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If The TR Series Is So Durable

Why don't they put coin boxes on them and put them in commercial service, 

 

Because they know they will not clean big loads of clothing that people stuff in coin operated models.

 

But the good news is you can now wash garden tools as well as golf balls and Billiard balls, LOL

 

John 
 
I'm still curious as to how many people commenting on this machine have used it?

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I get defensive on this because I see people always dogging this machine and they've never used them.

Go buy one of these, use it, form an opinion of it.

Then buy one of the whirlpool/lg/maytag/ge/samsung top load popular advertised all over machines, use that and then use the speed queen again.

People want to cram heavy a** blankets and baskets full of clothes in these modern top loaders and none of them can handle it for long periods except the speed queen TR series. For what people want to wash, this machine handles it better and performs better than the agitatorless machines. I've washed several loads of shop rags and moving blankets in almost every top load we sell and the TR series handles them better and spins them better.[this post was last edited: 7/3/2020-12:33]
 
Speed Queen TR TL Washers

Hi Joshua, I have used this machine, We sell this machine, for the amount of water it uses it just not do a good job on really dirty or large loads, 

 

You are using some pretty lame washers if this SQ TR washer actually cleans dirty shop rags better than about any other TL washer ever sold, Large moving blankets should be washed in a FL washer for decent even cleaning.

 

Speed Queen knows it is substandard in cleaning performance which it has not appeared in commercial settings.

 

SQ though they could get away a simplified design and it failed badly, they lost more than 1/2 of their sales, Frigidaire marketed almost the same machine 6 years ago and abandoned  it after 2 years, No one is more disappointed than we are we lost a lot of sales due to this blunder.

 

 
 
Small Point: I said "in almost every top load we sell" meaning current offerings from the brands we sell.

Not ever sold; not discontinued items.

The TR series speed queen will handle day to day household usage better than the current top load offerings from our other vendors.

We sell the GE GTW220 and GTX22 pair more than we sell any other top load pair because of price point.

When people are looking at a 999, 1099 and 1199 top load washer, the speed queen tr series is better money spent than other similar priced top load washers. They are more durable, they move more water and they handle bulkier loads better.

Put a sleeping bag in this or an lg or samsung or even whirlpool/maytag and see which one runs the whole cycle quieter and quicker and still gets the same results or better.

We have had two come back for clean-ability reasons. Both were unopened, both had posts printed from this site that they found on google.

Most, if not all, of the other offerings the TR series is designed to compete with aren't available in commercial offerings... The TR series is aimed at the home customer, why would you not look at the comparison between home machines?

Aside from the fact that we have two complexes that use these in their common laundry rooms simply because they have less service issues from being over loaded.

And having taken these machines apart, if I owned rentals and needed something for common laundry, I would purchase the TR series and have an aftermarket coin/timer installed controlling the outlet because these machines can take a beating. There aren't any gears, just a 1 hp motor driving a fixed shaft and pulley and an independent drain pump.
 
Of the SQ TL residential, I would ONLY buy SQ TC5000wn.

The TC5000wn is a better value for your money. In addition to office wear, our family has people who enjoy working out at the gym, provide our own lawn care, work at technical trade jobs, enjoy outdoor sports, have pets, kids, etc.

I would purchase the Maytag mvwp575gw over the SQ TR series any day all day. I've had my Maytag for two years now with no issues. At least it has a 5-yr. parts and labor warranty included. If that was out of my budget, I would look at the Roper or Amana dual action agitator models. While none of these may not last as long, they will clean my clothes better for the time they do run AND I will still be out less money versus a laundry mat. Plus, it is more convenient.

No one will convince me the TR series out performs the TC5000wn model or what seems to be the second overall best choice, the Maytag model I have. Why would I spend my hard money to get less for more? Seeing is believing when almost everyone says the same thing.

I hope SQ continues to sell the TC5000wn model--it was not available when I needed a new washer. I do think it has a better build quality, half tub wash and rinse for all main cycles, and NO ATC. With that said, I want to emphasize I've had no issues with my Maytag mvwp575gw in the two years I've owned it. I say this because the TC5000wn may be a time-limited model that may only be sold through the end of this year. I have not heard that recently, so hopefully this is incorrect.

The government passed regulations with good intentions but failed to properly research them. If so, how they can miss what is so obvious to the actual users?
Washers wind up in the landfills much quicker now. It takes more time, water, energy, and chemicals to clean clothes now.
 
About sleeping bags...

I've seen demos of bulkier items being washed in the TR series. They don't move. The tub just move back and forth. There is almost little or no turnover. The wash action reminds me of the Scrambler carnival ride. As the direction changes quickly, everything goes to one side SMASHED together. How is that getting clean? This is why SQ does not show clothes being washed. This wash action only works with smaller items or lightly soiled items like office wear.
 
<span style="font-size: 14pt; color: #008000;">Remember the famous "sand test" that Betty Furness performed for the old Westinghouse front loader? I suggest Speed Queen do a "Kleenex test". I'm sure the TR series would be the only washer, top or front loader, where the load would emerge perfectly unscathed...and clean provided they were unused to begin with. </span>

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The TC 5 and the TR series aren't the same animal. and I am not saying that they are. I am saying that the TR does better than a washplate/agitatorless machine.

And whirlpool/maytag can keep their washers equipped with the washplates and a stick.

I've used the tr's, i've used cabrios and bravos machines. I've used the top load samsungs and lgs. I have watched these machines perform in person.

I see what our service department goes through trying to repair the shaft on the whirlpool/maytags when the tubs don't float anymore. That is the number 1 repair on those machines.
 
 
I don't think WP has any machines anymore with the floating basket design?  VMW and VMAX both have non-floating baskets with a mode shifter.

And I don't know if WP perhaps did something to mess up F&P's floating basket design ... but I've never had a problem with mine, and my GWL08 that my nephew is using is now 21 years old with no repairs except one pump replacement.
 
Here is what SQ should have done to their machines...keep the transmission and agitator , but, change out the motor to the variable DC motor that they use now...that way the washer can agitate at 68 opms for normal and spin the load at 850+ rpms. I still have my SQ AWN311 and yes its a water hog, and yes the agitation is quite adequate , but spin leaves a lot to be desired. That washbasket will hold onto water much longer than it needs to in my opinion and the final spin is not long enough or fast enough in my experience.
When our lovely city decided to jack up our water and sewer rates that washer had to be sidelined. Going back to a front load washer was the best thing I could have done. I know some pine for a top loader that is old school, and I get that.
The other thing , getting back to the topic at hand, I cannot imagine how nicked up and scratched that agitator and wash basket will be after this idiotic "test". I would bet they won't show you that after effect.
 

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