Alot of you seam to think this does not work, yes I agree I over load it. But that being said it works amazing, mud comes out of clothes., our clothes are CLEAN! thank you Everyone.
Bless you and your family, tough hard workers, mechanically innovative and true off grid grit. Deserve many more subs. Keep on keeping it real need more channels like this recognized for content. All the best.
I had a 1962 Maytag washer given to me that had a new motor put on in the late eighties and never used since. I have off grid solar and wind power but my inverter doesn't like the washer so I use my Winco Lil Dog gas ⛽ generator, with a Honda GC 160 engine to run it. Takes 80 cents worth of gas to do a full load. I am almost 69 years old, so instead of bucketing the water, I have a sump pump in my stock tank that catches rainwater, simply flip the switch to fill the washer up, and again to rinse. I use my home made wood 🪵🪓 stove to help dry in the winter. I think the Honda engine is around 4.5 horsepower. It's similar to the one you have.
Thats awesome! I do have a water pump, an old Galt? Piston pump I put a 3.5 briggs on, normally we use that but if fell off the tailgate of my truck and broke the mount so now it's down untill I get it welded ( my torches are in storage and It's cast iron). That's a neat setup. We originaly though of using our generator (1800w Chinese with a 3.5 or 5hp engine I forget since we barely use it) but the motor screaming away drives me physotic so that's when I decided to do something that would run at an idle, it is alot more bearable. Rain water would be nice, we used to collect at our last cabin and it sure helped. The flat roof on the trailer does not really allow much but we put buckets under the corners when it rains to at least get some water we don't have to haul.
@offgridandunorganized You might try a 7018 AC welding rod on the motor mounts. Preheat a little bit with a propane bottle torch. I used it on a Chevy engine block that someone didn't get the connecting rod tight enough that went through the side of the block. I fixed the motor and it never leaked or cracked after that. It helps to grind a V so it can get down into the crack better.
@DavidPotter-k1d thank you, I have used cast welding rods before on something else (I forget that it was now, 15 years ago) but they worked great. I got them from a welding supply store (praxair I beleive). I don't have access to an ark welder at the moment so it gonna have to wait untill I go some where. I can't get to my torches at the moment anyway. I will get it fixed eventually. But I do rember how I fixed the last cast thing and it worked great.
If you make a greenhouse, you can hang your clothes inside of it so there would be more heat retention for the clothes to dry faster. If you connect it to your house then it can be a wind break for the house door as well. And you wouldn't have to walk so far to get your clean clothes. You could even tuck the washer in there as well. Or you can build a rocket mass heater in the greenhouse since you are warming water to wash with, and utilize that heat in the greenhouse to help dry your clothes also. Best wishes. I look forward to mor videos to see your progress.
Thank you, a green house I am not sure yet whats happening in that department. But a rocket mass heater I would like to incorporate into something, I had one in my old shop years ago and loved it. We are not doing anything permanent for the living situation untill we build our house, that will get permanent but not the trailer that's on the other side of the property. We also want no excuse to stay in the trailer longer then nesisairy, we have been hanging laundry outside for 3 years in the winter so another year is not an issue for us.
Water is a consideration in Off Grid life, but if you don't have enough water passing through those clothes, it can't wash them properly and make them fresh. I would only use half a load of clothes per wash and rinse otherwise the clothes will smell. Your washing machine looks like a great invention. A Twin Tub washing machine can also be driven with belts running off a lawnmower motor.
Actually beleive it or not it washes great and has for the last 3 years, clothes come out clean and fresh. Belt driving can be really difficult, there is a huge load directly on the shaft. I tryed at first to belt drive the shaft but it kept slipping and eventually ended up with a coupling shaft to take the load of clothes going around. Belt driving the input to the reduction is fine as it's way geared down but output needs to be chain or direct coupled.
You are correct, it is not for everyone. But at the same time there is a choice, the work or a 9-5 job and then a gym membership. For us the financial freedom is nice and we get a free gym!
Looks like it works pretty good. I would only make a couple suggestions. Use a bit of white vinegar it will help tremendously and also assist in keeping fabric soft. When you go to rinse I would leave the bottom valve open, open the inner door, shift the clothes around and loosen them up, and pour 1 bucket of water through the clothes and let it drain. Replace the bottom valve and dump another bucket of water through the clothes. Close up the inner door and add your final bucket then run the rinse and spin cycle. Adding the first bucket through the clothes should help move any loose dirt/sand away from the clothes and at least into the litter barrel. Keep on rawking off grid!
Thank you, I actually do use vinegar some times. I am just out of it at the moment but ut sure does help with fabric softening! I never really thought of dumping water through the cloaths, if I wash alot of towels together I have before loosened them up on rinse as they will knot together being how it only spins one way instead of forward and backwards like a normal front loader.
