As a Farmer I,ve gone thru alot of work boots over the years. I never paid alot for them but owned alot from A-Z.The best so far are my Red Wings that I bought at Gabes.I,ve had em for over 3 years and that never has happened.Usually a couple pairs a year.All of mine are steel toe.In fact mine are pretty smooth and they always crack and fall apart long before the tread wears out and I spend limited time on concrete.The labeled boots held up decent(ex.John Deere,Cat,etc.)The Huntin type boot(Gor-Tex)types would self destruct in short order around acid corn silage and cow manure.