would this be a bad model to purchase?....not a bad price for the set...
http://philadelphia.craigslist.org/app/1918975836.html
http://philadelphia.craigslist.org/app/1918975836.html
Speed Queens for sale
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launderess
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Those Are The Newer Models Sold by Alliance
Billed as "Heavy Duty Commercial Homestyle", they came with an option for coin vend service.
http://www.speedqueen.com/vend_adv_pdf/am07-211.pdf
Billed as "Heavy Duty Commercial Homestyle", they came with an option for coin vend service.
http://www.speedqueen.com/vend_adv_pdf/am07-211.pdf
launderess
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I Say, Go Get Them!
That is what I say.
Rugged washer and dryer designed for hard use (ie familes), and solid parts and service should be on hand as well.
That is what I say.
Rugged washer and dryer designed for hard use (ie familes), and solid parts and service should be on hand as well.
SQ WASHER& DRYER
They should be a good buy. All SQ washers have the potential to eat belts since about 1980.
They should be a good buy. All SQ washers have the potential to eat belts since about 1980.
whirlcool
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Actually, I think the SQ's and the Amanas by Raytheon were around until 1993-4 or so.
And not only did they eat belts, they leaked a lot too.
And not only did they eat belts, they leaked a lot too.
mark_wpduet
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I wasn't aware that SQ ever made poor machines. Interesting
SQ WASHER DURABILITY
SQ washers after the mid 1970s had serious durability problems, this included the last years of the solid tub models. Its really only been the last 5 years or so that they got a lot of serious issues solved and they started thier excellent 3 year full warranty. I think is why you see so few old SQs from the 1970s on.
SQ washers after the mid 1970s had serious durability problems, this included the last years of the solid tub models. Its really only been the last 5 years or so that they got a lot of serious issues solved and they started thier excellent 3 year full warranty. I think is why you see so few old SQs from the 1970s on.
whirlcool
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But a Raytheon Amana is always better than an Amanatag. Which came in 99' when Raytheon sold SQ to Alliance Laundry and Amana to Maytag.
Just to make a point, does anyone here have any good Amanatag stories?
Just to make a point, does anyone here have any good Amanatag stories?
Yes, it was just my luck that with the Raytheon Amana, I bought what I think was one of the last machines on the market to provide long agitator strokes (besides SQ which I think is the only make left that still does). I would have been sick to my stomach if I had ended up with some short-stroke Kenmore or Whirly, but I did pay the price in extending my extended warranty over the course of nine years of ownership. Generally, that extra coverage paid for itself and then some almost every year I renewed. When I think of what that washer cost me over a nine-year period, I should have dumped it after the original warranty ran out and bought my Duet pair way earlier. I'd have been money ahead.
Four belts in nine years. A helical Maytag could easily run twice as long and still not need its original belt replaced. And even if it did, it would have been a 5 minute job that didn't require more than a phillips head screwdriver -- to remove the front panel. On the Amana, it was easily a 30 minute job even for an experienced repair tech, and they'd be yanking various mechanical components off just to get at the belt.
And the damned machine couldn't rinse its way out of a paper bag.
Don't even get me started on the POS bucket-of-speed nuts companion dryer.
Four belts in nine years. A helical Maytag could easily run twice as long and still not need its original belt replaced. And even if it did, it would have been a 5 minute job that didn't require more than a phillips head screwdriver -- to remove the front panel. On the Amana, it was easily a 30 minute job even for an experienced repair tech, and they'd be yanking various mechanical components off just to get at the belt.
And the damned machine couldn't rinse its way out of a paper bag.
Don't even get me started on the POS bucket-of-speed nuts companion dryer.
Stroke ... Stroke ... Stroke
<blockquote>Yes, it was just my luck that with the Raytheon Amana, I bought what I think was one of the last machines on the market to provide long agitator strokes (besides SQ which I think is the only make left that still does).</blockquote>It's odd/interesting that at least one other brand of toploader currently on the market that has always had a so-called long-stroke agitation is always overlooked (or is it perhaps purposely ignored?).
Now that I think about it, there are two more brands available.
That makes four choices: Speed Queen, Fisher & Paykel EcoSmart, GE Hydrowave, and Frigidaire. Yes? No?
<blockquote>Yes, it was just my luck that with the Raytheon Amana, I bought what I think was one of the last machines on the market to provide long agitator strokes (besides SQ which I think is the only make left that still does).</blockquote>It's odd/interesting that at least one other brand of toploader currently on the market that has always had a so-called long-stroke agitation is always overlooked (or is it perhaps purposely ignored?).
Now that I think about it, there are two more brands available.
That makes four choices: Speed Queen, Fisher & Paykel EcoSmart, GE Hydrowave, and Frigidaire. Yes? No?
L@@K!...a rare DIGITAL panel Speed Queen! Guessing from late 80s early 90s! The long-stroke, traditional, back-n-forth agitator is the #1 reason I bought my Speed Queen and what originally drew me to the brand. Internet research eventually drew me to AW.org in which members highly recommended it, which in turn lead to my purchase--couldn't be happier. I feel like a kid again when I watch it.
http://atlanta.craigslist.org/eat/app/1912306430.html
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Wow Yogitunes you better listen to Laundress
Did you notice Laundress' reccomendation comes with not one but 2! personal pronouns, a first here at AW.org I think. So he/she is serious!
Did you notice Laundress' reccomendation comes with not one but 2! personal pronouns, a first here at AW.org I think. So he/she is serious!
