What the heck is it with all the washer/dryers going south right now....my washing machine just started acting up, gets stuck on the final spin cycle and wont shut down, noticed this after it had been spinning for a couple hours and smelled HOT!

I wish I had brought my old washer and dryer when I moved, but it is pretty much standard now days to leave them when you move. My old ones were 20+ years old but I had bought them new and had paid extra for the HD 3/4HP motor and other HD parts, they were old work horses and other then some routine maintenance and having to relube the bearings on them from time to time they were dead nuts reliable. When my daughterswere young and got lice from school those machines were running pretty much 24/7 for a couple weeks.

 

As I drove to work last night I saw my truck with the hood up and doors open. It had a nice shiny new rear bumper setting behind ready for install. Sure wish they would hurry up and finish.

 

Three reasons

1. Cheaper parts ( electronic vs mechanical)
2. Planned obsolescence
3. Lack of competition
Outsourced parts that are not capable of long term durability
manufacturers that sell machines that last 25 to 40 years, don't make money selling new units
There are only a few manufacturers left

Mother in law bought her house in 1960. I replaced her washing machine with that stack unit in my photo above in 2008 or 2009. Her original units still worked, but were getting tired..

You can't survive as a company making a product that lasts 50 years

 

Not photographing the "during" process ??

 

"You can't survive as a company making a product that lasts 50 years"

89 Dodge Cummins =31 years, getting there

 

Almost...Began under the umbrella of Dodge Motor Division of Chrysler Corporation, then Daimler-Benz, then FCA and now becoming some Italian/French/Who-knows-what conglomerate...But still we can look on the mighty Dodge/Cummins as a stand-alone giant among the would be pretenders......Ben

 

God to know, as I yanked the grill last night. Then I got stuck trying to figure out what to do with the condenser so I didn't purge the Freon. I planned on just pushing it to the side but with the lines through the core support that isn't happening.

 

I have been putting the pics on my other thread. Figured I would wait till all the chrome is back on till I put up any more. Should be a couple of days

 

Hey TC,

Since I had my two broken down laundry centers to go,to scrap, I figured I'd take them apart just to see how they worked.

The 25 plus year old unit was pretty straightforward, and since ive had,it apart a few times over the years, I didn't find anything weird.

The 10 year old unit. OTOH, was filled with lint that,had partially caught fire. Not sure exactly how, as it was located behind the dryer drum, and not near the firebox.

The circuit panel was engulfed in lint too.

Unit worked fine until the transmission bearings died out under the wash tub.

Either way. I'm glad I replaced it. Hopefully. I'm not kicking myself a year from now.


Anyone want to buy two laundry centers? Slight assembly required


Behind the drum ( pretty much not accessibke unless your disassembly included the,entire dryer area

Linty control panel

Some assembly required

 

Tman,

Like your sand cages, something you built from the looks of it.

 

yup. Bunch of scrap rebar and ballusters as the 480 lbs of mass doesn't look good flying through the rear window on any given day. The cages are completely bolt in to the stake pockets, so no damage,to the bed either.

 

Good idea there Tman good ballast and a good ride to

 

Got the plow rig's flat rear tire swapped out and the chains but on it yesterday while it was 32F and sunny. Then got the yard plowed out in preparation on the 6 inches of snow we are getting now and into tonight.

 

With all the rain we've gotten over the last two weeks, and especially in eastern KY, our road went under water last night. Sooooo, preparing to 4x4 across farm roads and woods to avoid the river/creek backwater and out to dry road to get the youngest to school and me to work. Will have to canoe over to feed cows tonight. And it's now 17*F, maybe snow would have been better...

 

No snow here. Rained all winter. 50* f days aren't good for snow creation