Buckingham Spikes Foot Plate

[Arbor23]

Has anyone tried the foot plate that is supposed to distribute your weight evenly across your foot? I find myself climbing alot with just a lanyard, but by the end of the day my feet hurt. Im not sure if these plates are jsut another gimic or a quality product. If anyone has tried this product id appreciate the feedback.

 

[Tom_Scheller]

I did not like them. Good boots with a steel shank are a much better way to go imho.


TS

 

[Colin]

Roger that.

 

[Kevin]

The line crews like them, I prefer a good boot although I haven't tried the plate.

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I find myself climbing alot with just a lanyard

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[JesseHuffman]

I tried them years ago. Palms kill your feet especialy if your doing 20 plus tall boys a day. I didnt care for them much but I thought mabey if they articulated a little instead of being fixed in one positon, that it might be a good idea.

 

[rentachimp]

Klima Air boots have a steel sole.

 

[tockmal]

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Klima Air boots have a steel sole.

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Didn't know that renta, thanks.

Do you have them? how are they on long periods of spike wearing?

 

[Treespotter]

They are crap. tossed mine in the scrap metal bin. Didn't want to bother any other treeworker with them. When you are on spikes a lot then the sturdy ones suggested above or Remisberg (also chainsaw protective) are the first choice, not the (s)crap metal plates.

 

[doggonetrees]

I have some but have taken them off and placed in pile of" do not use" items as they tended to get in the way, shifted when moving and were tedious on smaller limb removals. The only benefit I saw with them was continuous standing in one place for long time- such as transformer installations/ phase sagging.

 

[Tony]

I have a set and like them.

They work well with lighter hiking style boots that I perfer for climbing. I rarely get to know what the days work entails until is see it. I don't like to have two set of boots to carry around with all my other stuff.

They do not work well if you spend alot of time going out on smaller limbs etc. I think they are great for trunk work which is mostly what I wear spikes for.

Tony

 

[allmark]

I have to agree with tony although I dont wear mine anymore. I had 10+ years on spurs before trying them so maybe if you started with them they would be more comfy.

 

[NickfromWI]

FWIW, you don't specifically need a steel shank. There are several well built hiking boots that have a full length polycarbonate (plastic) shank. You would never know that it isn't steel...other than the ounce or so less in weight.!

Go to REI, Adventure 16, Erehwon Mountain Outfitters, Hudson Trail Outfitters, or whatever you have in your area that sells outdoor gear and speak to a Phil Oren trained bootfitter and they should be able to tell you which boots have full shanks in them. Tell them what you want them for. When I sold boots, we had a couple of boots that were the "go to" boots for linemen and tree climbers. Look for heavy duty mountain boots.

love
nick