Delivered.
Delivered abour 4 hours ago. It works, and drains just fine. The tub was a bit dusty/grey, I assume from polishing the tub. So I wiped it out with a rag, and ran an empty load on Eco w/deep fill (19 gallons). I chose hot, and the water was hot. I thought Eco only did cold? Then ran a plain rinse and spin.
Did a load of towels after that, on Bulky - hot, which is supposed to be a 16 gallon fill. Didn't use deep fill, as I did a normal size load for the old machine, and the water was above the towels just on the normal fill. It is larger than the old Maytag, more than I thought. The towels seemed much dryer after a spin than the old one too. So it's working well. Cut drying time by 10 minutes or so.
I wasn't too thrilled with the installer. They didn't level it, said it was self leveling (the back legs are), It was almost a 1/4" low on one side. Fixed that after he left. And when he installed the extension, he only put it on about 1/4 of an inch. The 1/2" wide clamp wasn't even holding anything, as it was mostly on the smaller section at the tip. I mentioned this, and he put a little water in, spun it out, and said "see, it's fine", no leaks". After he left I pulled the hose out of the standpipe, and the end fell off with a very light tug! Wonder how many loads that would have lasted? They just seemed to be rushing too much.
Only needed one piece of that extension kit, and a clamp. Managed to get the hose on the larger part about an inch, with 5 minutes of effort. It ain't coming off now, even without the clamp. The kit instructions don't mention a clamp, and it doesn't include any, so prbably not needed when installed properly. Good thing the service manager gave me the extension. He saw the standpipe, and told me they had nothing on the truck to extend it, and would have to come back. I pointed at the box, and all was fine. He had a couple more washers on the truck, said he had a delivery just up the road - good luck with no extension.
