Teresa & Mike CHS - Our journal

[frustratedearthmother]

That's creepy and cool at the same time!

 

[Bruce]

I guess we don't have any of those wasps, the only predation I get is from the hornworms on the tomato plant.

 

[Mike CHS]

Teresa is happy. They delivered a new washing machine yesterday and it actually works like they used to. Speed Queen has been running a special through some dealers selling a machine classified as Commercial so it doesn't have all of the gimmicks that are supposedly Eco-Friendly. The machine that we are replacing is only 2 years old but the Eco functions of the machine made us run most loads through at least twice to get clothes clean so the result was you used more water than the old fashioned machines.

It is built like a tank and has a 10 year full Warranty.

 

[frustratedearthmother]

Congrats! My next washing machine will be the most basic, low-tech one that I can find. No more fancy gadgets that just break...

 

[CntryBoy777]

The youngest daughter has one of those machines and we didn't like it and our clothes were always dingey....I told her ya could get em cleaner with a washtub and spoon....the clothes just sat there in dirty water....no agitation or even whirling around......

 

[AmberLops]

That's why I love the old washers...They clean everything so much better and you can put more in them. Those new high efficiency washers can only clean a few clothes at a time.
The washer i have now was here when I moved in. it says 'whisper quiet' on the front...loudest washer I've ever seen and It shakes the whole house too! I think it's older than me

 

[Baymule]

I have that tiny utility room that mobile homes have, so bought front loader, stacked, washer and dryer so I would have room for the upright freezer. Have been happy with them. I did have a top loader that did a good job, but leaked out the bottom. Stubborn, I wouldn't get a new set, them move them, so I mopped on wash day until we moved and I got my new ones. LOL LOL

Congrats Teresa on the new washing machine, it sounds like a good one. Most washing machines are not made with farm folks in mind.

 

[Bruce]

Most washing machines are not made with farm folks in mind.

I'm sure that is true. I wonder what the mechanical differences are between Speed Queen's "commercial" and "everyone else" machines are. They can add all the "features" to the "everyone else" models that most never use but the "normal" cycles must be somehow different if the "commercial" one cleans better.

 

[Mike CHS]

The commercial ones clean better because you can fill them with water. One of the sales gimmicks they have for these machines is a display that has the shaft that the agitator is mounted on. It's 3 times the size and weight of the machines they are compared to and it has limited electronics (back to knobs). The dealer had some literature with the number of warranty claims that I don't remember but the number but it was tiny.

 

[High Desert Cowboy]

Limited electronics is always better, less to go wrong and way easier to fix. That washer should last you a long time. I have two at the pig barn to wash all the clothing and towels we use for bio security and they wash great! Of course, mine do break down on occasion but that’s from running several loads a day