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Thread Number: 73169
/ Tag: Wringer Washers
Gasoline Wringer Washer |
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Post# 966436 , Reply# 1 11/6/2017 at 15:53 (2,361 days old) by Launderess  (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage) |
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There were then (1970's) and still are persons either living off the grid and or for other reasons still using gasoline powered wringer washers. IIRC the Amish come to mind, though *think* many have at least moved to adopt some use of electricity.
IIRC Maytag sold an exhaust pipe that could be used to direct fumes away from machine. But either way any one with sense wouldn't be operating a gasoline powered machine indoors. Maybe on an enclosed porch or wash house/barn or something, but that is a different matter. As for heat, that gasoline motor couldn't be any more worse than coal or wood fired cast iron "laundry" ranges, and or having to heat water and irons on a kitchen range of same. Don't think heat wise those Maytag motors were any worse than say a gasoline law mower in terms of heat. Fumes were and still are the main factor to worry about. For the record all sorts of laundry appliances could be operated off gasoline or even alcohol back in the day. Those huge ironers come to mind, and those things gave off huge amounts of heat along with fumes from burning fuel. Oh and yes the motors aren't that quiet either. Have one and am here to tell you after thirty minutes or so have had more than enough. | ||
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Post# 966440 , Reply# 2 11/6/2017 at 16:16 (2,361 days old) by cuffs054 (MONTICELLO, GA) |
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Let us not forget the Crosley "Icy Ball"! | ||
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Post# 966462 , Reply# 3 11/6/2017 at 19:17 (2,360 days old) by kenwashesmonday (Carlstadt, NJ) |
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I got a kick out of this; "Maytag Gas Engine 72 / Runs On Coke" CLICK HERE TO GO TO kenwashesmonday's LINK | ||
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Post# 966465 , Reply# 4 11/6/2017 at 19:23 (2,360 days old) by Gyrafoam (Wytheville, VA) |
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Those old "hit 'n miss" engines still show up in the strangest places. Maytag made their name with farming implements and there were lots of attachments for the farm wives to use to get their chores done. | ||
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Post# 966517 , Reply# 5 11/7/2017 at 00:41 (2,360 days old) by tolivac (greenville nc) |
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My Dad told me he used one of these motors to run his homemade go-kart when he was a boy---he borrowed the motor from his mothers Maytag washer and got in trouble for it!He had to put the motor back in the washer. | ||
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Post# 966527 , Reply# 7 11/7/2017 at 04:59 (2,360 days old) by Launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage) |
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Can you imagine! | ||
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Post# 966536 , Reply# 8 11/7/2017 at 06:22 (2,360 days old) by tolivac (greenville nc) |
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Shove the exhaust hose down the rodent-varmint holes to gas them---Yes,that would work well.Being done today!!There is a device that uses a weed eater type motor just for this-and farmers have rigged exhaust devices on their tractors to gas varmints in their burrows. | ||
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