Maytag wringer washer

I found an old Speed Queen,being pushed out to the roadside. I asked the guy if I could have it,he told me to help myself.This was about five years ago. When I returned home with it,Nanadeb tried to confiscate it from me-said she wanted me to put soil in it,and plant her some flowers in it? ? ? So I found a new rubber discharge hose,and I replaced the power cord. Works like a dream. I keep it out by the clothesline,and use it several times a year spring,summer,fall-when Deb is having a hard time keeping up with the laundry.Maybe someday when it no longer functions, I will put some soil in it and Plant Deb some flowers.

I had one that I used a lot and I liked it. I liked that I could let something wash for as long as I wanted and it was more heavy duty than regular modern washers. Mine was electric, my Granny had a gas powered one.

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You keep it by the clothesline? I never even thought of that. That would be so nice and convenient.

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Actually have 3 wringer washer..2 are Maytags and the other is a Speed Queen. The speed queen is the one I use during the summer months.. run fine and actually got it for nothing as the old man just wanted it out of his shed..complete with the wash tub !! One of the Maytags does leak oil but don't think that is a big deal to fix and the last one I believe the motor smoked on me and just never had it looked at to fix. so..2 of them got for free..and the other one paid 20 bucks for ...

I have one, but do to dry years and hauling water, I got to doing laundry at washeteria. I can do months worth of laundry in half hour and take it home and put it on the line. Doing several loads a month in the wringer washer bucketing water, etc is lot work. But I could do it again if need be.

If I had reliable water, then sure, the 75 year old electric Maytag still works fine. I had a newer gasoline Maytag when I lived in Michigan, but it took too much room when I moved so left it. Didnt realize what a pain to find a good wringer washer down here in Ozarks, down here people didnt switch to automatics as soon so they wore the old wringer machines out or I imagine most of them failed cause they developed oil leak from gear box, seals gave way with age and people didnt keep oil in gear box. or those with bakelite dollys, the bakelite got brittle and no replacement dolly. Or the rubber on the wringer rollers cracked or got brittle and no replacement parts. And frankly younger generations that never used one had no use for them when used automagic washer is so cheap.

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Helena I don't suppose you'd care to sell off one of those extra washers? I only ask because your so close by.

I think I remember seeing one. I never saw my GM use it. I hear about them and I wonder. I do remember at the laundrymat that we went to once or twice as a child having this special "exstrator" for 10cent s we used it to reduce the drying time. Can someone tell more about them --photos teach me about first hand info.

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When my oldest son was a baby weI had ta crazy Landlady that sometimes let me use her Maytag wringer and sometimes not. Sometimes I didn't have money for the laundry mat so I washed by hand. The absolute best thing my dh ever in 50+ years bought me was a $20 Maytag wringer washer at an auction. I was using a Maytag wringer 10 years later with 3 kids (one in diapers) and dh using packing house overalls and managed just fine. As long as I keep in mind how much I never want to do handwashing again, a Maytag wringer washer sounds wonderful.

Ross' Appliance Center in Fort Dodge, Iowa has a lot of older machines on display and I've heard has a basement full for sale. Phone number is 515/955-2330.

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If it is in working order, I would not hesitate to pay $50 for a wringer washer. I used one growing up, and always loved it. As a young mother I went back to using a wringer for awhile when our newfangled machine broke. I can honestly say that I still really enjoyed it. In my mind, they are so much better than these new energy efficient machines that just spit at your clothes.

I have one I paid $125 for it and I LOVE it. It gets clothes very clean-I wash everything starting with whites and work my way down to darkest and dirtiest, then empty th etub reload and do rinse! I get all th elaundry done in one day and hang i tup to dry(outside or onside_) My mum saw it when she was here and said that he rmum got one in 1961 her firs tautomatic washer and my mum didnt even have one then!!

To many people it owuld probably be inconvenient because you don't just walk away and it's all done but I love it and find it very calming. An examlpl of cleaning my son has a shirt that is his absolute fave but being a teen it was getting kind of gross with oils that would not come out in a regular washing machine but after 2 washings in the maytag I can't tell the hsirt was so gross!!

Ig I could find a gasoline one I would buy it because DH and I plan on going off grid once we have our land so it would be perfect!!

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We had one and used it for a while. I don't see any advantage over a modern washing machine. And it's a lot more work, and it still needs electricity and water. Oh, and don't get your hair, or anything else that might hang down, caught in the wringer.