@@offgridandunorganizedvinegar is great for the rinse cycle but it’s counter productive to use with laundry soap the acid makes the laundry soap useless!! 😊
Thank you both, yes I have used vinegar in rince. My dad taught me that as a kid, but I have never in wash. I will use some baking soda in wash if something needs help with freshenss or smells.
I saw an old book one time show how to build diy washers. They are so cool. I saw one where you use an evenrude boat motor on the inside and half of the inside of the barrel is separated by a window screen. Clothes went on the empty side, screen, and motor on the other. Put in clothes and soap. Turn it on. I bet them clothes got real clean. Who cares what other ppl say. Your doing your thing and its working. You are using hot water too. I like your set up.
Thank you very much, it honestly works better then my old front loader ever did with muddy or oily clothes. Most people have trouble grasping things out of the normal. A boat motor, now that would get the water moving!! No dirt sticking around after that. Now that would be a cool book, it comes down to what most people have laying around and can get their hands on is the most effective solution to their problems. I have family in the small engine buisiness so naturaly old lawn and garden stuff is the perfect solution for us as I drug it out of the scrap pile for free99. I think off grid is more about finding what works for that person not a 1 size fits all, some use a wash board but for our life style that would not be effective.
Lol that does for me yes, unfortunatly it means I am the only one that uses it. My girl friend does not like finicky stuff or stuff that doesn't start normal. So the down side I have to do all the laundry but a small amount of gad does alot of work and is well worth it.
@@offgridandunorganizedI think it’s cool! I’d just be glad to have a way to wash. Many years ago I had to tote them all to the laundromat. I’d much rather do it your way.
Thank you very much! We started with the laundry mat. The frugal part of me was against that, plus the half day it took to do that all round trip was a waste of time to me let alone the money it costed. Very quickly I had to come up with a solution, I could not stand the cost every week it was insane. We feel very lucky to have a way to wash, the simple little things make you feel rich even if your not. There is so much satisfaction not having to depend on others.
It’s nice to see a man doing his family’s laundry. I don’t see that much where I’m from. Great set-up. The only thing that bugs me is the water draining directly under the washer. It makes for a very unnecessary mess, when u could easily use a hose or something to drain the water away from the machine. BUT it’s your design, not mine, so if that’s how u like it, so be it. 🙃❣️
Thank you very much, it never used to drain under untill I moved it one time to get the tractor through. It's getting delicate to move much, the wood is getting older and not liking to be moved so I have put off moving it to where it drains away. Thank you, I just tend to enjoy doing laundry more then she does. Plus being how it's motorized and sort of weird she does not like to use it so I do the laundry instead. It works for us.
Good idea, but please cover that turning part. If one of your family comes accidentially near it he or she will be heavily injured. Just put a big can or a sturdy wire or hole sheet around the moving parts.
It's amazing how well thought out it is, great to see you making it work so that you are independent out there. Definitely going to subscribe so that I can follow along.👍
Thank you very much, I might be cheap or something but after finding out how much a laundry mat cost plus the inconvenience of going to town, I decided we needed to make a solution. We have done 5gal bucket laundry too but with 4 people it's not feasible we needed a bigger solution.
I've got a James style washer/wringer that uses no electricity. I got mine at an Amish auction years ago for $50. Lehman's is selling them new for over $1,100. now.
Thank you, I have been looking for one for water hauling actually, they are just REALLY expencive here more then they should be so I have been waiting out for the right one.
Thank you, we do collect rain water actually. It just has not rained enough right then, we put buckets under the trailer corners and dump them into barels. Not ideal, our last place had evestroughs into barels, that was alot easier.
Great idea! Just a suggestion, but you would probably give the clothes more room to agitate with smaller loads. They don’t have room to move around if it’s super full.
You are right! I normally TRY not to fill it so full but if thers only a few left in the basket I tend to stuff them in. They still seam to wash well, we have muddy and really dirty clothes and they come clean.
@NiNitosix thank you, and they do come really clean, we get muddy and even dirty and oil from repairing stuff. That all comes out in the wash, it's crazy how clean they get from even over filling. They are not as soft as a conventional washer, that is due to excess water left over as the spin does not remove as much and the slower drying makes them slightly stiffer. If I run them through the hand crank wringer they get more water out and become softer but that's alot more work so we settle for the washers spin and just smack the cloaths when dry to soften. Sure it may be crude bit it really works.
