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Post# 948728   7/18/2017 at 04:17 (2,467 days old) by brucelucenta ()        

In about 1978-79 I ordered a TOL set from Otasco(Oklahoma Tire & Supply Co.), that was still in operation at the time, for my parents that looked like this set except it had the plexiglas console that lit up on both. The dryer was the newer style dryer, but the washer was still the solid tub model with the reversing motor. While I actually liked the way the washer washed, rinsed and spun out the clothes, it was VERY trouble prone and after having to replace the entire transmission, due to the agitation cog not locking into place and the agitator going in one direction, I ended up with these machines myself. My parents had by then built a new home in the country and bought a new Maytag set for their new home. This was in 1981. By that time Raytheon had taken over Speed Queen and they were no longer making the solid tub models. So this set really only lasted them at tops, 3 years. It was a great disappointment to me, since I had thought Speed Queen a very good washer up to that point. It was a very handsome looking set, but the washer was not very durable. After the Maytag set, they never bought another washer and dryer. That set lasted them until 2013, when they moved into a retirement home before my father passed. Speed Queen washers were completely different after Raytheon took over and the very last solid tub washer in the USA stopped being manufactured.



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Post# 948767 , Reply# 1   7/18/2017 at 11:47 (2,467 days old) by Frigilux (The Minnesota Prairie)        

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Whoever has the keys to the POD kingdom is scanning in some fresh material! Another new one, today. That's a lot of rugs stuffed into that machine.

Bruce-- was McGraw-Edison the parent company for Speed Queen all the way back to the 1950's?

I will be a Speed Queen owner in a few days. And a top-loader, to boot. No doubt I'll be standing there with the lid up, coffee in hand, watching spin drains and the occasional Eco rinse. Between the paltry rinses and the cold water fill, I'm guessing the Normal Eco cycle will be used only for small loads of lightly-soiled clothing. CR did score the machine as Very Good at cleaning using the Eco cycle, but having watched the two relatively brief spray rinses, I don't foresee using it on, say, a full load of towels.

Post# 948793 , Reply# 2   7/18/2017 at 14:02 (2,467 days old) by brucelucenta ()        

As far as I know, it was. It was a shame that they quit making the one direction motor with the two solenoids. Those were really good machines with few servicing problems. In 1970 or there abouts, they started making the home units with the two direction motor and that was the start of all their troubles. They still made the commercial washers like they had in the past until 1979. They only changed the home machines.

Post# 948794 , Reply# 3   7/18/2017 at 14:16 (2,467 days old) by RevvinKevin (Tinseltown - Shakey Town - La-La Land)        

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Also fun to see Billy Barty as "The Fritz".

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