Norge's Burpilator doesn't so much persuade clothes to become clean as it bitch-slaps the dirt into submission. The classic GE Filter-Flo has the great advantage of a super-easy to clean and very effective lint filter (not the same as the filter on similar Hotpoint models). It's considered by many to be the best filter for pet hair problems.

Kenmores and Whirlpools can't be beat for availability of both machines and parts; the better Surgilators are effective to the point of roughness in the opinion of some, but my clothes have been surgilated most of my life and I've never noticed undue wear. Although the DD (direct drive) Kenmore/Whirlpool models may never have quite the "old-school" appeal of the previous belt drive models, the earliest DD machines are now 25 years old and are excellent examples of the best in traditional American top loader machines in that they are both effective and very, very reliable. A late '80s or '90s DD would be my choice for a daily driver unless I just had to have a shot of '60s or '70s chrome and color.

My father is Frank Beard of Beard Rodeo Company.  We grew up farming, ranching and working in the fields.  In later life after dad became a member of the PRCA and had sponsors like Wrangler, my parents outfitted their crew with matching outfits for pick up men, judges, guys who worked the chutes, the calf roping pens and the undressing pens.  They had matching outfits for the color bearers and the truck drivers.  My mother washed every piece of it in a Maytag washer and starched and ironed it all with a Rowneta iron.  It was a stipulation of the sponsorship fees that all apparel be clean and starched.  Most contractors sent it out to the cleaners but my parents were too tight to spend the money.  I hear talk of Maytags being lightweights requiring underloading and not good at heavy soil yet everything in my 61 years experience has been anything unlike that.  I have four children and ran a successful bakery and catering business when they were growing up.  I had two sets of Maytags to keep up and they ran round the clock without a repair and always giving a dazzling white wash.  Not one garmet ever suffered damage but I attribute that to proper sorting and loading.  I have a 40 year old A608 that performs flawlessly.  My ex wife has a TOL Atlantis set that is now 13 years old which is a Norge with improvements.  I would never disparage Maytags nor would I Whirlpool although Maytag is quieter and tended to run longer without attention.  Enough time, water and detergent will clean anything and if that fails throw in some soaking if you're dealing with grease.  Your Cossley is a Norge for all intents and purposes so you can manually modify the cycles to meet your needs.  I have found in heavily soiled clothes a cool prewash does more for dirt removal than just about anything.  Hot water sets dirt.  I also believe a lint filter performs more in word than deed and the dryer takes care of most lint and hair.  Google Beard Rodeos.  They sold in 2008 but their legacy lives on.

"...  I work horses, and professionally, I am a stone mason and garden designer... we are talking DIRT!"

OK, there are people who will PAY to watch your cute butt, doing these very things. 

With that money you can buy the machines to look at,

and HIRE someone to wash your clothes.  

I know it isn't a 50 plus years old machine, with parts that are hard to find, reliability that is sketchy, and is powered with a 2 prong plug... but, I swear by my Whirlpood Duet.  It will soak, it uses little water or electric.  Uses less detergent.   ...and, It gets the clothes cleaner than a top loader.  If I could marry it or.... or... just have sex with it, well.. 

It's true that some machines "bitch slap" the dirt out (that was really a good one), but in todays litigious society, do you really want to be on the hook for that kind of liability.   A Duet is more like, like,  the friendly therapist that counsels the dirt from your clothes in a warm, inviting,  low pressure environment.  The final graduated spin is kind of like, the tilt-a-whirl at an amusement park. 

It's up to you, Bro.  When your grinding your ass in the mud, planting a berm with perennials for a client who under appreciates all you do,  do you really want your clothes to suffer the same fate?  A Duet is known to save clothes from excessive wear and tear. 

I wish you  the best with what ever you decide.  By the way, If you do start making your own videos, please provide us with the link. 

"Heavy Soil" is the label.

Here I was apprehensive to open this link, thinking it had something to do with diapers.