Thank you. Moving it back up the hill is a simpler future upgrade which I just did yesterday, it never made the puddle in the summer when it was in the other spot. My only thing with a hose is we get -20 -30 weather and anything more complicated can break or cause problems, like our water pump. It's almost more hassle to drain it all then to just do it by hand. In reality things are placed at the height they work best, bending over for the washer would suck but also trying to lift buckets of water higher into a stove would suck too especially when the side can be 500°+ when it's going full tilt. Everything is temporary for now untill we build and get more perminent solutions. Also between the washer and water heater is actually a walk way so we can't do any hard line that would restrict the walk way. For right now I am just trying to keep stuff simple and freeze proof, I hate trying to unthaw frozen pipes and stuff. It is an easier solution to just use buckets atm, they don't freeze.
Great homestead. Love the maple syrup table multi use. Ever think of using syphoning hoses to help with water transfer? I'm using these ideas when I build mine out
Thank you, I figured re purpose what I already owned to make loads of hot water for laundry, dishes, showers etc for free using dead fall branches from the forest around. We do not have maple trees in this are, it is too cold. We do have birch but esentualy the stove and pan are not being used. 40+ gallon of hot water is nice when you got to shower alot of people or do all kinds of house work at one time. Siphoning only really works if you have ALOT of elevation change, meaning the water would have to get alot higher up off the ground. We do have a water pump it's just broken at the moment so I am back to the old bucket method for now.
Old water houses with hose clamps and run them out across your yard. Away from your outdoor and outside washing machine wash area with those hoses simple and effective.,or just some Peck's.,or PEX polyurethane tubing will work the same for that part also. Otherwise awesome build on that machine you made. By building and adding those few extras into your own machine makes it half your design then half the other person's design to combined together as one I'd put the other tub on the opposite side of the machine is all with the same setup. And add on the other part's for draining and drier ground surface to that way plus it helps kill off the unnecessary weeds around to.
Thank you, that's starting to sound complicated. Freezing is the whole issue as it lives outside-20 -30c. Anything would freeze, I have to keep it simple to avoid that. This works great but any valve or pipe would freeze and that is not something I want to deal with. While I could build a second drum its a time thing, so mu h to do so little time so far it's the least of the important even getting laundry done can be hard let alone building a second half.
I bet it does! It works better then my old front loader used to years ago. The dumb energy star thing never put enough water in, it was meant for fokes that live in town and don't get dirty. My oily muddy clothes would not come clean unless I waited until the water was full and then added and extra 10 gallons of water with a bucket to the machine just to trick it into having another water to flow through the clothes. It was really a night mare, this machine may be crude but it actualy is alot less baby sitting then the "modern" equivalent with washing our work clothes (which is all we own).
Simple things that can help clean and refresh your clothes. Dissolve some banking soda in water and put in with your soap, is great for so much! Use some white vinegar in the rinse, great fabric softener and both helps with smells.
Thank you, I actually do that from time to time or as needed. But not always as it does get expencive, I reserve that for as needed. Thank you for sharing, not alot of folks know this anymore with the age of scent boosters and fabric softeners.
@ that is awesome! Baking soda cuts grease like nothing else! I use it with dish soap to clean my drains by poring several pots of boiling water down. Works fantastic washing dishes and getting oil out in bottles that are hard to clean inside so I can recycle clean containers. I also brush my teeth with it and add to my fav shampoo on occasion. I make my own deodorant and use it there as well!
Thank you, the last 2 I did for years too actualy and works very well. It sure helps with greasy clothes, I pull wrenches off camera mostly fixing our junk and sure can get alot of oil on your work clothes and baking soda in the wash deffinatly helps alot or with strong smells like gasoline.
That's very true, the modern world is so dependent on chemicals when nature provides what we need. Some of us are allergic to chemicals or artificial fragrances so we stay away from that all together. The natural works better.
Thank you, I did a bunch of research into them a few years back and while they are great, there is not the pressure or fall required to operate such a device.. it is not possible to make work at that creek.
I have never been able to get them to seal up, we did that years ago for maple syrup barrels and it always leaked. I have never been able to get a valve to seal in a round barrel. The last thing I want to do is loose water that I drove to collect, I should get an IBC tote but thers only so many hours in a day and only so much money, they are hard to find here or really expencive for food grade.
The valve's are like for LP gas and water line valve's also. With PVC pipes that are away from your wash area for gray water run off reasons and purposes as we'll to cuts back on extra unneeded work later on down the road.
We have one of those foot operated spinning Mop buckets.... Bought it off Amazon for $20, cut the bottom out of it and put it on a 5 gallon bucket and have it in our greenhouse so we can hang them up and let them dry faster.
Now that is cool! Nice job. I thought of doing something or bying something but for us it came down to 4 people laundry and 1 person doing it, too much work so we went with something that could nail out alot at one time. A green house would help dry especially when it rains for a week straight some times.
