Maytag GAS Washer!!

[brianl]

Never saw one of these! ;-)

MAYTAG WASHER , GAS - $45 (NJ)
Date: 2011-09-17, 2:33PM EDT
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MAYTAG GAS WASHER WORKS GREAT. $45 ALMOND COLOR

Location: NJ
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http://newjersey.craigslist.org/app/2582128009.html

 

[joefuss1984]

I have some of the old original gas Maytag washer motors but had no idea they made gas washers this new!  Surely its a mistype?

 

[joefuss1984]

I have some of the old original gas Maytag washer motors but had no idea they made gas washers this new!  Surely its a mistype?

 

[rp2813]

The lack of proofreading with C/L ads is a common issue.  I'm surprised they didn't describe the machine as a Kenmore.  Gas indeed.

 

[peteski50]

Maytag GAS Washer

Thanks I needed a good laugh!

 

[goatfarmer]

it doesn't end....

How about this "Kenmore" set?

http://southbend.craigslist.org/app/2677614957.html

 

[norgeway]

In the words of a lady who I knew in Lenoir!

If you put their brain in a hummingbird it would fly backwards and suck a mules ass for a morning glory!

 

[ptcruiser51]

Pretty Ridiculous

I recall seeing ads/pix for Maytag wringer models gas-equipped for use before Rural Electrification came about, but come on - the last century was the 20th!

Reminds me of when my THD store opened in 2004. Ours was the first of the "new design", linear rather than big box. A lot of THD's TV commercials were filmed in my store (about two a month). At the outset, we were drastically low on store stock so we used to sell floor models often. Once they were ready to film, we had a blank spot in our over-the-range microwaves. One of the film crew went and got one out of stock, unboxed it, and shoved it in next to an identical model.

For weeks afterwards, we would be quizzed by shoppers, "What's the difference between these two displays?". I used to just say, "They're just duplicate models". My hateful co-worker would say, "One's electric, the other one's gas". No one ever questioned him.

 

[toggleswitch]

Girls Girls Girls.

Just remember, some people have mechanical-sense and some have people-sense.
The trick in life is to have both. LOL

 

[arbilab]

I don't doubt if you dosed it with Tide, Oxyclean, and STPP, gas would come out of the washer cleaner than it went in.

 

[mistereric]

This got me to wondering. A motive power source is a motive power source, no?

I wonder how silly it would be to get a machine like this and strap a small gasoline motor in where the electric motor goes.

Imagine a fuel filler door on the side, a muffler on the back and a little oil change every 300 washes sticker on the upper left corner of the control panel...

 

[vacbear58]

Its funny you should say that .....

Because a vacuumland memeber from Finland posted this picture a few days ago.

This is a Hoover single tub hand wringer washer from the late 1950s or early 1960s. It appears to have at least been sanctioned by Hoover as the platform it sits on appears to be an extension of the normal base of the machine. And the instruction book appears to be Hoover too - it certainly has the logo on it.

Al

 

[whirlcool]

The Amish also use Maytag wringer washers that have a gas motor on them. You usually see a few of them for sale at Amish auctions.

 

[arbilab]

Wait! If Amish can use gasoline to run a washer, why not a car? Come to think of it, VERY early washers could be run by...... a horse.

 

[runematic]

If Amish can use gasoline to run a washer, why not a car

Because you cannot drive the washer away from the farm.  That is also why tractors and wagons have steel wheels.  It keeps them close to the farm & family.

 

I remember back when I was a youngster, we were on some amish farms that used pnuematic powered washer motors.

 

[launderess]

Then As Now Farms Always Have Petrol Stored

Ever since the first cars, trucks, and other petrol powered motor equipment came upon the scene farms have had stashes of gas. For nothing else if to run the aforementioned equipment. Therefore it makes total sense to have washing machines powered by gas motors. IIRC Maytag's early washers with gas motors had a wealth of farm equipment accessories that could be run off that motor such as butter churns etc..

Petrol, benzene and so forth were also used for everything from spot cleaning to home "dry cleaning" of garments.

Farm living back then involved quite allot of self sufficiency. Nearest town or village could be day or longer ride on horseback, and the general store may or may not have had what you wanted. No telephone service meant if you did run out of something that was that until you found away to get to where it was.

 

[maytagbear]

Plus.....

even for the "English" or "Yankee" (non-Amish) rural communities, rural electrification was far from universal until well after the Second World War.

Lawrence/Maytagbear

 

[whirlcool]

What do the Amish do in the dead of winter with their gas powered Maytags? It would seem that the water would freeze while washing.

 

[a440]

I did not know they still made these!

 

[polkanut]

The Amish bring their washers indoors, and run the exhaust hose outdoors.  It is usually some sort of metal flex hose. 

 

[cfz2882]

gas powered wringers

i see these gas powered wringer washers all the time at my local steam and gas
threshing bee-mostly maytags,but sometimes other brands too-maytag bult their own
engines,but briggs&stratton made some too-all with a little kick start pedal
and often a metal flex hose to run outdoors.
Some people collect just the engines for these washers.

 

[abcomatic]

Amish Maytags

I was in Wisconsin last weekend and went to an Amish farm,(near Darlington) and asked her what kind of washer she had. She said that they have a Maytag wringer that runs on air. Air? I had never heard of that. They did have a huge propane tank behind the house though.
They hang their laundry from the side of the house way up to almost the top of the barn via a pulley and line. Thanks, Gary

 

[launderess]

Hanging Laundry "Up" In The Air

You'll find scores of vintage and modern "airing" devices that basically are drying racks that can be hoisted up and down. Such things serve two purposes; keeps drying laundry out of the way and makes use of the fact hot air rises so the temperature is warmer which equals faster drying times.

When laundry is or was done indoors without the benefit of modern dryers these things were/were a boon. Usually wash was hung in the kitchen or whatever room was used for the laundry, and even in great houses space for drying lots of wash could be limited, so better to hoist it up and out of the way. Problem was that with old manual wringing or even with a wringing machine often lots of water remained in laundry to drip all over the place, and that includes on the heads of those walking underneath all that wet wash.

In the cooler times of the year and or damp climates these things would be in a room with an AGA type range or some other source of heat. But because of the lack of wind things would dry often quite stiff. Also if located in or near the kitchens one had to becareful of what was cooked. Anything that gave off fumes, smoke or odor would leave one's wash smelling of the same. So your fresh soap/detergent scent would be replaced with the perfume of kippers! *LOL*

One such item still sold all over the UK is called "Laundry Maid" (see link), which is nothing but a modern version of clothes airers that have been used for ages all over GB.

http://www.laundrymaid.co.uk/index.asp

 

[bajaespuma]

Here's another one!

Maybe it's a cult.

http://binghamton.craigslist.org/app/2686515933.html

 

[daveamkrayoguy]

How much Horsepower?

-- Dave