M85 Laundry Trailers Home!

[brianrbull]

The "Girls" have been delivered. and I am stuck in the sand Box
Oh well probably for the best as "Home" is entering the cold part of the year....Man I hope they drained them well last field problem.... More pics to follow...(As Soon As they are sent my way.)

 

[brianrbull]

Had do have a Landol trailer come out to help with unloading . I specified a Dropdeck Trailer, WITH RAMPS.......they brought CAR ramps. These babys weigh in at 15000# so I get soaked for another $400 Ah well they are home and appear to be complete.

 

[djimmy31]

I guess you got a lot clothes to wash!?!?

 

[brianrbull]

Well not really. BUT I do have the watersupply to feed 'em. and when I go home next summer I plan on washing some clothes with them. At least I wont have to do but 1 load a month this way.....Heheheh

 

[srodocker]

hehe man those laundry trailers are huge! cant wait to see some more pics...were you the one planning on letting someone use them for a big event or something? why did you get 2 hehehe

 

[wascomatw74]

good luck ,they look good. yes hope all fluids drained . let me know if i can help you. wish was closer would like to see one in person

 

[brianrbull]

Well I will be keeping one operational, and probably hard mounting the equipment off the second one inside the buildings at the farm, My friends who helped unload them said they were in excelllent shape ....Might have to bring one to a rally or something now all I need is a couple Water Buffalow trailers, Tide, and a drain.
As to why I bought 2, Well My name is Brian and I have a problem..........Shipping was more than I paid for both .

 

[Armada]

Nice! Glad you got them home ok! They look good from the pictures. Hope to see them in operation.
Whats all the white stuff? lol

 

[USAFSS-ColdWarrior]

Um, would you really need a drain?

As long as you aren't washing "commercially", and only "residentially", would the waste water be considered "gray water" and could be used for "irrigation"?

At least here in west Texas it would work - - - We try to "conserve" as much water and get it back into the ground as we possibly can.

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[USAFSS-ColdWarrior]

OMG - How could I have been so rude. I should have first posted this......

CONGRATS on your new Laundry Trailers

BTW: We've been meaning to talk to your about all those dirty clothes piled on the floor in your bedroom

 

[emmado22]

You'll need more than a couple of water buffaloes to feed those.....

 

[davidkroberts]

i hate asking military vehcle collectors this but what are you going to do with them. I wouldnt mind having the trailer and generator and its well worth the price for just those but why did you want the washer and dryer?

 

[wascomatw74]

new washers like that cost $150-200 per wash pound , used around half. dryers about 100-125 new. if properly setup they will use 60-75 gal water fullcycle for a 35 lb washer your old house 10 lb toploader used 67 gal new toplpader less . bull check with me or manufactor on mounting to floor.book usually say 12 inch reinforced concrete done 6inch ok seen them pull loose and bust up 4 inch. also better to run at 80% or more of load capicty. hard to balance at spin hard on bearings.

 

[bimota]

Ok, I've just got my M85 stripped and naked. Gen needed batteries and fired up after a little fiddling, so far so good. Key question as posted is what to do with the surplus washer, dryer, controls and spinner. I will use most of the rest for my off-grid power plant and waste water recycling trailer. More later as I progress.

Price for these laundry units are high in California - why I don't know but I've seen these sell for $1000 in the mid west. Anyway, if you have one of these and want it gone let me know, I might be willing to ship if the total cost is less than buying in CA.

Also, my only idea for the washer is to make it a compost tea machine. Put the compost in, turn a few times and drain into buckets, spray your plants and boom, larger buds. Anyone have any other ideas?

Dryer - no good reuse ideas yet - ???

Spinner - again, other than spinning the compost to drain all of the "tea" I am not sure.

I have a few parts I won't need and would want to trade for other parts. I want all the stainless steel pans, I need a spare tire/wheel. I have all the hoses, program cards and etc to sell or barter.

 

[NEIOWA]

Find a poor rural Fire Dept in your area. I guarantee you won't have to look far even in the PRC.

Standard for proper cleaning of Turnout gear requires a commerical washer. Only big/properous FD can affor $8k for such most will have a 2nd hand Maytag.

Washer has no value to you, so donate it to the FD and take the $100/lb x 40 as a tax deduction. Or sell it to them for $100. Turnout gear is to be air dried, never tumbled/heated so they should not be using a dryer.

 

[Gmt3]

I know this is an old post but Any chance anybody has a washer or extractor available?
Thanks

 

[m715mike]

As to why I bought 2, Well My name is Brian and I have a problem..........

I am so glad this thread got bumped. It is always nice to see folks with a bigger green problem than me!

 

[juanprado]

Pellerin Milnor was the manufacturer for some of those commercial washer and driers. They have a plant in Kenner, LA .
Might be worth a call. I posted the tm's for both laundry trailers here on ss trailer section.