Yes that sure would, we do laundry in the shower or a 5 gallon bucket too if we need something and are short on time. But with everyone making so much laundry and ours is really dirty, muddy and tree sap and stuff. We need something that beats it more. Everyone has their own needs and it's awesome you found a way to fulfill yours without spending a ton of money, that's the real goal here is to live self sufficient as possible.
@@offgridandunorganized Yeah exactly, you gotta know what your limits are high and low. Your machine would be wasted with us, our's is too small for you all. You h=gotta have enough to get the job done but not so much it would be a waste.
Yes exactually. For us it could even be bigger, the kids have alot of clothes and if they get soaked half way through a day a couple times that really adds up fast.
Now that is a funny reponce. We like the cold we are outdoorsy and the cold brings snow, we enjoy the snow activities. Also honestly the heat and humidity kills us so the cooler weather is a nice break. I always say, you can always put more on but you can only take so much off.
Honestly people over complicate it. I find it just as easy as any modern life really. The main thing is stop using your power appliances, namely kitchen appliances. Replace your kitchen aid mixer with a hand whisk, same with egg beater for whip cream, use a hand one. They make hand crank almost everything or just find a replacement utensil. Learn to cook with a stove top instead of fancy rice cookers and stuff (not saying you do or do not this is a general) use a Dutch over instead of a crock pot. A wood cook stove once you learn to operate makes way better food then an electric. Look up the 5 gallon bucket composting toilet, we had on for years and really it's not gross at all. I felt it was more clean then a porcelain toilet those gross me out. It is alot of little things to adjust to, mostly using alot less power. Finding water can be more difficult if you can't afford to drill a well. I hope this helps a little to explain.
I'd add one more of those washing machine tubs in front of the other one. Then run two twist in threaded pipe fittings for T- line fitting with dual drain pipe with shut off ball valves.
Line shafts are pretty cool, I do have a wringer for one of those stashed away if we need it, we used in the beging before I got the gearing right. Though with a wringer modern cloaths do NOT go through well they get stuck alot and were designed for a different style of sticking.
It won't come apart and is seized or just have not had the time? I had one as a kid with an electric motor on it for my shop cloaths, mom hated them in the regular washer. Even though we lived on a farm I guess the oil was anoying.
@offgridandunorganized well at the time I tried to get it apart I didn't have the ten ton hydraulic gear puller that I have now. Might try it again. The problem is that it's hard to get a puller on it. Also, it laid in a flood for a long time and something is rusted I guess.
I think you need to get some type of hose to attach where the water comes out so you can direct water away from your yard. Then it will not be muddy. ❤
Thank you. I should move it back to where the stove is, it used to be there and I had a deflector that it all ran away and was not a problem. The funny thing is I think of it when it's draining but always forget when it is empty. Funny how that works!
Thank you. We are not atruggling tho, we are living a better life then we ever have. We love doing what we do, everything about the laundry video is temporary anyway. We are building a log home/cabin a ways back in our place but we don't have enough of a driveway that we can pull a 10,000 lb rv trailer into with out it sinking out of sight so we have our temporary "camp site" set up where its dry enough to get in. We have been doing this life for years before we ever started youtube and just recently moved this summer so everything is a little hectic still.
All the portable washers I have seen hold barely 1 outfit for 1 person, that would take years to do every one's laundry, not feasible. Let alone they use electricity so I would have to run a generator that makes ALOT of noice and burns alot of fuel. And nope our clothes are clean, they come cleaner then our old front loading washer ever did. The mud and oil actually comes out with this one. They settle alot when they get wet. Our clothes are work clothes not a suit and tie.
Hello 👋🏾 new subby here...very clever how your set up is for you and your family...under your washer you should put a made wooden porch under it so it wouldn't be so muddy just a suggestions......
Thank you, I should do something yes, it used to be up hill and ran away until I moved it to get the tractor past. I do need to do something weather I move it again or make a platform/drain, I just have not had the time. So many priorities.
@offgridandunorganized that's understandable,so far so good living odd grid is a great idea...I'm looking forward to more videos from you n your beautiful blessed family....now I'll go like n watch your other videos....btw at least you have lots of wood to build a handy wooden porch under the washer
Thank you very much! You are correct we have sufficient supply! I might just move it back up the hill being how that's quicker lol. It used to be farther up the hill and never had a problem, the water just ran away from everything.
Thank you very much! Alot of people may think it's stupid but people don't really understand the necessity untill they them served are put into the same situation.
@@offgridandunorganized I can totally understand that, looks like you have a dream and are fulfilling your goals.Do not let the nay sayers put you down.
Thank you very much! That means alot. I get alot of negative comments but it's hard to portray in videos we were doing this life style way before we started filming any of it. Some tend to think we started this life style to film it and are new, since we have a smaller channel.
