Here we go again--the great overloading debate

[ryner1988]

I just put a load of towels and other various durable cotton clothes in the 3.2 cu. ft. direct drive. I brought out the hamper and my wife kind of gasped in horror and was all like you're not going to put all that in there are you? I'm like of course I will, it looks like a lot but it'll all fit just fine.

The load consisted of: 4 standard size bath towels, 7 washrags, 3 hand/dish towels, 5 men's wife-beater sleeveless shirts, 3 women's cotton nightgowns, 2 cotton t-shirts, 2 pairs of flannel pajama pants, 10 pairs of underwear, and 7 pairs of socks.

So, direct drive peeps chime in here, am I right, or is she?

Ryne

 

[qsd-dan]

Impossible to give an opinion without a video.

 

[parunner58]

We have a 4 cu ft. Whirlpool Duet front loader and my wife would have made that 2 loads. All the towels alone and from the 5 shirts to the end of your list a second load.

 

[DADoES]

 
My opinion based on the item descriptions is that it's OK, possibly may be a bit less than a full-size DD can handle at full-fill.

 

[lakewebsterkid]

Overload

We currently are using a Roper DD at our new house until the Kenmore is installed, and it takes 9 towels rather easily. For it being the smallest washer I have ever used, it actually takes quite a bit. Though, it could take 10 if the water level actually filled just above the top row of holes. I would say its good as long as things are moving feely. As qsd-dan said, it would really require a picture for me to say!

 

[combo52]

DD washer load

That sounds like a good load to me, as Glenn says you could probably put a little more in.

You should see the load my WP Resource saver can do, I will try to get a picture and then the wash water goes in the 1971 LK and gets used again for a big load of work pants.

John

 

[ryner1988]

Reply #4

I'm not sure if you are aware but there is a trick to getting the water level higher if you should wish it to be so for some loads but don't want to mess with permanently changing it with the water level screw. Just hold the load size knob between the preset notches and it'll fill as long as you wish until you let the knob go. Do you get what I mean? If your machine doesn't have a variable load size selector, and I imagine it doesn't being a BOL Roper, the knob clicks into place for each load size option. Just hold the knob between those clicks and it'll fill indefinitely with water.

Hope this helps.

Ryne

 

[ryner1988]

Reply #5

John, I assume your Whirlpool suds savor is a belt drive machine? If so, I know those can hold A LOT, especially the 18-pound versions. My aunt had one until the early 2000's, she had a family of five and she was constantly stuffing that thing to the gills. She sorted properly but her loads were still huge, monster loads of towels, jeans, and stinky farm clothes. That washer just kept going and going until one day from what I understand water got through the seals and ruined the machine.

Whirlpool belt drives are my favorite TL but direct drives are a close second.

Ryne

 

[DADoES]

 
A Resource Saver is a direct-drive.

 

[ryner1988]

Reply #8

Ah gotcha, I didn't know the suds savor and resource savor were different. Thought it was just different terminology for the same thing. But the suds savor is a belt drive, correct?

 

[launderess]

Personally one tends to follow "wash like with like" rule, but that's just me.

Towels, wash cloths and other things made from terry cloth are heavier and will tend to abrade finer fabrics. Then you have fact terry cloth items will absorb more water than finer fabrics which makes them heavier.

Tend to launder bath linen at 140F, while other things such as shirts and so forth at various temps depending upon other factors.

Dress shirts are done with "no iron" program to minimize creasing and thus less ironing needed after laundering.

 

[DADoES]

 
Suds-saver direct-drive models were produced.

The Resource Saver direct-drive model uses a shower-rinsing process ... six saturation-spray-recirculation periods during the final (only) spin.