What was the longest dryer that you have known and seen working since your childhood?

[pierreandreply4]

Hello to all aw members,

Here is a simple question what was the longest working dryer that you have seen working since your childhood? for me the answer is simple it was my grandmother 40 year old inglis dryer that she had since 1970 to 2009

 

[d-jones]

In 1981 or 82 my parents replaced their 1960's era Frigidaire washer and dryer with a new set of GE's. The FilterFlo washer was taken out of service by corrosion issues in 2012, but the dryer is still seeing weekly use

 

[norgeway]

My Uncle bought my Aunt a Westinghouse

Sometime around 51 or 52....they got a new set in 67, we used the Westinghouse until the early 80s..My Aunt and Uncle used the Maytags they bought in 67 for 33 years.

 

[jamman_98]

Kenmore

My Dad purchased a Kenmore dryer for my Mom in the summer of 1967 because he hated the thought of putting up a clothesline. He paid $99.00 for it and as of 2015 it is still being used. Only 1 repair ever.

 

Joe

jamman_98

 

[ponchoguy]

1975 Kenmore

My grandparent's 1975 Kenmore dryer. I went with them to buy it as a 4 year old kid in 1975 (I remember getting a pretzel at the snack counter that day), and it lasted until we sold it in 2013 after my grandpa's passing. The new owner fell in love with it, and I'm sure it's still working.....

From the feedback on this forum, it was an "All American" model as I was told.

I fixed it one time in 2003---a new igniter assembly for $35 and an hour of my time. Everyone was ready to toss it, and I said, "Whoa Nelley...let me have a look".

I had it fixed in less time than it would have taken to buy a new one.

 

[turquoisedude]

The GE V12

The '64 (I think) BOL GE V12 dryer served our family from the time of its purchase until 2001 or 2002.  Admittedly it was used sparingly (in summer, laundry was planned around sunny days to take advantage of the clothes line!) but it gave us many years of reliable service.  

 

In all those years, the only service needed was the replacement of the heating element.  Believe it or not, I changed that all by myself at the ripe old age of 15, back in summer of 1978!

 

[daveamkrayoguy]

The Maytag that my mom bought that went w/ the Maytag washer she'd bought, circa. 1978, that stayed w/ the Maytag washer that I got her, circa. 1992, just to see both go & get replaced by another matching Maytag set circa. 2006...

Otherwise, rewind back to the BOL Kelvinator dryer (it had a metal toggle switch for 'Heat On' / 'Heat Off', designated by a corresponding '1' and '2') mated with a left-opening lid-GE filter-flo circa. 1974, that got replaced by a White-Westinghouse dryer that was even more BOL (No No-Heat Dry, and the Kenmore that almost got planted there had to be returned because the cord would not reach the outlet over the laundry appliances... The AC and DC were right over the machines, before everything got put against the wall a few years later)... The GE filter-flo washer then departed to make way for a 1989 WCI-built Frigidaire... ("Grandma!" "You got a NEW WASHER!!!!", I said...)

Then envision a few neighbors, across the street: An Avocado Green Kenmore set w/ the sliding door controls being separated by the washer breaking & replaced by a series of Whirlpools and the dryer becoming a White-Westinghouse destined to become "the most-longest running dryer in my Daughter's Childhood, if that's even still there; line-drying must have contributed to its longevity... As was the case at my granny's place, which I would witness, but the drying in that Kelvy was too hot for my aunt & cousin's stuff)...

Oh, yeh, a '70's Whirlpool set, where the dryer lost its washer mate in early-1990, and both had even made their way to the daughter's house when she'd married & when her mom passed on, circa. 1992, but by now, most-likely both units, have been far-more updated... (and Hubby works at ABC (Appliance Store)...)

My buddy down the street: Going from a one-knob BOL Mont. Ward washer to a fairly-decent Kenmore, almost mid-to-hi-end model, around the time I got my mom her '90's Maytag, while the equally one-knob BOL Wards dryer stayed around... And that dryer came sooner than the washer had to be replaced, in the Kenmore set that preceeded the 'Sears Robuck loyalists' family 'Gone Wards'...!

All I can think of--for now...!

-- Dave

 

[askolover]

my grandmother's

GE electric dryer....she bought it back in the 60's and it was still working when she died in 2012! That's part of the reason I now own a GE dryer, even though mine's gas...I bought it in 1998 because of longevity!

 

[rapidry1000]

My mother's 1970 General Electric gas dryer and was working when she died in June 2012. Never had a problem and dried items faster than my Maytag DG608.

 

[turquoisedude]

Photographic evidence of the '64 GE Dryer!

I just dug this out of my box of photos that my father gave me some time ago.  The photo here was taken some time in the late 1980s (definitely after 1987 when I bought that GE Medallion 850 Filter-Flo washer for my father).  

 

The photo was taken in the basement of the house in Pointe-Claire where I did most of my growing up.

 

[philr]

ABC and Arctic Power! Are these stil available? ?

 

[pierreandreply4]

Phil to answer your question acrtic power laundry detergent is still avalable and abc as well but abc is now in liquid detergent. Ps phil incase you did not see yor email i have sent you one

http://www.phoenixbrands.com/Canada.10.lasso.html

 

[macboy91si]

GE V-12 / V-14

I have this washer AND dryer in my storage unit. The washe appears to be the matching V-12 washer (light blue panel with toggle switches, says V-12) and the dryer is maybe 1-2 years newer, same style V-14 on the control panel. Very neat machiens and work good. So nudge nudge if you want to relive some classic machines...

or anyone else...

Tim

 

[tennblondie78]

My 1976 Maytag DE808. It's running flawlessly.

 

[philr]

Thanks for the link Pierre! I haven't seen your email. Did you send it today? 

 

[pierreandreply4]

no phil i sent it january13

 

[philr]

I just emailed you from my other email account!

 

[gansky1]

Good thread, Pierre!

So many dryers from my childhood ran for remarkably long times. Given the conservative midwesterner's penchant for hanging onto things with even a tiny glimmer of life left in them, it stands to reason.

My aunt had a Speed Queen dryer, her only dryer, bought in 1970. Drying for three boys and three adults, it lasted through the end of her life in 1999.

My grandparents had their only dryer, a '52 Kenmore until we sold the house in 1987. The new owners continued to use it for at least a few years after that.

 

[pierreandreply4]

Thank you phil and thank you gansky