Long distance delivery to Iowa!

[swestoyz]

Hummmm........

What could be in here? Big enough for a major appliance.....

Hint - the original company was approx. 774 miles away from Waterloo, IA - driving mostly on I-90.

Ben

 

[Brent-Aucoin]

This is fun!
What great packing!!!!
What could it be? Could be anything....that size.
I would say a washer, television, dishwasher, dryer....
Something vintage I would guess!
Fun.
Brent

 

[gansky1]

Oooohh, I know, I know!!

 

[frontaloadotmy]

East ?

or West? from Wl Ia ?

 

[swestoyz]

Head east - my friends ;-)

2nd hint - from the operations manual:

"If washing periods of less than 15 minutes are desired, periods of 2,4,6,8,10 or 12 minutes are available. These must be pre-set by the operator after the Fill period is complete"

Ben

 

[appnut]

A Blackstone washer???

 

[chestermikeuk]

Hhhmmmm

I would think a "New to You" Bendixxi!!!I take it a visit is in order Ben to help move it!!!

Cheers, Mike

 

[swestoyz]

DING DING DING!

Yay for Bob for the correct guess! Here is a teaser photo - I'll post more when I get home from work later this evening.

 

[christfr]

aww man way cool... so are you going to bring that with you to st louis?? i want to play with it .. congrats

 

[geoffdelp]

Oh, wow, Ben ... what a great washer!!

Boy; that's a nice crating system; hope you're going to keep it.

Those dials are so cool; can't wait to see it in action.

Congrats!

 

[blackstone]

Was this the only item inside the trailer when it arrived? When that 40-foot trailer picked up the machine, the Blackstone was by itself inside. I would hate to think that the truck made that trip for just one item, with diesel well over 4 bucks a gallon.

 

[frontaloadotmy]

One of my Favorites!!!!

Congrats to You ; Ben!!!!

 

[goatfarmer]

You Crate is sure getting a workout! Nice mo-chine!

 

[toploader55]

Wow...

Nice Find. SS Tub ? Does it run ?

 

[swestoyz]

Just a little delay

Sorry guys - it was the haircut/workout/go-out-with-the-work-croud after work this evening.

Fred - oh yeah, that 53 foot trailer was half way packed. Guessing that I was half way through the drivers day. Noticed a huge motor in a crate on a pump - something along the lines of a 50 HP unit or so. Lucky that the driver had the balls to take a 53' trailer through the neighborhood seeing that all entrances to the neighborhood have "NO TRUCKS" at the entrance.

While the delivery was difficult to set up - I would recommend Bobbie @ You Crate (1-877-558-2580 ext. 1775) to anyone here in the group. Great rates, and pretty good customer service. Depending on the delivery terminal you might get an old biddy like I did.

Here is the Blackstone with the straps off, ready to get off the crate. The beauty of You Crate is they drop of the crate, you stuff it full of the goodies, then they come and pick it up. So you can strap down your machine, they provided a very heavy tarp, and it arrived safe and sound.

The machine just looked beautiful in the spring noon-time sunshine.

 

[swestoyz]

Here is a backside shot. No rust anywhere on this dream machine. I just love it!

 

[swestoyz]

A shot of the mechanicals from the backside. When I have time this summer, I'll pull the tub and play with the clutch as Fred indicated that it was spinning slower than normal. Very clean inside.

 

[filterflo]

Ben, thats just a wonderful washer and in such great shape, something to be proud to add to your collection. Just a beautiful design......

 

[swestoyz]

Ah - stainless steel everywhere you look! Once it is all cleaned up and in use - it will look amazing. Just like a Delorean. ;-)

Seems to be orange paint around the top of the agitator - no biggie.