Solid Tub Washers

[rpms]

Would a wringer washer as a solid tub work better?
My Admiral wringer has a filter under the agitator.
If you were lifting the clothes up from the sandy water it would have to have preformed better than an automatic.

 

[launderess]

Maytag wringer washers featured a "sediment zone" under agitator. Maytag claimed muck and dirt would be contained there thus keeping wash water cleaner. This one supposes was a benefit for those who used wash water more than once.

 

[paulwash]

Solid Tub Washers

I have to jump in on this subject first off 1988 my Father and I picked up an early 1970 SPEED QUEEN solid tub washer on the side of the road. It came from an older woman home clean she said it needs work. $41 needed a belt pushed the reliable 1966 whirlpool RCA we had been using that my mom purchased at a yard sale for $25 dollars it still worked fine but I had to have that speed queen anyhow we had it for less than a year the pump went small capacity solid tub that washer was on constantly strong fast agitation splashy with overflow wash and rinse loud spin! I distinctly remember sediment at the bottom of the tub after washing my fathers work clothes. I know i would rinse the tub out with water turn the dial to spin and get out the sediment. So that being said YES my solid tub sometimes in my opinion had the sediment problem that speed Queen just could Not keep up with a busy family of four people the capacity was too small. I did love using it with solo detergent and tide and snuggle. Once it stopped on us the RCA Whirlpool went back to work for a long time my question is how reliable were those speed Queen washers in the homes with big families. I remember Also my speed Queen would overheat stop during the spin cycle cool off then kick back in.

 

[DADoES]

 
My aunt with the 1969 Speed Queen, her husband's family (his parents, two sons, and their kids) had a dairy and agriculture operation.  His parents had Speed Queen laundry in their separate wash-house and presumably also the other son.  It was never directly discussed with auntie but she never mentioned a problem with sediment and I didn't notice any when examining her machine during visits and occasionally being treated to running a load.  Auntie's SQ set ran into the late 70s or early 80s, replaced with a WP belt-drive (still the SQ dryer).  I have no details on any SQ repairs or what led to its replacement but uncle once mentioned he replaced the belt on the WP and it was quite a chore, LOL.  The WP washer and SQ dryer were replaced with a 2002 Maytag PAV/PYE pair, which then were replaced with a 2012 Duet pair when the 'tag washer caught a bad pump (which I repaired and sold the 'tags for them).

 

[Chetlaham]

Ive been thinking. Could the switch have been that as inner tubs got larger, outer tubs could only get smaller? And thus less space to hold all that water?