jackets that fit properly, forget it. Every manufacture seems to think once something gets past XL they only need to make things bigger in the stomach, not the length or arms.

You have to order the talls, either Amazon or Walmart online.

lantraxco · May 20, 2021

By the way, not to hijack the thread, but I'm 62 and my feet have not changed in forty years at least... 9-1/2 triple E, or quad E if I could ever find any, but why do I now have to order my socks in the "Big and Tall" section? Normal cushion sole black crew socks are too tight now, I play hell getting one over my foot, and I have to turn the tops down on even the larger sizes, as they are too tight on my ankles above the boots. Damned Asian manufacturers ruin everything.

Pettiboner · May 20, 2021

Gotta watch them cheap Wranglers. Theyre a tad flammable.
And if the flames dont get you, SLAPPING THEM OUT WILL!!
Go with Carhartt

lantraxco · May 20, 2021

Pettiboner said:
Gotta watch them cheap Wranglers. Theyre a tad flammable.
And if the flames dont get you, SLAPPING THEM OUT WILL
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All pants will burn, anything with polyester in them will melt and burn, no thanks. The solution here obviously would be to keep one's most treasured tools either away from the hot spot, or well protected, kinda like they taught you in high school health class?

Crummy · May 20, 2021

Prison Blues
Hickory shirts too

Kiwi-truckwit · May 20, 2021

I have a pair of Cat pants, find them brilliant. Good bit of stretch in them for when I'm climbing around.

JBrady · May 20, 2021

Carhartt double leg pants in denim or the traditional duck cloth. I also had a pair of Arborware pants that lasted for years. They were fantastic for tree climbing, roofing, crawling, etc. I also have about 4 thrift stores that I pop into when I have time and pick up decent Levis or wranglers for $5/pr.

cuttin edge · May 20, 2021

JBrady said:
Carhartt double leg pants in denim or the traditional duck cloth. I also had a pair of Arborware pants that lasted for years. They were fantastic for tree climbing, roofing, crawling, etc. I also have about 4 thrift stores that I pop into when I have time and pick up decent Levis or wranglers for $5/pr.

Jeans are not what they used to be. I find them thin or something. I used to live in Levis 501 blues

suladas · May 20, 2021

lantraxco said:
You have to order the talls, either Amazon or Walmart online.

Tall sizes help, they need like double tall sizes. Years ago when I bought my first Carhartt hoodie they didn't have them, had to go with a 3XL, i'm not small in the stomach and it was a poncho, I bet if I had another 100lbs it would still be huge in the stomach and it took that big of a size to be big enough in the arms, shoulders, and length. I'm oddly shaped I guess, I don't even try to buy long sleeved shirts because it's impossible.

Willie B · May 20, 2021

lantraxco said:
By the way, not to hijack the thread, but I'm 62 and my feet have not changed in forty years at least... 9-1/2 triple E, or quad E if I could ever find any, but why do I now have to order my socks in the "Big and Tall" section? Normal cushion sole black crew socks are too tight now, I play hell getting one over my foot, and I have to turn the tops down on even the larger sizes, as they are too tight on my ankles above the boots. Damned Asian manufacturers ruin everything.

Damn Tough! I'm serious, Damn Tough socks are made in VT. I go with two styles. I use the lighter with sole cushion & roll them down to the top of my boots summer. In winter I use the tall ones, they grip just below my knees & NEVER slip down.

lantraxco · May 20, 2021

Willie B said:
Damn Tough! I'm serious, Damn Tough socks are made in VT. I go with two styles. I use the lighter with sole cushion & roll them down to the top of my boots summer. In winter I use the tall ones, they grip just below my knees & NEVER slip down.

They look good, but I don't see any in cotton... I've tried wool and just never could get used to it... Picky bitch ain't I?

cuttin edge · May 20, 2021

My mother is 83, and every now and then she turns out a pair of home made wool socks for me. Great in winter, but hot in summer. I went after wool socks after a conflab on here, and when I asked the guy in the store why would I want to pay thirty bucks for one pair of socks, he put them back and said it's all hype. He took me to a bin of the old white toe and heel gray work socks like my father wore. He said these are a wool blend, and if you don't like them, you have 60 days to return them. 3 pair for 20 bucks, I went back for more and wear them even when I am not working. Unless I go to mom's, then I wear her socks. There is a spot in Maine where they make wool blankets. My brother has one, it's nice, I'd like to get one.

Spud_Monkey · May 20, 2021

Pettiboner said:
Gotta watch them cheap Wranglers. Theyre a tad flammable.
And if the flames dont get you, SLAPPING THEM OUT WILL!!
Go with Carhartt
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See my avatar on welding or grinding and having to worry about anything catching fire there

For those cooler days I will say whatever is cheapest at Wally World does me just fine, whatever is on sale and black cause I will stain them within 48 hrs. with diesel, oil, or grease. Mine last me about 5 years. Unlike you guys I side towards the 30 inch waist or less.

Tyler d4c · May 20, 2021

Pettiboner said:
Gotta watch them cheap Wranglers. Theyre a tad flammable.
And if the flames dont get you, SLAPPING THEM OUT WILL!!
Go with Carhartt
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Looks like Christmas chestnuts roasting over a open fire

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