autowasherfreak
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Are the 606 and 806 machines standard capacity or extra large capacity?
Maytag 606 and 806 Capacity
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Great picture, thanks for that!
I've got an old small capacity timed-fill Highlander out in the garage that I need to overhaul one day. I actually put it in to service once while waiting for a new motor for my A606 (2 speed motor). I seems to me that my A606 set to "Normal" (3rd of 4 water levels available), is about equal to the smaller capacity Highlander.
A606 owner's manual shows the gallons (total for cycle):
Small -- 20 gallons
Medium -- 27 gallons
Normal -- 34 gallons
Large -- 40 Gallons
Is the small capacity Maytag 34 gallons?
Ken D.
I've got an old small capacity timed-fill Highlander out in the garage that I need to overhaul one day. I actually put it in to service once while waiting for a new motor for my A606 (2 speed motor). I seems to me that my A606 set to "Normal" (3rd of 4 water levels available), is about equal to the smaller capacity Highlander.
A606 owner's manual shows the gallons (total for cycle):
Small -- 20 gallons
Medium -- 27 gallons
Normal -- 34 gallons
Large -- 40 Gallons
Is the small capacity Maytag 34 gallons?
Ken D.
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Thanks for the information, I thought it was extra large, but I wasn't 100% positive.
scrubflex
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Excellent, side-by-sides Qsd-dan. Can you tell me how tall and wide is the A806 extra large capacity tub?
bobbyderegis
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Ken:
36 gallons.
Bobby in Boston
36 gallons.
Bobby in Boston
It's extra large capacity for a Maytag, but not by other machines' standards.
It's like the story of the man who bought a yacht and wanted to take his family on an outing in it. He was wearing the hat of a ship's captain. His mother stopped him on the dock and asked, "Sammy, by you you're a captain and by me you're a captain, but tell me, Sammy, by a captain are you a captain?"
It was this "extra large capacity" gimick that helped drive Maytag out of business. Instead of developing a true extra large capacity machine to match what Whirlpool, GE and others were offering, they deepened their tub to hold 18 to 19 gallons instead of the 16 gallons their standard tub held. When they really needed to offer something larger, they put the Maytag name on an old design from Norge. That, along with the Hardwick stoves , Admiral refrigerators and other products they bought cheap because the products were based on old designs that needed redesigning and were built in old factories that needed modernizing was the short sightedness that brought an old company down. Maytag could claim the deep tub was extra large capacity, but once people saw the difference in what size load the Maytag could handle and what size load other extra capacity machines could handle, Maytag's lie was exposed. I am in no way saying that helical drive Maytags were not good, dependable washers, but I am saying that Maytag did not design a genuine extra large capacity washer.
It's like the story of the man who bought a yacht and wanted to take his family on an outing in it. He was wearing the hat of a ship's captain. His mother stopped him on the dock and asked, "Sammy, by you you're a captain and by me you're a captain, but tell me, Sammy, by a captain are you a captain?"
It was this "extra large capacity" gimick that helped drive Maytag out of business. Instead of developing a true extra large capacity machine to match what Whirlpool, GE and others were offering, they deepened their tub to hold 18 to 19 gallons instead of the 16 gallons their standard tub held. When they really needed to offer something larger, they put the Maytag name on an old design from Norge. That, along with the Hardwick stoves , Admiral refrigerators and other products they bought cheap because the products were based on old designs that needed redesigning and were built in old factories that needed modernizing was the short sightedness that brought an old company down. Maytag could claim the deep tub was extra large capacity, but once people saw the difference in what size load the Maytag could handle and what size load other extra capacity machines could handle, Maytag's lie was exposed. I am in no way saying that helical drive Maytags were not good, dependable washers, but I am saying that Maytag did not design a genuine extra large capacity washer.
Adding my thanks. And size matters
Great side by side picture. As with GE's two tubs, the difference is mere inches, only GE made the mistake of labelling their big one 18 lb. capacity*
*of mixed heavy fabrics that have been soaked in molten lead.
Reminds me of the old detergent box sizes; who remembers the MAD magazine parody:
Large
King Size
Jumbo
Home Laundry(so it had a little handle included)
Great side by side picture. As with GE's two tubs, the difference is mere inches, only GE made the mistake of labelling their big one 18 lb. capacity*
*of mixed heavy fabrics that have been soaked in molten lead.
Reminds me of the old detergent box sizes; who remembers the MAD magazine parody:
Large
King Size
Jumbo
Home Laundry(so it had a little handle included)
One year in the 70's had a solid tub sq and the 1-18 displayed side by side with the load of towels each had washed folded on top. Frigidaires pile was ALOT bigger. Even as early as this the merger-mania had started, many of the bean counters probably never saw the product. alr2903
