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Post# 55108   1/28/2005 at 10:47 (7,025 days old) by geoffdelp (SAUK RAPIDS)        

Hi everyone ... have really enjoyed following Unimatics posts and finds!! He's got the "golden" touch!!

Here's a beautiful Montgomery Ward's Signature wringer (in blue, no less) washer for all of you fans out there!

Chrome, chrome, chrome ... !!! :-)

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Post# 55111 , Reply# 1   1/28/2005 at 10:50 (7,025 days old) by westie2 ()        

Guess Norge built this for them look at the burp up agitator. Wonder if it still has the filter pan?

Post# 55113 , Reply# 2   1/28/2005 at 10:53 (7,025 days old) by geoffdelp (SAUK RAPIDS)        

Yeah ... I wonder!! Probably long gone by now. Still would be kind of fun. Love the chrome.

Post# 55126 , Reply# 3   1/28/2005 at 13:39 (7,025 days old) by pulsator-power (connecticut)        
wringer washers

 Anyone know why the wringer washers were kept in production for so long after the automatics began production? I mean, they were kept around thru what, the '80's? They died with Disco music
Jerry

Post# 55139 , Reply# 4   1/28/2005 at 15:52 (7,025 days old) by gmpayne (INDIANAPOLIS, IN)        
MONTGOMERY WARD

 WHAT A BEAUTY!!!!

Post# 55140 , Reply# 5   1/28/2005 at 15:53 (7,025 days old) by scott55405 ()        

In some parts of the country, particularly in areas with basements, wringers remained popular for decades after automatics came into being, and in fact some folks who were accustomed to wringers either had difficulty or never did fully or successfully make the change (which actually netted Robert a couple of nice low mileage vintage automatics for his collection, as memory serves!).

Also, they were generally about half the cost of automatics particularly in the early years (we can probably credit Sears for making automatic washing affordable to the masses beginning about in the 60s), so they were probably purchased by families with tight budgets, particularly when combining the cost of the washer with the additional expense of plumbing and installation in a home that was built before automatics.

Then too, some depression era folks I'm sure thought the automatics were very wasteful, where they were accustomed to using their wash and rinse water for many successive loads, hence the popularity of suds saver automatics for many years.

In Minnesota, it is not at all uncommon to find wringer washers present at estate sales and such. There are people who insist that no automatic washer can clean as well as a wringer. If you're line drying, you can actually get your wash out a lot faster with a wringer, the catch 22 being you have to be there pretty much the entire time attending to it. You would lose the time savings using a dryer, since you'd get all your wash done and then have to wait for the dryer to work through the backlog anyway.

Post# 55189 , Reply# 6   1/28/2005 at 22:02 (7,024 days old) by geoffdelp (SAUK RAPIDS)        
Believe it or not ...

 Scott ... Believe it or not, but there are still some homes in my neck of the woods in Minnesota that DO NOT have the facilities for an automatic washer!

A few years ago before I stopped repairing and restoring Maytag wringers, I was in a retired couple's home who were just so worried that their Maytag wringer was not working right. I was surprised when we went to the basement and she had galvanized standing tubs and a floor drain. There was access to hot and cold water, so she could fill her washer and tubs. You guys are gonna flip, but she had an old Hamilton dryer that she bought second hand and was still using it ... AND ... not venting it outside; it vented right into the basement. She'd been doing laundry like this for years and raised a family. Single income 1950's family living off of a railroad retirement ... I didn't charge them a dime. I gave her a rebuilt wringer head to "keep her going".

I also had the pleasure a few years ago to help out a lady who lives in Cold Spring, Minnesota in a home that has no facilities for an automatic. This lady (in her early 70's) was still hauling buckets of water from the kitchen and doing her laundry on the back porch. She would then haul the buckets of water back to the kitchen (or outside in the summer) to drain everything. She hangs her clothes outside ALL OF THE TIME ... even in the dead of winter (-25 below zero ... geez ... freezes before it's even on the line). She was OK with it ... I asked her if she couldn't afford to have an automatic washer/dryer installed with the plumbing and she said "no". Lived very simply ... widowed, I believe.

I'm sure there are still some lake homes with limited plumbing and facilities that use wringers. That's how I got my 1929 Maytag Model A. The family was still using the machine when they sold their lake home.

Post# 55193 , Reply# 7   1/28/2005 at 22:45 (7,024 days old) by rickr (.)        
WOW now thats a trip!!

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Boy and I though we were the only ones that love doing wash in the "oldies". I guess our machines are fairly new next to a 1929!! Nice that you helped these people out. I used to do the same sort of thing when I managed an auto repair shop.The older folks never expected the help,never forgot it,and ALWAYS appriciated it.
Good for you! (:
Rick

Post# 55216 , Reply# 8   1/29/2005 at 08:29 (7,024 days old) by geoffdelp (SAUK RAPIDS)        

Thanks, Rick ... I always believe that "what comes around, goes around" ... don't you? It's just easier to help out sometimes.

My Maytag Model A is now all covered up tightly and in storage in my garage. I still have some "tweaking" and polishing to do on her. I had it on display at the local Maytag dealer for a number of years. Still a good machine.

Make it a great day!!
Geoff


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