@offgridandunorganized many mysteries = gangs, monsters, Robbery, aliens or killers will come to your home without the fence wall. If you do not have brick & concrete, you use the pallets to convert the fence walls. Easy.
While we all have our own opinions, We are not in a large city. fences or walls are both a major investment but also out of the ordinary and don't blend in, actually catching attention and asking for some one to come check out what is going on behind. They don't belong in the middle of the forest.
They settle alot once you add water. I wash mud covered and dirty oily shop cloaths too and they come clean. Usualy I put a little less in but there was only a few left I'm the basket so I jammed them in, a practice I usually get in trouble for.
I think the weight of all the clothes in there helps to make them clean. Like a triple loader. The more you cram in, the better. Besides, I sure you can tell if your clothes get clean pulling them out and looking at them.
You are correct, they actually do settle alot once I dump the water in the machine is only just over half full. In any machine it is the clothes rubbing against each other that cleans them as long as they can move and get water around they clean. My old front loader struggled to even get the same clothes clean as it was energy star and didn't add enough water to get really dirty cloths clean. I had to sit there and wait for it to fill then dump another 5 gallons in with a bucket just to trick it, to get my shop cloths clean. Most fokes in town don't have the kind of soil level we experience every day and have no idea how much it takes to clean this kind of work clothes. It is always hard to see through a video how things really work out. We do was clothes in the shower or a bucket if we need something between laundry days and they deffinatly don't come out as clean as this machine does them. Thank you
I could do that, but I only have 3 buckets and lids. We have a second barrel that has a top on it, usualy I use both with the water pump (that's broken atm) it takes something like 10-12 buckets to fill a barrel. I should get around to cutting the second lid off the other barrel.
Don’t mind all the “experts” here in the comments. Most of them have never worked a hard day in their lives. And I got news for them, washing machines don’t get clothes 100% clean either. For the savings, I’d take what you’re getting any day. 👍
Thank you very much, there is definalty alot of "EXPERTS" that also miss reading the pinned coment. Most of this coment section is all the experts saying the same thing they all repeat each other. The part they don't understand is the clothes settle to almost half full when they get wet, the water sloshing you can see is the cloaths inside the drum coming up to the top and smashing down and tumbling around. I have been using this for 3 years and they come as clean as my old front loading washer I used to have, atleast to our standards clean. We have mud covered and oil covered clothes and they come clean, mud comes out of them. Without watching it first hand most can't fanthom how it even works. Thank you for the comment, the savings have been incredible along with the half a day we are no longer wasting going to town. Now that half day is spend doing stuff around the house while the washer runs, most can't understand how incredible it is to have that time available and not lose it. Thank you.
Yes their is, I used to have it in a better spot until I moved it. It used to run away, I should move it back. A down spout might work as that would not freeze but also be movable to drain.
Oh that is not fun, the washer sure helps do alot at once, uses alot of water to. When we need stuff in between we wash them in the shower or sometimes in a 5gal bucket by hand so I know your pain. We have not had a well for 3 years or so, where we used to live there was a spring a 1/4 mile away plus catching rain water that worked well, now we have a stream on our place but it is In accessible at the moment, our lane way crosses it but I can't get down it for enough with the tractor yet so I go about a mile down the road to one that crosses, it sure is a pain ever couple days. We have the ducks too so we got to haul water for their bath as well.
Thank you, I read and respond to every comment negative or positive. I spin for 5 minutes after, that's about what it takes to stop getting water out. No more comes out after that time unless I were to increase the spin speed to up the centrifugal force. I do have a hand crank clothes wringer but it's hard to get modern clothes through, buttons and double waist bands were not a thing when hand crank wringer were used. We do use it from time to time if we need faster dryed clothes, but its alot of work so we usualy skip that as the spin get about 75% of the water out compared to the wringer.
I wash mine by hand I let soak a full day , turn clothes in and out for both sides underwear and socks I scrub with a soap bar if there is mud I use shoe brush .than for the rince I also let soak for long .long soak compensates for hand wash .for water I have rain water in tubs plenty rain in england .as you say it saves 8 pound wash plus fuel back and forward that's 520 pound a year !!than I don't have to face laundry staff who don't like off grider's
That is awesome! We have done that many a times too if some one Needs something and we have not got around to doing laundry. Rain water is awesome! We used to use it at our last place, we collect what we can from the trailer corners with buckets. But it doesn't always rain when we Need water. It's crazy how much it costs to take your laundry at a laundry mat, the looks from the "normal" fokes when u carry in the baskets of muddy laundry to put in washers they would use to wash their fancy town clothes.
Yes since everything is temporary at the moment untill we build our cabin, it is nice to be able to move things around as needed by simply hooking onto it with the tractor.
