I think it handled the load just fine!!! This brings back memories of how the people use to overload the S.Q.'s back in the 70's at the laundromat where i use to work and then want their money back because they complained that their clothes didn't come clean enough!!! I even had one woman who put two bedspreads and one pair of kids pants in the washer and during the first spin the kids pants got sucked out into the outter tub and during rinsing the machine flooded all over the floor because the pump was blocked with the pants!!! She came to the office and demanded her 50 cents back because the cycle couldn't finish and I told her are you kidding me??? it's gonna cost us $65.00 to have the repairman come out and fix the machine, NO WAY!!! These machines are built strong to last long that's why this machine is still running today!!! Thanks for the terrific video Eugene and have a great day!!!

@petermaz701

4 жыл бұрын

Robert Przybylowicz I could just imagine that happening, when your with the public it’s just beyond amazing, it’s insane!

@jeromedavis8575

4 жыл бұрын

I hope speed queen goes to this design with the tr series!

@Channel-cm7yc

4 жыл бұрын

LOL LOL yes that was a SQ’s daily life in Laundromat. The only thing was after the Raytheon machines took over they just couldn’t handle it for long without having transmission issues. The MaGraws it was a minor issue and you just replaced a part and it was ready to go for more abuse!

Another fantastic video Eugene... I absolutely love vintage washing machines . They were the best.. Built well and really moved and cleaned the clothes with plenty of water...

The way that these old solid tub/overflow washers use to drain and ramp up to spin so fast is such a great illustration of fun with physics that you can almost see Leonard and Sheldon demonstrating how it’s achieved.

@ericpippen7915

4 жыл бұрын

That's a good one, reference to "The Big Bang theory". One of my favorite shows!

Amazing at how well it is handling this massive load!!! Even with it being overloaded, i am sure this will be the cleanest your shop towels have ever been from any machine HAHAHAHAHAHAHA. Great video and awesome machine

@alecvip7562

4 жыл бұрын

Direct drive will clean it better lmao

@jeromedavis8575

4 жыл бұрын

I completely agree!

@ericpippen7915

4 жыл бұрын

@@alecvip7562 I've had MANY direct drive machines, well used should I say and my parents owned 2 growing up, but I dont think it would. They do a great job cleaning, I wont disagree there at all, but I think this oldie but goodie will clean better due to the longer strokes pulling the fabric through the water more "aggressively" with the longer strokes, in turn it will "pull" the water through the fabric better. That's what cleans and the soap breaks down, and dissolves the funk.

@Channel-cm7yc

4 жыл бұрын

Direct drives in Laundromats LMAO .. keep the tool box handy and hire a full time repairman!

@patcola7335

4 жыл бұрын

@@ericpippen7915 On the other hand you have the direct drives which keep the loads rolling and more even cleaning. The clothes closest to the agitator in this vid are in that wash zone too long and getting the beating of their life . Rollover doesn't seem to be a strong suit of Speed Queens when fully loaded . Only talking about the solid tub washers here. Honestly though I would take a Raytheon made machine or an alliance built machine over this . I already have a 2013 Speed Queen and it is a great modern classic.

You should have seen how the laundromat versions were beyond overloaded. They still worked! Also,...Solid tub washers were very efficient!

@Channel-cm7yc

4 жыл бұрын

Same machines

You identified the reason that they stopped producing overflow washers. Seventy five gallons to wash a twelve gallon load. Concurrent Filterflos washed sixteen with fifty four and Whirlpools washed eighteen with forty three at that time.

@Channel-cm7yc

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah that was the issue, things just got to expensive to operate commercially.

Wow the washer was like “ you could stuff me full and I’ll keep beating these clothes” I would like to see an HE washer struggle with this size load, they would still be dry in places.

@alecvip7562

4 жыл бұрын

This load would prob be small in an LG just saying

@UrOpinionsSucc

2 жыл бұрын

@@alecvip7562 and would still come out with dry spots and stains in the LG.

Congratulations on obtaining those parts Eugene. Excellent video. Thanks for bringing it.

Vintage SQ labeled fast agitation as Brisk.

Amazing turnover fir what you packed in it. During the spin drain... right back to the 50's models there is that famous "sucking" sound that comes from seems like under the Agitator just as the tub is almost empty. Great Machine but still like the Clanging Solenoids that jump from wash into spin. Great Find and nice restore.

@Channel-cm7yc

4 жыл бұрын

Only thing was they were a reliability issue but other that. That’s one thing that improved the reliability on this era and model.

@DADoESofTX

4 жыл бұрын

The sucking/gurgling sound, I think, is the air bubble releasing from under/inside the agitator.

The items roll over more than once during the wash period so while it is over-loaded, it's not OVER-loaded.

Those McGraw-Edison Speed Queens were the best Speed Queen washers. The only drawback was with a solid tub design, the fill period was timed. If your water pressure was week, they didn't fill properly.

@jeromedavis8575

4 жыл бұрын

Have you heard about the new speed queen perfect wash series?

@imperiallebaron2391

4 жыл бұрын

@@jeromedavis8575 No , I haven't. I grew up with these machines. All the different brands were made by the original companies. Frigidaire was GM, Maytag was Maytag, KitchenAid was Hobart, White-Westinghouse was Westinghouse from Westinghouse Electric, and so on. I'm just not sold on all the new stuff they build these days.

Awesome video!! I'm impressed that it turned over being overloaded... Good quality machine!

Look at it go!

I love these machines, they were designed to do a job well. BTW, when I grew up in Europe during the 60s and 70s, front load (horizontal axis) washers used a ton of water and they cleaned and rinsed far better than anything that is on the market today. 40 years ago standard washer capacity in Europe was 4.5 to 5 kg (9.9 to 11 lbs) dry weight. These machines used between 33 and 39 gallons of water per cycle. I've been using Speed Queen for over thirty years now and wouldn't buy anything else.

@kkelly2275

2 жыл бұрын

I was finally able to buy my dream machine I bought a TC5 almost 2 months ago & I love it!!! I have even washed our king size electric blanket on bulky cycle with no issues

Don't set it on A for fills. That Extra Fill position is for situations of low water pressure. The B setting is the normal Large load fill.

My moms last SQ of this era in 1979 did have a separate more conventional water control with infinite water levels that did not overflow on the initial fills, but it would still would do the overflow rinse on the tale end of the wash cycle. Her’s was a loaded set and had more speed options and actually had the same color scheme on the control panel in harvest gold a deep stainless steel tub and they actually had a more shallow tub on budget models. Hers also had the fabric softener option. This one will need a the matching agitator top for that fabric softener option. But my moms just needed a tub new seal with some very aggressive water issues being the culprit for that in 1998 and new belts. A failed timer in the mid 80’s was all her SQ washer ever needed and it was still going until the motor burned out a few years ago. Her first SQ from the late 60’s always solenoid burnouts every few years common problems with that era for many manufactures.

Wow!

Just noticed this- I’ve never even seen this era of SQ without the rubber splash guard around the opening of the tub area. Huh! a strange option to delete!

@Noseman321

4 жыл бұрын

Amazing performance best of success with the washer.

@jeromedavis8575

4 жыл бұрын

what is the cubic feet capacity?

It does very well being over loaded. It must have a powerful motor.

@Channel-cm7yc

4 жыл бұрын

Lots of torque in the drives on this era of SQ.

@jeromedavis8575

4 жыл бұрын

In fact, I'd like to see the inner workings in action.

@jeromedavis8575

4 жыл бұрын

@@Channel-cm7yc great for tough grounded in dirt!

@Channel-cm7yc

4 жыл бұрын

Jerome Davis you bet and there’s a good reason your grandmother and your own mother owned them raising kids coming up! It was worth the extra expense in owning one as it was an investment for you home!

@Channel-cm7yc

4 жыл бұрын

Jerome Davis three belts a stationary transmission and fluid drive with a beefy pump a damn tank I tell yah!!! It was industrial stuff period. Pretty serviceable from the front. If you had to pull the transmission the left side of the washer needed to be removed. There wasn’t a lot of drama to repair them if needed. Control panel just unscrewed and tipped forward in a very serviceable and commercial way. It just felt good working them even back then the gauge of metals and steals were way better than even the box store stuff of that era. It was very much built like a Amana radar range microwave was of that era. They were Just made for commercial use period! The SQ- Raytheon versions are ok just not quite the same in terms of build quality. But I get why that had to change!

Even overloaded you can still see the agitation pull them down into a roll over. These machines can take the abuse.

@musicnerd72

4 жыл бұрын

Exactly! These new "plastic" overpriced machines can't compete!

@ericpippen7915

4 жыл бұрын

@@musicnerd72 my LG front loader does a pretty amazing job at cleaning and we get our clothes FUNKY. We have grease, motor oil, gas, and all those other types of horrible stains, really bad ones I pretreat no matter what style/type of machine it is, and I fill that sucker to its limits and sometimes over it and it cleans them without any problems. Mine has a water heater in it, so if it is a load where I need the extra heat to help get those greasy stains out I use that option. I will say it does take a LOT longer to wash, but compared to the 3.5 cu/ft tubes, I can wash 3 of the loads those machines will handle in 1 load, so I guess time wise it would be about the same. I just HATE folding that much laundry at once. Will make your arms hurt and numb hahahahahahahahahahaha.

@patcola7335

4 жыл бұрын

@@ericpippen7915 I agree about the capacity of front loaders. My Whirlpool can handle much more laundry with the 4.5 cu.ft. than my Speed Queen with it's 3.3 cu.ft. tub. Hate all the folding..lol. Watching this though makes me want to put my speed queen back in operation though. Might as well get the mileage out of it. It still looks and performs like new for a 7 year old machine.

Any videos of this one on the delicate cycle?

I wonder if it would have "dissolved" and cleaned even better with 2 Tide Pods? What do you think Eugene?

It’s a Speed Queen…. It’s overloaded… It’ll handle it just fine. These were commercial built machines even back then. The Speed Queen will handle it just fine. -Charles-

I would love to see you do a cycle with a partial water level. Not it is my understanding that there won't be enough water to truly do an overflow rinse from the wash on partial load, correct? But it will still do a full tub rinse, right?

@martinbirdwell7986

2 жыл бұрын

That's gonna be one splashy wash, SQs are very splashy

The motors on theses older washers was built to last even when you overloaded it with the rags the washer was saying the joke is on you cause it was washing all the rags like it was nothing

Spin RPM?

I don’t think it has a tub brake. The tub looks like it’s just coasting down.

If Speed Queen brought this design back it would out wash and outsell everything on the market lol!

@Sharkie626

4 жыл бұрын

Not really. While built well, solid tub machines are kind of a dumb design.

@Channel-cm7yc

4 жыл бұрын

Sharkie626 an inefficient design yes. Being dumb is a bit of a stretch that’s just how they were built for commercial use. The newer machines after 1980 did not hold up as well commercially because they were cheaper machines to build. There’s no spinning transmission in this washer which in later machines became helical drives and thus more catastrophic failures occurred in commercial use. Solid tub tit for tat on that, but it has suffered no damage after 40 years.

@martinbirdwell7986

2 жыл бұрын

Only this time with perforated tubs

@martinbirdwell7986

2 жыл бұрын

@@Sharkie626 and very wasteful with water

Should have properly loaded the washer so we could see actually how it was made to function! Washer use manuals clearly instruct to NOT OVERLOAD a washing-machine!

Need to try watching this on acid.

@larrykenner8095

3 жыл бұрын

Took the words right out of my mouth!

talk about a work horse....