I have a long but somewhat amusing story for everyone that I want to share. After having 20-some washers stolen last fall from my storage trailer, I told myself that I could replace a few of them with "new" stuff as I found things worthwhile.
Back a couple years ago, I connected with a seller on ebay who was selling new and used BD parts. He's in Arizona, and it didn't take long for me to find out that his washers are phenominal as compared to what we often find around here. So, before long, rather than buying parts from him only, he was saving whole machines for me. He loves that I like the belt-drives, so he saves them for me when they come into his shop. What I love about the machines is their almost complete lack of rust, which as we all know makes restorations so much easier and more fun. This is similar to why car buffs like Arizona cars.
Anyway, what I've done in the past is ship the washers to a vendor of mine in Phoenix where they store them temporarily in their plant for onward shipment to NC (or for pick-up by the Kevins of AW.org - which is where his Country Squire Whirlpools came from). We buy materials from this company for our two manufacturing plants. When the vendor ships, there is almost always a little room on the trucks and the washers travel for free, no harm no foul, right? NOT ALWAYS.
DRUM ROLL PLEASE MEISTRO>>>>>>
Well, in early March, my buddy called and had a haul of machines that had been building up for 6 months. I would have passed on them had the trailer not been robbed, but I said "Sure!" and was very interested in a couple particular machines.
I paid to have the washers trucked the 60-some miles to my vendor, and they were there for a couple weeks until they had a rush order to get out to a customer on a JIT (just in time) basis near their other plant. So, they shipped the rush order along with some transfer stuff to their east coast plant, and my washers. The freight charge on the order paid for the truck basically, so the washers again rode for free.
BUT, the truck wasn't near full, and this raised suspicion when the truck arrived at a weigh station at the Arizona state line. Immediately, the authorities asked the driver where the drugs were hidden. He said "There are no drugs in this load!!" and they immediately hand-cuffed him and put him in a cruiser for over four hours. Seems they could not fathom that someone would pay a full truck to go halfway across the country with a few skids of plastic materials and a smattering of old washing machines!!!! DUH, LOL.
So, since the driver was no help, they decided to "inspect" the machines. Where was the drug sniffing dog? That's what some have asked, including me. So, they "dug" into one of the machines as you can see.
This is a 1982 Kenmore 500, bleeding. Yes, that is transmission oil on the floor of the truck.
Back a couple years ago, I connected with a seller on ebay who was selling new and used BD parts. He's in Arizona, and it didn't take long for me to find out that his washers are phenominal as compared to what we often find around here. So, before long, rather than buying parts from him only, he was saving whole machines for me. He loves that I like the belt-drives, so he saves them for me when they come into his shop. What I love about the machines is their almost complete lack of rust, which as we all know makes restorations so much easier and more fun. This is similar to why car buffs like Arizona cars.
Anyway, what I've done in the past is ship the washers to a vendor of mine in Phoenix where they store them temporarily in their plant for onward shipment to NC (or for pick-up by the Kevins of AW.org - which is where his Country Squire Whirlpools came from). We buy materials from this company for our two manufacturing plants. When the vendor ships, there is almost always a little room on the trucks and the washers travel for free, no harm no foul, right? NOT ALWAYS.
DRUM ROLL PLEASE MEISTRO>>>>>>
Well, in early March, my buddy called and had a haul of machines that had been building up for 6 months. I would have passed on them had the trailer not been robbed, but I said "Sure!" and was very interested in a couple particular machines.
I paid to have the washers trucked the 60-some miles to my vendor, and they were there for a couple weeks until they had a rush order to get out to a customer on a JIT (just in time) basis near their other plant. So, they shipped the rush order along with some transfer stuff to their east coast plant, and my washers. The freight charge on the order paid for the truck basically, so the washers again rode for free.
BUT, the truck wasn't near full, and this raised suspicion when the truck arrived at a weigh station at the Arizona state line. Immediately, the authorities asked the driver where the drugs were hidden. He said "There are no drugs in this load!!" and they immediately hand-cuffed him and put him in a cruiser for over four hours. Seems they could not fathom that someone would pay a full truck to go halfway across the country with a few skids of plastic materials and a smattering of old washing machines!!!! DUH, LOL.
So, since the driver was no help, they decided to "inspect" the machines. Where was the drug sniffing dog? That's what some have asked, including me. So, they "dug" into one of the machines as you can see.
This is a 1982 Kenmore 500, bleeding. Yes, that is transmission oil on the floor of the truck.
