Maytag wringer and a huge wash today

[ea56]

Too bad

your Hoover Twintub won't work out for you. I've never used a Hoover twintub, only the Maytag version. Since the Maytag A50 has 2 impellers that reverse direction about every 30 sec. the clothing moves very well and does't tangle. I'm not familar with how the Hoover single impeller works, does it also reverse direction? Anyway, that spin drier you're looking at on Amazon would probably be a great solution for you and it certainly is reasonably priced.
Eddie

 

[countryguy]

I've only seen one Hoover twin tub in action, back in the early 70s and the impeller did not reverse direction.

 

[launderess]

Those old marketing materials from Hotpoint got it right; Hoover TT's with their rear mounted impellers aren't the best for laundry. Things often tangle into a mass then do not move freely in water, thus you get poor cleaning.

Long as the load is made up of small and or mixed items, and or the bed sheets in question are twin or perhaps full sized; things perhaps can work. But am here to tell you queen or king heavy muslin or linen sheets are a royal pain.

 

[launderess]

More one reads about Maytag wringer washers

It becomes clear why they became the gold standard.

Maytag was the first and seems only conventional washer to go with one soft wringer roller. This coupled with their self adjusting ballon wringer system meant safety: even if one's hand were drawn into far as lower arm, less harm would come it seems than with hand operated and other mangles.

Maytag was one of the first and perhaps only wringer washers with sediment traps. Many later automatics incorporated that feature but not wringer washers.

From top to bottom Maytag seemed right to the end interested in creating a quality product.

 

[tomturbomatic]

I think longer washing times in wringer washers resulted from one person, especially when it was just one person, having to do everything. I would submit that loads after the first one washed longer when you consider how much time it took to process the first load through the rinse tubs then go outside to hang the load on the line. It was easily 15 minutes even when two people were doing the wash, as I remember at my grandmothers' houses and, as the water cooled, maybe more time was beneficial, but it was largely determined by when the previous load was on the line. I was allowed to play in the water, I mean squoosh the water through the things wrung into the rinse tubs.

 

[abcomatic]

I agree Tom

It takes about 15 min. to do a load of clothes in the Maytag. 2 rinses and then on the line does take about that much time. After the last load is done and on the line. I always drain the machine, take the agitator out and wash it off and then rinse out the machine, dry it and leave it open so that it dries completely.
That goes for using any wringer machine for that matter. Have fun, Gary

 

[beekeyknee]

If you want a Maytag automatic, install a toggle switch on the back of the machine, splice into the timer moter leads, hook them up to the switch and you can extend any part of a cycle you like. The machine becomes a semi-automatic at that point, when you use the switch, but it will do what you want. Just don't fall asleep when the switch is flipped or you could end up with an extremely long spray spin or clothes washed to death. This can be done on any automatic with mechanical timer and probably with digital one if you're sharp enough.

 

[vintagekenmore]

I remember for about a period of six months, my father brought a double tub wringer washer in the house as our automatic washer needed repaired and according to my mother he was too cheap to pay for the fix. So.it was fill the left tub with water...start the agitation and add the clothes and soap. Fill the tub on the right and once that was done, he would start wringing out the clothes and transferring them to the rinse tub. That all ended when mom went down one day and did something that caused it to stop.agitating all together and she had the automatic repaired and the wringer hauled off.