Need Appliance advice

[JTHunter]

  Thank you for all your suggestions !  I have made notes for future reference on what I can try. 

I ran a load with jeans and bath towels through it yesterday and the bloody machine ran the full 80 minutes without a hitch. 

Thanks again for your advice.

[K Frame]

So... you're sad that it's looking more like it was a temporary glitch and hasn't repeated?

OK, then! Our heartfelt condolences that your current dryer is continuing to perform adequately and isn't costing you a ton of money all at once. 

[HankB]

I suggest you prepare a backup if your intermittent problems surface again.

[Ben]

I suggest you prepare a backup if your intermittent problems surface again.

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Heh. My parents didn't even have a dryer until maybe the late 60's, then it was rarely used. Clothes always went on the clothes line except in inclement weather. I always like the "fresh air smell", even if the clothes were not quite as soft feeling as after going through the dryer.

Since then, I have never had the opportunity to hang clothes. While working, I was in a condo, and now, I could easily hang clothes 2/3 of the year, but for the fact that there is always the chance of wind kicking up dust from the fields that all settles on the clothes.

[K Frame]

I'd love to put my wash out on a line for the same reason. No room, unfortunately.

When I get into my retirement house, though, I will have outdoor clothes lines.

There is NOTHING better than sleeping on sheets that have been dried in fresh air and sun.

[MechAg94]

I bought my dryer in 1996.  A Maytag washer/dryer set.  The washer crapped out about 5 years ago.  The old Maytag is still working okay. 

I heard Maytag was sold off and the quality went to crap a while back which is sad.

[K Frame]

My washing machine is an Amana professional series with the stainless steel drum. Exwife and I bought it in 1994 when the washer that came with the house blew the transmission. Got it for a really good price on sale from Montgomery Ward.

The dryer is a Maytag commercial size that I bought from Castle Key when he upgraded to a high efficiency set. It's well over 20 years old and is still working just fine. The one cycle slot on the mechanical dial has crapped out, but I just use a different cycle. I did replace the drum rollers and idler arm assembly a few years ago.

[Ben]

I heard Maytag was sold off and the quality went to crap a while back which is sad.

I think partially. As I mentioned earlier in the thread, I have the Maytag Commercial Home series, and it seems to be a different part of the company. They came highly recommended and so far seem to be meeting the promises. They are made in the USA with a ten year warranty, unlike the normal residential line. They also have plain old analog dials and very minimal electronics. Which I'm not a Luddite, but there are certain things that I don't need to be stuffed full of electronics and 1000 features and settings.

[JTHunter]

I suggest you prepare a backup if your intermittent problems surface again.

That's what I USED to do in the summertime - when I could stand up straight.  I have a carport with 5 vertical posts and had screw-eyes and hooks stretching from the back corner of the house and around all the posts to the front one where I tied it off.  Now that I walk around like a Chinese coolie carrying a heavy yoke, I can't stand straight enough or long enough to hang laundry.