Washer Gods smile on Jetcone

[jetcone]

I got an emergency call from Craters and Freighters that they were swooping in today to pick up Greg's 1938 MYSTERY WASHER.
Which I have been storing for him since God was a baby.
So I had to go to Corporate and tell them I needed the afternoon off to move washing machines! OY the boss was furious but I said shove it.
Off I go to load up this beast, I barely got it up on the truck with the Escalera it is sooooo damn heavy. And that is with the tub removed as well!!
Then I hiked the 90 pound YES 90 pound tub up on the tailgate and tied it all down with Nylon.
Off I go home the 15 miles down Rte 1.
I get to Melrose and people are blowing horns ---pushy idiots!
I get up my steep hill into my driveway and when I get out of the truck my JAW just about hit the ground:
This is what I found:

 

[jetcone]

Yes

The tub had worked itself free of the Nylon somewhere in that 15 miles and was just balanced on the tailgate!!
This is NOT a retouched photo!

Jet

 

[toggleswitch]

Can you just SMELL the lawsuits?

*WOW* It is a good thing that that tub did not crash through some windshield and give an old lady a new Easter bonnet.

 

[gregm]

uuummmm JON ?????

HENCE THE BLOWING HORNS ! ! ! ! ! !

 

[jasonl]

Horns

What is it with Massachussetts people SO impatient? What they expect you to do? Whip around the corners at 90mph? I got and heard alot of that commuting to Boston for the short time I was there. Sheesh!

 

[chestermikeuk]

Emergency... Emergency!!!

"Its An Emergency!!!!WE Need Help!!!Mysterious Device Seen Hanging Off the Back of Silver Dodge Carrier...

Driver Refuses to Stop...Honking Horns Everywhere,,,People Diving For Cover....It Hasnt Gone off ...YET!!!!

We Cannot Tell You What It Is , Only That The Driver was seen Wearing A Very Big Stetson, With His Cute Pal Hangin Out The Window, Stickin Two Fingers Up To Anyone Who Came Near...

DO NOT Apprehend...I REPEAT...Do Not Apprehend....Armed & Dangerous!!!

 

[Unimatic1140]

Oh Boy

OMG Jon that was a close one, those tubs are really heavy. Doesn't your truck have a saftey switch like mine??? My wheels wont spin with the back lid open

 

[jasonl]

Lid switch on a truck?

You have got to be joking? The truck won't go if the tailgate is down? Who built the truck? Maytag?

(ducks and runs)

 

[hoover1060]

The truck won't go if the tailgate is down? Who built th

ROFL!

All thats needed is a rubber spatula to keep the switch tripped while the gate is open!

 

[jasonl]

Yeah really, he must be pulling our leg on that one.

 

[gansky1]

Oh, the C&F drama!

Off balance load, Jon?

Who could ask for a better friend? I will have to do something nice for you, would you like a Maytag washer? I have lots and lots of them...

Thank you again, from the bottom of my free-wheeling tub!!

 

[whirlcool]

Man, just one bounce and that thing would have taken out somebody's front end! You were soooooo lucky! I would have had my jaw on the ground as well!

 

[washertalk]

90 l-b-s's

Lucky you.
I 'gotts to' avoid route 1. lol

put a coat of paint on that thing, it will make a great driveway planter.

 

[gansky1]

Driveway Planter??

OMG, NO!

Mechanical Mandy would be useless without her washtub!

 

[gansky1]

Well, I'm off fetching more pretties to keep me parking in the driveway for another month! Here's a little tease, more pics later tonight...

Yes, they're PANK!

 

[lesto]

Greg, you are such a tease!
As Kay Thompson sings in the musical "Funny Face", Think PINK!

 

[retromom]

YIKES JON!!!!

Are you sure that wasn't a "bouncing basket"? ;-)

Glad everyone made it unscathed!!

Greg....I saw what you did and I know what it is!! As the GoGo's would say, "Our Lips are Sealed".

 

[jetcone]

Yes My lips are sealed!

And I thank the Washer Gods hourly!

Jasonl you hit the nail on the head, Maytag built Robert's Rigg!

It will stop and drain too if you open the doors!

 

[mayken4now]

Jon, OMG I am still out of breath! That usually dosent happen to me man!!!! I usually give out of breath not get it!!!!! This is a line I collected from a well loved club member.

Good Luck in the future.

Steve

 

[foraloysius]

Wow, that was a close one! What I don't understand is why the lid wasn't up? I mean with one washer on the truck there was enough space. Or are we hiding another washer from us on that truck? Enquiring minds want to know!!

And was Aloysius endangered in any way?

 

[blackstone]

Good thing it wasn't one of the "newer" Blackstone stainless tubs. They weigh "only" 70 lbs, and might have bounced off the tailgate. My brother and I had a tough time getting this washer out of my cellar, and that was up 4 stairs.

I can't imagine how these Blackstones were sold to people living in a 4th floor apartment.

 

[jetcone]

Oh Fred

I forgot you would be reading this,I am so embarassed! It was lucky it was the heavy tub.

Louis, there were two washers already in the bed. A 1938 mystery machine going to Greg and a 1949 Frigidaire going to Greg. SO there was no room at the inn and I had to use the tailgate.
Next time I'll bolt it down! They were heavy machines, the Blackstone barely made it up there with me and the Escalera pulling full tilt.

 

[rickr]

Looks like your luck was with you for this trip Jon!