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Thread Number: 53468
Solid tub speed queens still in use! |
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| Post# 758418 5/20/2014 at 16:48 (3,621 days old) by washman (o) | ||
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www.facebook.com/photo.ph... Don't they look fantastic? | ||
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Post# 758424 , Reply# 1 5/20/2014 at 17:37 (3,621 days old) by lorainfurniture  (Cleveland ) |
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Let me just add the newb question here but is the tub really solid as in no perforation? | ||
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Post# 758429 , Reply# 2 5/20/2014 at 17:57 (3,621 days old) by akronman (Akron/Cleveland Ohio) |
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Hey Lorain
You better believe no holes, no perforations, SOLID TUB. And this one is in my Akron basment
CLICK HERE TO GO TO akronman's LINK | ||
| Post# 758430 , Reply# 3 5/20/2014 at 18:07 (3,621 days old) by hippiedoll ( arizona ) | ||
very cool!!! | ||
| Post# 758435 , Reply# 4 5/20/2014 at 18:42 (3,621 days old) by washman (o) | ||
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Oh hippiedoll is it ever I mean I never knew what laundry could be like until I got a Speed Queen. Never have my clothes come out so fresh, so clean, so delightfully soft. Coupled with the SQ dryer, it is washing nirvana if you ask me. | ||
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Post# 758451 , Reply# 5 5/20/2014 at 19:39 (3,621 days old) by Yogitunes (New Jersey) |
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Post# 758460 , Reply# 6 5/20/2014 at 20:03 (3,621 days old) by appnut (TX) |
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Post# 758461 , Reply# 7 5/20/2014 at 20:04 (3,621 days old) by lorainfurniture (Cleveland ) |
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So how does it extract the water? Can someone give me the cliff notes on this machine as I have never seen one like it before | ||
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Post# 758465 , Reply# 8 5/20/2014 at 20:07 (3,621 days old) by appnut (TX) |
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there are holes at the top of the tub just under the clothes guard. The spin/centrifical force sends the water up, over, and out the top of the tub to drain the tub and spin dry the clothes. The overflow rinse adds water as it agitates. the water overflows out the tub through those same top of tub holes and flushes out the suds and lint/scum. It does an overflow rinse at the end of the wash cycle and also the majority of the agitated deep rinse is an overflow rinse.
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Post# 758564 , Reply# 9 5/21/2014 at 09:18 (3,621 days old) by oldskool (Kansas City, MO) |
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Where.... is the laundromat located that still has these in operation as stated on the Facebook thread? Anyone know? John | ||
| Post# 758566 , Reply# 10 5/21/2014 at 09:24 (3,621 days old) by washman (o) | ||
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Located at City Wide Coin Laundry Coral Gables FL. | ||
| Post# 758575 , Reply# 11 5/21/2014 at 10:14 (3,620 days old) by gmmcnair (Portland, OR) | ||
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| Post# 758608 , Reply# 12 5/21/2014 at 13:05 (3,620 days old) by nmassman44 (Brooksville Florida) | ||
The solid tub SQ washer my parents had when I was growing up did ok but washing for seven people and the smallish tub the SQ washer had was well let's just say I did laundry every day. That said they also relied on the sediment ejector tub to dump sand and sediment out of the tub. If one had a blocked tube like I had, well ya got sediment in the bottom of the tub. These washers were good for washing, extraction though was another story. The top sections of the load were extracted well but the load at the bottom not so much. The first SQ washer lasted 9 years and my parents bought that in 1964. The second SQ washer lasted 6 short years and it died by the transmission cracking in half. What a mess that was green goo and the belt snapped from the pump to the transmission. For the capacity that these machines had, and the water consumption, they were ok . My parents then replaced the SQ washer with a Maytag A510. That washer lasted til 2010. When we got the Maytag I was in love with the capacity, extraction and sand removal. It was a drastic improvement over the SQ washer. The SQ washer I have today I could have used way back then. Capacity is very good and washes well.
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Post# 758612 , Reply# 13 5/21/2014 at 13:34 (3,620 days old) by akronman (Akron/Cleveland Ohio) |
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Well
I agree with some of that, disagree with some, but that's the story here at AW---hundreds of opinions!
Yes, they have a small tub and I could NOT get by if it was my only washer. A family of 3 or 4 should look at other machines, true. Even blue jeans are an overload. But for tons of sheets, dress pants, towels, shirts, etc, it does a great washing and rinsing. I have found extraction to be very good, just like Maytag/GE/Frigidaire of the era. Mine is a 73 or 74 model. Sand and grit----yea, not the best. Normal dirt and lint goes away wonderfully, but the sediment can stay behind. They are usually known for pretty good quality construction, mine is 39 years old, but any brand can put out a lemon now and then. Water use---None is wasted in any outer tub., There's almost no spray rinsing, instead that water usage goes into overflowing rinses. The results are GREAT. So water use I'd call average. Like I said, I couldn't get by with a 50's thru late 70's solid tub SQ as my only washer. But for a collector, with other machines for blankets and jackets and jeans, etc, it's wonderful. Half agree, half disagree, that ain't bad! I like the wide range of experience and opinions here--and we all have differing needs and wants in our collections-- Mark | ||
| Post# 758923 , Reply# 15 5/22/2014 at 15:08 (3,619 days old) by blueneon () | ||
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.......... Also, wood panelling You're, uh, welcome? | ||
| Post# 758935 , Reply# 17 5/22/2014 at 15:35 (3,619 days old) by washman (o) | ||
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Request Would it be possible to go back and snag some more snaps of those Speed Queens? | ||
| Post# 759026 , Reply# 19 5/22/2014 at 23:34 (3,619 days old) by 70series ( Connecticut.) | ||
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Nice laundromat. The SQs are beautiful and unweathered by age. It's great to know that some of these old time laundromats still exist. | ||
| Post# 759147 , Reply# 21 5/23/2014 at 18:08 (3,618 days old) by washman (o) | ||
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Brilliant! If this place ever shuts down, I want a green SQ! | ||
| Post# 759196 , Reply# 22 5/23/2014 at 22:16 (3,618 days old) by dnastrau (Lords Valley, PA) | ||
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Vintage machines in commercial duty Very cool laundromat! I wonder how much trouble it is to keep those vintage SQ solid tub machines as well as the Big Boy front loaders running. Are parts available for them? Just curious...
Andrew S. | ||
| Post# 759268 , Reply# 25 5/24/2014 at 11:10 (3,617 days old) by brucelucenta () | ||
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It doesn't surprise me at all that there are still old solid tub SQ coin op machines in use. They were extremely heavy duty and would last nearly forever with a little care and maintainence. | ||
| Post# 759700 , Reply# 28 5/26/2014 at 19:53 (3,615 days old) by dnastrau (Lords Valley, PA) | ||
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Solid tub SQ parts availability (?) Are parts still available for solid tub SQ machines? I have a feeling that the general answer is "NOS" only. Maybe the owner of that laundromat has a stash of spares... | ||
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Post# 759701 , Reply# 29 5/26/2014 at 19:54 (3,615 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md) |
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Solid Tub Commercial SQs Still In Use
This has be be about the last Laundromat in the US that still has these machines.
SQ like other brands seldom lasted much more than 10 years in Commercial use, which is actually saying a lot since the amount of use they get is like lasting 50-100 years or more in home use of just 10 or less loads per week. The ST SQ washers were not partially easy to repair, but they did have a good main seal and bearing system, so a determined repair person could keep them running if you wanted to work that hard and have lots of skinned fingers and bruises. | ||
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