Blue collar work kilted every day?

[CDNSushi]

Blue collar work, fairly heavy physical labor with the tendency for getting dirty.
Pros and cons, is there better fabric suitable for working in, etc, etc, etc. And pockets, what do you do about pockets?
Cleaing ilts? How often and what's the best way? Dry clean only for wool? Or is there another way?

Undeniably there are members here who do wear their kilts no matter what, including for heavy labour. But this, like everything else in life is a matter of "just because you COULD doesn't mean you SHOULD."

If there were a single tool that could fix anything and everything, I wouldn't have a full toolbox. Of course I COULD use a sledge hammer to tap down a penny nail, but it isn't the best solution.

A few years ago there was an old thread of a list of activities NOT to do while kilted. It was actually pretty good because it reminded folk to keep things in perspective, because there are many cases where a kilt is less than ideal, no matter how much anyone wants to argue the ubiquity of kilts. Case in point, the next time I go scuba diving, I think I will reach for my 7mm neoprene wetsuit rather than my 16oz wool kilt, thank you very much.

If you spend your days fretting about how the kilt you will use for heavy labour will stand up to the task, what material it should be made out of, how to clean it, the presence/absence of pockets, etc... I would propose that you are trying to fit a square peg into a round hole. Stick with your Carhartts instead. ith: