Full Cycle- 1964 Speed Queen A49 Automatic Washer washing clothes

Full Cycle in the Speed Queen. Decided to pull this machine out and use it last weekend. I will be doing videos with the other machines as well in the coming weeks. Hope everyone is staying safe and healthy! Thank You for watching!

[@georgiannmaloney6594]

I have a 2013 speed queen with dials and I am going to get one for my daughter to have in her laundry room. Love it. my SQ is loud. Washes my laundry very nice and clean. 😁. Would not trade it for anything else. My Speed queen has an old fashioned timer, but the newer ones after 2017 have electronics even with the knobs.

[@michaelremillard2215]

The timer clicks and the growling pump while filling makes me happy 😊 I just got a TC5 CLASSIC CLEAN last month YAY !

[@braydencordrey8544]

Awesome machine u got

[@jasonsadventures64]

I got a TC5 too earlier this year. Straight outta Ripon.

[@fargeeks]

I have a 2019 speed queen with knobs. Love it.the machine is loud, and my SQ is loud. Washes great. 😁

[@Gsohoover]

They are great machines.

[@fargeeks]

@@Gsohoover too bad it doesn't let you do a small water level but other than that its much like the much older speed Queens

[@jeromedavis8575]

One day, I'd like to do a washer/dryer/dishwasher collection. I miss my filter-flo!

[@jeromedavis8575]

@@Gsohoover I agree. The first time I used a speed queen was in summer school at Texas school for the blind in the year of 2000 in Austin TX.

[@Danroxye01]

Solid ! best ever ! these are good machines, back in the 70s my dad was ordering full 48 footer truck load of speed queen washers ( with stainless tub ) , he was getting special deals by ordering larger orders, $50 each, that is a long time ago. shit I'm old, I recently bought a brand new Speed Queen TR5 in dec 2019 with 10 years waranty, I like it, I also have an old Speed Queen wringer washer in mint condition. I once had a coin operated Speed queen set in the 80s and I should have never let it go

[@jeromedavis8575]

You can customize how you wash. For example, you can do normal fabrics, cold wash, and heavy soil for heavily soiled dark colored cottons.

[@fartpluswetone8077]

Delicates as well.

[@ASMRDresses]

This is a wonderful load of laundry :)

[@ericpippen7915]

Love this machine!! I haven't forgot about our discussions and what I want to purchase from you. It shouldn't be much longer and I will have everything together to make it happen!!!!

[@arkansastrash320]

I once had one just like yours I was amazed at how fast the tub emptied out to start spinning.Then I found out the water is actually spun out of the top of the tub into a way bigger tub where the pump is so while its spinning its also pumping the water out that was so fastly droped in it.I think its neat.

[@ASMRDresses]

Beautiful load of laundry in a classic washing machine. Absolutely wonderful, happy New Years and thanks for sharing.

[@2vacuumboy]

My grandma had this exact model ,, with the matching dryer that had the chrome foot pedal to open the door , The set lasted 30 years plus

[@braydencordrey8544]

Great washer

[@petermaz701]

Love the pump sound of these vintage Speed Queens. Sounds like repeated growls. Plus they definitely could beat the clothes clean.

[@Gsohoover]

The pump has a unique sound for sure.

[@jeromedavis8575]

I love washers and dryers, especially the older ones. In the defense of the newer models, mine which is a frontloading LG lasted over a decade. Just saying.

[@Gsohoover]

The older ones will always be my favorites.

[@antoniocarter7111]

🥰😍❤️❤️❤️ Speed Queen Senior..

[@mikeniles9738]

please no commentary. especially when someone is using it to fall asleep with 😁

[@fredwiley3731]

I just don't wash lites and darks together. I have been around SpeedQueens most all my life. My dad purchased them for his first coin laundry in 1958. Those washers took a lot of consumer abuse. They had an overflow rinse . Small socks would float over the tub blocking the pump drain. or getting into the pump.This was probably due to overloading which was unavoidable.I have a 2017 SQ that cleans better than my top of the line Kenmore I had for 25 years. When the tub bearings went out. I gave it up. I had prolonged its life longer than my repairman thought necessary.

[@Gsohoover]

They were good for commercial laundries for sure. How long did they last for?

[@fargeeks]

Ah good so it is better than dual action agitation???

[@alecvip7562]

@@fargeeks most likely not. Direct drives with 2 piece agitators will clean better than speed queen. he might've had a belt drive with 2 piece agitator or the agitator dogs wore out and he never replaced them.

[@andrewclarke3622]

After watching your videos, particularly washers with timed fills, if you have low water pressure, would the washer underfill?

[@Gsohoover]

Yes, it would. You would have to set a longer fill to help offset that.

[@andrewclarke3622]

Thanks. How long were washer with time fill made?

[@Gsohoover]

@@andrewclarke3622 Generally time fill machines were solid tub. Speed Queen was the last solid tub made in 1979/1980.

[@booandsue]

Nice machine. Strange the way the spin just seems to slowly wind down, and start to fill for the rinse, and the motor keeps on chugging on.

[@Gsohoover]

Thank you, this machine uses solenoids for making the machine wash and spin. The tub slowing down is because of a lack of a tub brake.

[@Joemil271]

It’s a timed fill?

[@Gsohoover]

Yes it is.

[@cdcVintage]

Hi. What year did washing machines start turning to crap? I am guessing it was around 2010....

[@fargeeks]

Actually no man earlier than that Try the 2000s Look up the GE profile harmony washer It has a bizarre looking panel and a touch screen display for controls

[@cdcVintage]

@@fargeeks I would never want one of those. I still like the old fashtioned pull out knobs but they dont make them anymore. Luckily I got a 1999 kenmore 80 series on FB. So far so good. Your opinion on those?

[@fargeeks]

@@cdcVintage im lucky my 2019 speed Queen washer and dryer have knob controls ;) Although the washer uses its own cycle programs, but i can easily extend more cycle times by canceling the current cycle and restart it, and all the washer will do is continue the wash action by going through a new wash cycle ( provided that you do it before the washer starts draining) But yeah ^_^

[@Gsohoover]

Actually, we had cheap crappy machines in the 70s and 80s. Look up machines made by White Consolidated Industries (WCI). They weren't made all that well, the tubs indexed like crazy and just weren't a reliable machine. Sold under various names. They killed off alot of good unique machines. (Kelvinator, Westinghouse, Frigidaire to name a few)

[@ericpippen7915]

@@fargeeks they do use a computer control board just like the new washing machines. There are none left that use good old fashioned mechanical timers, as far as I know of. Speed Queen does have the best and most reliable control boards on the market today hands down! I just purchased an early 2000''s Maytag Performa and had to replace the thurst bearing, belt, and drain pump and this thing washes like a CHAMP, but it is still a true Maytag before Whirpool bought them. I had the new "old" style Spees Queen for about a month, but my luck would have it, it was one of the very few that had major issues. The balancing springs where damaged during shipping, the tub was off some how, and just a few other odd things. I told them to just come take it back and give me my money back (just had a MAJOR surgery on my hip and needed to save as much as I could why I bought used Maytag). Now that I am recovering money wise from that as soon as this Maytag dies I will be getting the Speed Queen TC5000 again because I LOVED that machine

[@bubbaherrera5079]

HA HA HA THIS WASHER DOES NOT SPIN THAT FAST AND ITS TO SLOW