I have never had much luck getting taps to seal long term on a round barrel, I have tryed before and failed they always leaked over time or froze in the winter. A IBC totes would be ideal in summer but I have not located a food grade one yet or even looked very hard to be honest, more priority.
Thank you, we prefer to be doing other things than laundry so I usualy do 2 loads at once as that's what the lines hold. It takes a while to make hot water so we take advantage of it when we get the big stove going. 4 people make ALOT of laundry.
@offgridandunorganized for sure. Sometimes I get slack with it, but it saves me a bit of time overall. Before I retired it seemed like I had 2 full loads every other day. I know I would go through more, having work clothes and home clothes, and another person to clean up after, but It still blows my mind the difference in the amount between then and now
Yeah I could imagine. I used to have that too, I have work uniforms I wore home so I had even more. That is no longer an issue, but now with the wet weather the kids get wet and they are sometimes changing through the day. Recently they were playing near the stream and slipped in, we were burning brush piles near there so once they warmed up again we had to go change so as u can imagine now there's another pair of wet muddy clothes to wash. It sure adds up fast. Now with is getting dark before 5 its hard to get laundry done after being outside all day.
Down the road we will put in a well yes, we are living temporary in the trailer while building our cabin but the site is not got a good enough lane way into it to move the trailer back so we are camped as far as we can get back with the trailer while we build. We also have a creek go by near where we are building so we will have water right next to us
18:30 you should build a biological wastewater treatment or use alternatives to the washing liquid 😮 you should also try to get hot water with energy from the sun to reduce the wood consumption
Thank you, normally I use home made soap that's environmentally friendly. I just ran out. Wood consumption is not an issue, we burn fallen branches and such, all real wood goes to living space heat. We burn the garbage wood in the water stove, we have acres and acres of the stuff so it's an abundance around here. We just re purposed something I already had from maple syrup, in turn not costing a dime vs building a sun powered heater. I would like to eventually but not at this moment.
I guess you don't need to worry about where your gray water goes. What a muddy mess you're standing in. How about putting down some pallets to keep you, your basket and any clothes that drop up out of the mud?
That might be a good idea, it was up a higher hill before and stayed dry but one day I had to move it to get past with the tractor and then I just never moved it back.
@offgridandunorganized just build it up with some sandy river stones over the area around the washer it'll keep the mud down an the water running away....start building a cabin...
I should move it up the hill again, so the water drains away. We have started, we collected the logs this summer but we are on hold now. It's winter and we have decided to do a basement under so not something we can get done before snow completly comes in so we are done untill next spring.
I could do that, but then would have to use a valve on the bottem to thread the hose onto, as welll as it would drain slower being the inner diameter of the hose would restrict the flow of water, I should put a deflector on again or move the thing up the hill again..
I have never seen anything besides hydralic pumps for pto's. I have an old piston pump either a gas motor on that works pretty well, but at the moment it's down so it's old school again! It's really not any slower filling with buckets eather.
Ram pumps are cool but require alot of fall and water pressure, neather of which are present where I get water so they are un functional for that location.
Actually they clean really well, once they get wet they settle alot. We wash mud covered cloaths and takes about 45 minutes and the mud comes out. They get tossed around alot. The water level seams to reach all the cloaths too, we don't have dirty cloaths come out.
It may horrify some, we sometimes sort. Our whites are not white anymore anyway from our life style. It depends what I put in for blacks if they attract fuzzy or not, that's what decides if I sort or not. We really don't own any nice cloaths they are all work cloaths.
I could, and thought about it. But they don't drain completely and have a pump built in, all asking for things to freeze and break. That was my main concern and eventually pushed me away from the idea.
Thank you, I do have a second but it has a top on it so I normally use it with the water pump (that's broken at the moment) I have not got around to cutting the lid off so I can get a bucket in to remove the water.
È un sistema davvero originale e interessante per fare il bucato. Ma secondo me fareste prima a prendere una vecchia vera lavatrice rotta e collegare la cinghia che fa girare il cestello al motore a carburante
That would be much faster to replicate for sure. My issue was that most "normal" are not meant to COMPLETELY drain the water out of everything as they are designed to be in a heated building aka a house. So for us freezing and breaking would be an issue. If one had a heated place then definatly a conversion would be easier and alot cheaper to do as most broken used are cheap or free.
@offgridandunorganized oh it looks a little advanced for my capabilities. I envy anyone with such mechanical prowess. I'll probably keep on with my red knuckles from hand washing😉
I wish you had a mailing address. I would send you some Tru Earth laundry detergent. It’s made in Canada. No plastic. No over sudsing. It’s little “papers” of soap. You may have already seen them. I use a big front loading washer and dryer. We are on the grid, but we have 36 solar panels. 🖖💙
Thank you, you have a grid tie system I assume, I have heard of those. I have never heard of them, what is all in it? I used to make my own laundry soap but I ran out and have not gotten to making more.
