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My New Find For My Kitchen! |
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Post# 931793   4/11/2017 at 08:50 (2,542 days old) by TheSpiritOf76 (Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, and OZ All Together. )   |   | |
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So this past weekend, I found a new addition for my kitchen, which is.......A 1977 Sears Best Kenmore, Trash Compactor in Tawny Gold! I gave $10.00 for this thing. I have always wanted one, I have heard good things about how one can be a benefit. I read a great back post on here about the proper use for one, and what to do to get the most. I can't wait to get some bags and start! Here are some pictures of it. its in relatively good condition, usual wear, nothing seems to be broken or damaged. It will need basic cosmetic cleaning, you know, regular people don't keep up the appearances of their appliances like we do. =) I am pretty pleased to have found this. Oh yes, and it also still has its original can of freshener in it,I love the graphics on the can!..So I think I will keep it on display.
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Post# 931808 , Reply# 1   4/11/2017 at 10:38 (2,542 days old) by pulltostart (Mobile, AL)   |   | |
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Post# 931812 , Reply# 2   4/11/2017 at 11:28 (2,542 days old) by MattL (Flushing, MI)   |   | |
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Had one of these for a few years in the 70's. Did the job, but decided it was not worth the cost of the bags and such, don't remember when we got rid of it.
I do know I've seen that bags are still available. Hope it works well for your needs... |
Post# 931819 , Reply# 3   4/11/2017 at 11:56 (2,542 days old) by Frigilux (The Minnesota Prairie)   |   | |
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Post# 931824 , Reply# 4   4/11/2017 at 12:31 (2,542 days old) by Iheartmaytag (Wichita, Kansas)   |   | |
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BUT, the front panel may be reversible so you have the Harvest showing, there may be either a white or Avocado on the other side. This varied by model, but if you wanted to change the color. I thought this because of the chrome side molding. Usually the non-color changing models had wrap around color.
Some models had that feature, and some did not. Our GE had four, Harvest, Avocado, White, and Coppertone. |
Post# 931836 , Reply# 5   4/11/2017 at 14:46 (2,542 days old) by washman (o)   |   | |
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Hi Frig! |
Post# 931844 , Reply# 6   4/11/2017 at 15:41 (2,542 days old) by petek (Ontari ari ari O )   |   | |
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We had a Kenmore for a number of when we lived out in the country with no curbside pick up. It worked really well, just do not put food waste in there if you can help it.. it sticks to the bottom of the ram and can get stinky eventually regardless of the can of spray. We didn't even bother with the spray can after a while because we didn't put food in there. Ours was harvest gold as well iirc but I spray painted it white and there were 2 or 3 color panels behind the harvest gold panel on the front.. check and see if they're still in behind yours. |
Post# 931850 , Reply# 7   4/11/2017 at 16:58 (2,542 days old) by turquoisedude (.)   |   | |
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Geez, these were never all that popular here, but my father the gadget fanatic insisted we get one! Ours was the GE with the round bucket - a fond memory of my mis-spent youth was waiting to see the garbage truck roll by and watch the person perched on the back of the truck realize that the wee little bag at our curbside also contained gravity. The look when they fell off the back of the truck... LOL
Ahhhh, I was born evil, I guess. |
Post# 931944 , Reply# 8   4/12/2017 at 02:54 (2,542 days old) by tolivac (greenville nc)   |   | |
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Home compactors neat-but----The trash trucks compactor can compact the trash to greater density-and they can take bulk items-including dead home compactors! |
Post# 931953 , Reply# 9   4/12/2017 at 06:04 (2,541 days old) by petek (Ontari ari ari O )   |   | |
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Post# 931981 , Reply# 10   4/12/2017 at 09:38 (2,541 days old) by TheSpiritOf76 (Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, and OZ All Together. )   |   | |
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Post# 932516 , Reply# 11   4/15/2017 at 10:11 (2,538 days old) by polkanut (Wausau, WI )   |   | |
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Post# 932549 , Reply# 12   4/15/2017 at 15:20 (2,538 days old) by panthera (Rocky Mountains)   |   | |
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Are still available - we have one and love her! I would suggest you not use the plastic bags, but the brown paper bags with plastic liners. Walmart carries them. We painted ours a colour which works better with our kitchen than almond.
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Post# 932550 , Reply# 13   4/15/2017 at 15:39 (2,538 days old) by LordKenmore (The Laundry Room)   |   | |
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Had one of these for a few years in the 70's. Did the job, but decided it was not worth the cost of the bags and such
I vaguely recall seeing a trash compactor for sale when I was young. Maybe it was on one of our rare trips through Sears. I remember my mother taking one look, and making some comment about the savings in having reduced trash service was cancelled out by the cost of the compactor. And that was before factoring in anything like special bags. (Our trash bags were always grocery store bags which were about the right size to fit the kitchen trash container.) |
Post# 932553 , Reply# 14   4/15/2017 at 15:51 (2,538 days old) by panthera (Rocky Mountains)   |   | |
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