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classiccaprice

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Hey fellas,

 

As some of you know, I'm a 5th grade teacher (at least for now, but that's another story) and am starting to plan my lessons for the days after the spring standardized testing that have taken over our 21st century education (yet another story).  I was thinking I might do a story on the evolution of clothes/washing one day.  I've got my great (x3) grandmother's spinning wheel, my grandmother's washboard, and my great-aunt's wringer.  If you make it hands on, you make it fun.  That said, if I take the wringer to school it's going to have to go on it's side in my van.  I remember from when I moved it here (same van) that a little oil spilled out of the machine. Is there something I can plug to prevent oil leakage?  I don't have access to a truck, but I thought it would be fun.  Help!

 

Thanks fellas!

[this post was last edited: 5/1/2014-20:28]

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I'm pretty sure I have seen on here that if you lay it on it's front (not entirely sure how you would manage to keep it that way, being a round tub machine, rather than square), no oil will leak out because the vent for the transmission will be at its highest point.
 
Thanks Dustin!  I hope you are right.  Here is my great (x3) grandmother's spinning wheel (circa 1810-1820) and the next picture is of the cards,and  some of the yarn and yarn products that my great grandmother made with the spinning wheel.

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Will,
Once you lay the wringer down in your van. Just make sure that you do two things-
1- Lay it on it's front (logo facing the bottom of the van)
2- Put it up against the side of the van and on the opposing side "block it" so that the machine can't roll around while the van is in motion.

As long as you keep the machine on it's "front" you shouldn't have a problem with leakage.

Out of curiosity...do you use that machine as your daily driver? That's quite a load you've got going in the beginning of this thread.

Rick
 
Will

Agree, face down.
You can also lift the wringer off to lighten the load, if not lock your wringer in position before moving, that thing is 30 lbs by itself, and you don't want it to swing around and hit you!
 

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