DH bought one at a rummage sale a couple of years ago. It sits in our garage and seems to be a conversation piece to anyone that gets into our garage. It is an electric one.
Growing up, mom had one and I use to help her on wash day.

Yea, it's not funny to put a hand (or anything else) through the wringer, but there is a release on the side of it.

I have one and use it every week. I have the fancy machines in the house, but my well water is nasty with iron so I can't wash my whites and lights with it, not even my darks on some days if the filter is acting up. So I filter the iron water through my Berkey filters during the dry season or use rain water the rest of the year, and bucket it into the tub. I don't bother with the wringer, though. I just hand wring out as much of the water as I can and bring the clothes inside in a bucket to spin them out in the front loader (final spin, no water coming into the drum). The water is drained into another bucket and re-used in the wringer again. I start with the whites, move to the lights, and on to the darks, then drain the washer and fill it for the rinse, and do an extra rinse on the last few loads, as the soap and dirt has usually built up in the rinse water by then. I can do an entire week's laundry in about 40 gallons of water for everything. Compared to several loads in the automatic, that's about one washer load in the auto.

Mine is electric and has a cracked drain hose so I have to use it outside, no matter what the weather. I'd love to get a new hose for it and I would really like to have a gas powered model for backup when the power is out. I paid $40 for mine, and if you have a nice one for $50, it's well worth the money.

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I have an electric Maytag a friend gave me when her husband retired and they moved to a smaller house in another city to be closer to their children. My biggest complaint is that I have to keep it in the basement and carrying baskets of wet clothes upstairs is literally a pain. I like its minimal water use and flexibility in timing for the really dirty clothes. The wringer helps but doesn't begin to get out enough water. No worries when I can dry outdoors. Unfortunately, my front load washer doesn't allow spin only although it does have a rinse/spin setting.

I've thought about trying to figure out a way to run it with bicycle power--some exercise, huh?

MGM, I can't imagine wringing your laundry by hand helping your arthritis and CTS one bit.

I use mine over the much newer, modern front loader washer. I dislike the front loader. My wringer washer gets clothes much cleaner, and is quick and easy to use....once I got the hang of it. Would not sell the wringer, may give other away one day just to get it out

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We have one in regular use.....great for our outdoor laundry facility.
We have three additional working models for parts or replacement.

All are electric.

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My grandmother had a gas powered one that we used at the ranch. Used it and two tubs of rinse water, the wringer would rotate around so you could use the wringer for the rinse tubs as well. Started with the whites and ended up with the men's work levis.

My mother had an electric one that we used until I graduated and was gone from home. Same setup, just electric rather than gas.

I use automatic washers and driers now, but I certainly had no problem with them when that was what we had. We just had one day that was wash day rather than doing one load here and there.

With Cabin Fever's permission, I am posting a link to my sale thread for 2 Maytag wringer washers. The kicker is that they are located in Chicago but both work, are electric, and I am asking $50 for each. Let me know if you can come pick them up -- I need the garage space back!

Barters are most certainly entertained.

http://www.homesteadingtoday.com/sho...d.php?t=402122

[QUOTE=manygoatsnmore;5389384I would really like to have a gas powered model for backup when the power is out. [/QUOTE]

I had one when I lived in Michigan. It was the later white Maytag with the skirt. Had 2cyl, 2cycle kick start engine. One of our goats liked sniffing the exhaust. I really regretted leaving it behind, was in good condition but going to take too much room in pickup I moved with. Also I had no idea how hard it was going to be to find a good condition wringer washer, even an electric one down here in Ozarks. Down here they were mostly worn out and good ones werent cheap.

I now have an old 30s era green Maytags that are wide open underneath with electric motor. Ones like it with engine came from factory with Maytag kickstart single cylinder engine. I thought bit about if I wanted gasoline one again... I have an old Briggs kick start washing machine motor I got for $10 at some auction. No idea what it came off of, some offbrand wringer washer I guess. Somebody had mounted it to a board when I bought it, but it runs. It could be adapted. But rather than an antique, anymore think I'd get 2hp Honda or Honda clone engine and run it at half throttle. Need to fabricate a flex exhaust pipe to stick out window or door but otherwise cant see much problem. And it would be easy to get parts for. The antique engines lot harder to find parts and can be bit cantankerous to start. I think Honda engine would even fit later Maytag with skirt though not sure, take more work to mount than on the old green ones. Probably have to have remote gas tank. Be an interesting project to make wringer washer work with a Honda engine.

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