@ paraben free, phosphate free, no dyes, no bleach, hypoallergenic,vegan. I buy unscented. I don’t specifically know their process of manufacture. I used to make laundry detergent (dry), but my beloved husband didn’t like it. Fussy🖖💙
Ok thank you. I will look into it, I have seen some marketed natural soaps are really not much better then comercial. I used to make soap from coconut oil and lye. Very great for laundry worked amazing on oily shop cloaths with a touch of baking soda added for freshness.
I bet you could convert a gas dryer to a gasoline engine a propane heat. Also a gasoline pump and some hose would be more efficient than a bucket at 20 below.
Thank you, I do have a water pump but it is broke at the moment, we thought about taking a dryer and running a pipe through the stove we heat water with and draw air through that and into the dryer for rainy days when we need to do laundry. That has been at the end of the list to do but it has been a thought. Definitely not propane though that's expencive and we have lots of free wood, I would rig up wood heat some how.
the only amount needed to wash your clothes is one to two tablespoons of laundry detergent. Add baking soda to boost the cleansing. Cold water does not wash clothes lol have u ever tried to wash dirty dishes with cold water? ya doesnt do very well.
I only use a few tbsp of laundry soap, we were using hot water. The stove heats the water up so it's washing with hot water, I am not sure where you seen the cold water?
You are correct, I search and searched for one. I was also looking for one of the old maytag electric wash tubs, I had one as a kid and ut was belt driven from motor, so super simple to convert to gas. But I never found one.
That is true, I used to have a few of those engines, I found them "finicky" always had an issue. I was going to put one on this machine but I found them hard to start, they would flood or be lean. Not a 1 pull wonder, something I wanted incase my fiance ever had to use it, she hates when stuff doesn't start right so I wanted something that would fire up first or second pull not guess work.
I grew up with a hand dug well, both my parents still have one. We will eventually dig one yes. We are temporarily living in our rv a 1/2 mile from where we're building still on our property, we have not got the time to put a half mile of lane way in. Atleast enough to be able to move a 10 000lb trailer through without sinking out of sight. So everything is temporary at the moment, untill we get to building.
Thank you, so many others have said they same. What I really need to do is move t back up the hill a bit to where I used to have it. Then with a little deflector the water ran away no problems.
Clothes are probably centrifugally stuck up against the wall. I don't see that thing doing any better of a job than just soaking your clothes in a bucket of water and just swapping the water every so often...
Actually it tosses them around alot and works awesome! Mud covered cloaths come clean even, it works great deffinatly better then just soaking that does not work. They toss around like crazy, you can see it with the water sloshing around that's the cloaths sloshing inside the drum
It's funny you say that, it used to be like that in a spot that drained away. Untill I moved it one day to get the tractor through and never moved it back, I rember to do it everytime its full of clothes and making a water puddle.
There is, hand crank. While it sounds great in theory, in practice when only 1 person can crank it proper it takes them away from other tasks and 4 people make alot of laundry, the tiny bit of gas is a major savings of time and just makes everything alot more feasible.
Yes I pondered that but I felt gear reduction the kids were not able to still pedal it. For us I find it convenient to put it on and walk away for the time it takes to wash.
Lol been there done that, shich usualy means do laundry another day. I keep gas around for laundry and chain saws as we run saws alot cutting stuff. Worst comes to worst, originaly we had it hand cranked and we have the crank still so it's just a matter of pulling the 1 drive pin and sliding the gear box off and sliding the crank handle on and then crank till you fall over.
No it's not a beaver pond just a swamp, we use it for showers and laundry. It's not bad fairly clean, nothing different then when you go camping and swim in a lake to bath. Our drinking water and cooking we haul from a spring farther away but it's clean and pure for consumption.
No we don't, all the locals get water there. We are not big into testing stuff all the time, well water included. Obviously if one buys a place they do a water test but i mean periodically no.
I know I do, but it still works fine. We wash muddy and oily clothes. They come cleaner then my old energy star front loading washer I used to have years ago, that left those clothes dirtier. The clothes settle ALOT when they get wet, If you see the sloshing water in the outer drum, that is from the clothes crashing around in the inner drum and creating waves. It actually works fantastic.
Everyone wants to tell you it doesn't work...😂 ... because they don't do anything other than the "accepted ways." Yes. Definitely don't use what manufactures say...the more you use, the more money they make 😂. ... If you use too much the soap residue can cause itching and allergic reactions. I first saw this design back in the 70s and yes it was "human powered". Interesting "upgrade".
