How am I ever gonna ship this??

[westytoploader]

Two words: DREAM MACHINE! 1980's White-Westinghouse TL in EXCELLENT shape! To be honest I'm extremely tempted...even if shipping is a small fortune!

The control panel looks a little more like the '86 (can't remember if ours had pushbuttons or knobs--did have many settings though)...except for the double-ramp agitator and FS dispenser.

Pardon Our Interruption...

 

[lavamat_jon]

OMG!!!

I *LOVE* it!!! Go ahead and buy it You know you want to! I'm not sure what the cost of shipping would be; but IMO it would be worth it!

I love that agitator and the faux wood control panel! Absolutely gorgeous!

Was the weigh-to-save feature connected to the basket at all? I.e. the more laundry in the basket, the higher up the scale the marker will go?

I hope you can get it :-D

Take care,

Jon

 

[jdinstl]

Ha!

You can forget anyone here trying to talk you *out* of a machine!

Seriously, nice piece of equipment, I hope you get it! Keep us posted!

John

 

[veg-o-matic]

Uni and Jetcone!

Okay, Robert and Jon. You seem to have had machines shipped from far-flung corners of the country. Who do you use for shipping?

Anyone else with this kind of experience? Don't let Westy's Westy get away!

 

[geoffdelp]

Craters and Freighters?

http://www.cratersandfreighters.com/locations.php

 

[appliguy]

Uh, Austin did you notice that he says that is for local pic

I don't wanna rain on your parade Austin but you might want to check with the seller and see exactally what he means by that before you bid. Also, do my eyes decieve me or is that nice machine mated with what looks like a Frigidaire 1-18 Dryer????
Pat Coffey

 

[launderess]

If the seller is willing to play ball, and will securely pack/prepare the item, see if it can go UPS freight. If not the best way can think of is Craters and Freighters. Count on paying several hundred dollars (they are very expensive), but know their stuff.

You can also look around for other shipping services, some will only "blanket ship", which is less than the total palleting/crating service C&F offers, but may work if the unit only has to travel short distance. Another option is one of the drop off freight services, but again that requires the shipper to play ball.

You now know why so many great units sit on Fleabay. Unless one lives locally, shipping will always more often than not equal or exceed the cost of the item. Expensive as C&F are, they really are the only one's I'd trust to pack something. Remember if the seller washes his/her hands of anything besides letting whomever is shipping in the door to get at the item, you are putting allot of faith in that shipper. If anything happens to your baby, it is going to be between you and the shipper, as the seller is likely to wash their hands of any responsibility.

Best of British luck,

Launderess

 

[agiflow]

lavamat_jon

Hi John, i had the earlier version of this machine before they were bought out by WCI.

The weigh to save feature worked by using the lid. The more clothes you piled on the lid, the higher the marker would go.

Not very accurate though.

Pat

 

[veg-o-matic]

Frankly, I think blanket-wrapping would be the way to go, but that's just me. This is the way the washer would be transported if you were moving your household from one city to another.
The problem is (and I've run into this before), not every shipper will do it this way, and not everyone wants to deal with a "small" shipment like this.
Plycon Van Lines is one company that will blanket-wrap, but I had zero luck getting any action out of them.
There was an outfit in FL called General Delivery that did excellent work at reasonable prices. Naturally, they went out of business.
Sure hope you can get this, even if you have to go the C&F route. Oh, well. Who needs a college education, anyway?

veg

 

[gansky1]

I've used Beltman Shipping a couple of times, very reasonable and very good. Call Michelle at 800-959-8880. All you really need is to have it wrapped and strapped to a pallet, a full crate and packing really isn't necessary.

In the pics on ebay, that looks like a 1-18 washer - notice the timer control markings are on the right side of the panel and there are two sets of hoses coming from the water faucets above the WW for sale. This is the same seller (tidesindirtsout) that had a Westinghouse washer (or was it a dryer or both?) pictured with some vintage boxes of detergent on it they were offering for sale.

 

[goatfarmer]

Try placing an ad here.

kennyGF

http://www.yesterdaystractors.com/cgi-bin/haulquery.pl

 

[drmitch]

Cool machine! Austin, you have a truck. Just pick me up on the way to Conn. and I`ll help you load it!

 

[geoff]

Holy Hell

OMG, it's in Connecticut. Hmmmmm. The wheels are turning.

 

[fixerman]

DrMitch
If there is a member in the northeast willing to bring it to Tennessee, about half way to Texas, then Austin would have only half way to drive for it. Or maybe there are members in between these points willing to do a relay.

 

[geoff]

Austin

we should talk more about this. Depending on where it is in CT, I can always pick it up and you can just have Craters and Freighters come here and have it shipped from my house. I'm sure there are a number of ways this can be done. We have 5 days to figure this out. Let me know.

 

[launderess]

If a local member can pick up the unit, it might be worth it to see if after packaging it will meet UPS's shipping guidelines. The extra bits could easily be shipped via UPS as a second shippment or by themselves to save on whatever method is going to be used to ship the washer itself.

IIRC UPS's weight limit is around 150 or 200 lbs.

Launderess