Whirlpool Belt Drive commercial washers.
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cfz2882
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When parents were at university~mid 1970s,the Laundromat buildings were equipped with ~1968 WPs(6 IIRC)and a pair of older westy front loads that were usually "out of order"
When parents were at university~mid 1970s,the Laundromat buildings were equipped with ~1968 WPs(6 IIRC)and a pair of older westy front loads that were usually "out of order"
<blockquote>Maytag85: Did Whirlpool ever make any Belt Drive commercial washers?</blockquote> Surely, branded both Whirlpool and Kenmore. Some laundromats around this area had them. There's a Picture-of-the-Day touting Whirlpool coin-op dry cleaning machines that also shows belt-drive toploaders.
the laundry room in an apartment building I lived in had the BD washers and they had some WP dryers stacked.These replaced the turquoise SQ washers the place had before.Then Amana based SQ washers replaced the WP BD.Then I moved to a different apartment house-they had GE washers with the ramp agitators and rim flo filters.No lint dishes.
My dad did the service work for a laundromat north of here. They had circa 1965 Frigidiares, and Whirlpools.
speedqueen
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How well did these machines stand up to the abuses of being a commercial washer vs something like a MT or solid tub SQ of the era?
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