FlyB0y Posted November 8, 2005 Share Posted November 8, 2005 Can you tell I'm excited about the new tires I am getting UPS in a few days?! I was just digging up someone's drain line at work and thought how great it be to have some self-cleaning lugged boots! maybe we could talk Interco into the idea Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
operose Posted November 9, 2005 Share Posted November 9, 2005 army boots have "self cleaning" lugs don't mean to rain on your parade or anything though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stephenw22 Posted November 9, 2005 Share Posted November 9, 2005 My steel-toed boots are 'self-cleaning', but it seems like this feature only turns on after I enter my house. My wife hates my 'self-cleaning' boots... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlyB0y Posted November 9, 2005 Author Share Posted November 9, 2005 Ahh yes, I guess that is true ... I wore a few (I was in the Air Force 5 yrs) But the biggest problem with those boots was no insulation, and that tread design I think your talking about makes for cold feet! Now if I could get a pair that were warm and have that self-cleaning ability AND had a big ole' SUPER SWAMPER badge on it, I'd pay good money to have them Pretty sad when you get out to take a pic of your Soob and fall on your butt or track half of the trail back inside with ya Today I tried to take some snow pics, and discovered too late that my flash-light batteries were too low to run the Digi cam!! DOH!!! I think I will see about some of the old style "low heat signature" tread boots at the Army/Navy and maybe just some REALLY warm socks :-p It was 23 DEG when I got up this morning army boots have "self cleaning" lugs don't mean to rain on your parade or anything though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baccaruda Posted November 9, 2005 Share Posted November 9, 2005 try carpeting your porch? My steel-toed boots are 'self-cleaning', but it seems like this feature only turns on after I enter my house. My wife hates my 'self-cleaning' boots... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Free Range Posted November 9, 2005 Share Posted November 9, 2005 yeah, good ol' frozen boots I wear em; 2-1/5 sizes too big with iclandic wool socks, make sure your socks are not tight fitting at all, cuts off blood circulation. You actually going to cut yer fenders, thought that would be against your ethics, messin up that pretty lil green and red brat... -N Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlyB0y Posted November 9, 2005 Author Share Posted November 9, 2005 yeah, good ol' frozen boots I wear em; 2-1/5 sizes too big with iclandic wool socks, make sure your socks are not tight fitting at all, cuts off blood circulation. You actually going to cut yer fenders, thought that would be against your ethics, messin up that pretty lil green and red brat... -N Errr well, I wasn't going to, but then a branch hit the pass side rear fender and poked through some hidden cancer so now I am going to have to cut them, so I might as well go with a stronger sidewall, AND if you goto www.Intercotire.com you can see the special cosmetic blemished tires on sale! I am getting 4 28/8.50/14 LT Super Swamper TSL's for only $45 each + $20 shipping each, so a total of $260 for 4 TSL's!! :banana: It's the deal on the tires and the fact that I can replace them if I shred a sidewall again unlike the Discoverers I was using Oh ... and BTW ... where do you get "Icelandic Wool" Socks? (and please don't say "Iceland" ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ezapar Posted November 9, 2005 Share Posted November 9, 2005 army boots have "self cleaning" lugs don't mean to rain on your parade or anything though You'll have a hard time raining on the parade of a guy who's about to add Super Swampers to his Subaru. I am getting 4 28/8.50/14 LT Super Swamper TSL's for only $45 each + $20 shipping each, so a total of $260 for 4 TSL's!! It's the deal on the tires and the fact that I can replace them if I shred a sidewall again unlike the Discoverers I was using Now you have 3 pretty much full size spares. . . You're gonna dig the swampers, but they take some getting used to. You Soob will handle quite a bit differently. You are getting the bias ply ones right? They also have flat spots every morning that shake the hell out of ya for the first few blocks. But you and mud will get to be really good friends. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlyB0y Posted November 10, 2005 Author Share Posted November 10, 2005 You'll have a hard time raining on the parade of a guy who's about to add Super Swampers to his Subaru. Now you have 3 pretty much full size spares. . . You're gonna dig the swampers, but they take some getting used to. You Soob will handle quite a bit differently. You are getting the bias ply ones right? They also have flat spots every morning that shake the hell out of ya for the first few blocks. But you and mud will get to be really good friends. ya-know, with rain ya get MUD!! omg ... for the FIRST time in my life, I can actually say I like rain .... so rain on! Oh, and here is the really sweet part! A friend of mine is sold with the idea of buying the old tires (less than 2500 miles on them ) and I repaired the poped one, even tho the road hazard is replacing it, so he gets the new tire, 3 slightly used tires, the spare and the repaired "off-road only" spare for 1/2 the price of 4 new ones :cool: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlyB0y Posted November 13, 2005 Author Share Posted November 13, 2005 am I the only one that would want boots that left the same shape print as your TSL's? I just think that would be so kewl to leave TSL prints all over the place Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samo Posted November 14, 2005 Share Posted November 14, 2005 Make a set! Find somebody who has a trashed TSL and cut it out, glue it to the sole of a boot, and you're set! I used to have a pair of sandals made out of an old Firestone that had a gashed sidewall. They actually worked pretty well. I found rubber cement bonded the rubber real well, but trust me, tires are on the tough side to cut through. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlyB0y Posted November 14, 2005 Author Share Posted November 14, 2005 Make a set! Find somebody who has a trashed TSL and cut it out, glue it to the sole of a boot, and you're set! I used to have a pair of sandals made out of an old Firestone that had a gashed sidewall. They actually worked pretty well. I found rubber cement bonded the rubber real well, but trust me, tires are on the tough side to cut through. WHOO HOO!!! That's a GREAT Idea:drunk: Just send all your trashed TSL's to: TSL Boot Project P.O. Box 1941 Hamilton, MT 59840 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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