Thank you very much, you basicaly summed up 200 repetitive comments in 1 sentence. Everyone has their own beliefs but it seams some are to closed minded to even consider something out of the norm. The soap part I learned by acident years ago, I ran short and had to wash some clothes so it became a well let's see what happens moment. Low and be hold the clothes felt cleaner and softer using less soap, they actually smelt better too. So I switched to only using a little bit, what a world of difference it made. I know this machine I am definalty not the original designer, I put the link in the comments to who I got the idea from. In reality it would not surprise me if it has been around since the 70s like you said, as I rember there was a back to the land movement in the 70s or 80s and fokes had to find solutions just as much them as they do now a days. The human power is how this started too I still have the hand crank for it, all I have to do is pull 1 clevis pin and the motor comes off, but it sure is hard to turn and time consuming. For us and our life style the motor is our cheat to a simpler solution.
You are putting too many clothes in the washer at a time. They can’t agitate the clothes properly to get them clean. And why use hot water. I have used cold water to wash clothes for over thirty years. They have detergent for cold water washing. And you can also use regular detergent to wash in cold water. Key is rinsing clothes well.
I know I over loaded it, I am lazy and if there is a few left in the basket I shove them in. Bad habit I know. I use hot in the colder season, for rinse it's nicer on the hands. If the clothes are really gross the warm water helps in the wash water. Since it's free branches off threes around it doesn't cost to have hot water water. I find it helps with mud or grease, my cloaths tend to get grease from repairing things so it helps alot to get that out.
That's wayyyyy too much clothes in there. They have no way to move around freely. Otherwise.. Pretty dang neat! Ps, your accent, are you a Canuck Eh? " Get the suds OUUUUT"
Thank you, you would be supposed how much they settle once they get wet. I think the camera caught it but if you can see the water sloshing. That is the cloaths tumbling around inside causing waves. They move alot, we wash muddy or oily clothes and they come cleaner then my old front loading washer did. I may have over loaded it a bit but they actually settle alot.
Thank you for the comment, I do tend to over load it yes. But surprisingly they settle ALOT once they get wet and they still can move around. They come out clean, we wash muddy and even oily cloaths from fixing stuff and they come clean. The mud comes out even.
Thank you for the suggestion, believe it or not they actually come really clean. The same or better then a normal front loading washer, the clothes settle alot when they get wet. Do you see the water sloshing around inside? That is from the clothes tumbling inside the drum causing waves, sort of like doing a belly flop in a pool. Yes I do admit I over fill it but even when I do, clothes covered in mud still come clean.
Why don't you just pick up a washer that doesn't work anymore and put a motor on it like you do this machine you can turn it by hand and everything else if you wanted to
While I thought long and hard about that and ALMOST did that, the main reason being a "normal" washer is meant to be in a climate controlled environment and not all water drains out of absolutely every spot, leading to the likely chance of freezing and broken parts (namely the water pump inside). It sounds like a good idea in theory but in reality if it's going to live outside through the winter with -20 Temps things will freeze and become more of a headache then anything. We needed something that was freeze proof and would not be harmed by any amount of weather. Plus something easy to repair if anything did happen.
How does one video about a washing machine mean he doesn't do laundry? If your talking about how the clothes look then Maybe do some research on what tree sap does to clothing.
Thank you. Not everyone wears suits and ties, some of us fokes wear work clothes and for what the clothes see who cares about how they are washed as long as the clothes are free of sweat and dirt.
Off grid? I don't think so. He has a gasoline engine. I would say off grid if it was hand cranked. Basically, the same thing could be done with the 55gal drum remaining vertical and just make a type of plunger.
We originaly built it hand crank, we actually have the hand crank still. But that became very time consuming when only one person could crank it. So the gas engine became a compromise to alow everyone freedom to do other house work while laundry was washing.
@offgridandunorganized Well, when "off grid"....what else do you have to do that would take up so much time for one person? Got to admit it though, this did make the gears in my head start turning again. Those gears had some cob webs on them here lately.
@ShaneWalton-oq9iz off grid life style generaly at least for us is alot busier then our old life style. Not having "modern" conveniences takes alot more time to do things. We are also very outdoors people so we are usualy out doing other things in the bush during the day and try to do everything in the evening. But things like running water that most take for granted. When you have to haul water, for us it takes about 45 min round trip. While that may not seam like alot it's 45 min that most would not have to do. So I can turn the washer on, go get water, come back and rinse it makes 2 things done at one time. Or while the washer is running we can start making supper, which doesn't usually happen until late evening as we would rather be outside doing things when it is sunny out. We are very buisy every day, I have even turned the washer on while I was fixing something, I do my own repairs so I have time while the washer is doing its thing to repair stuff. For us it's all about doing multiple tasks at once and accomplishing alot at one time so that we have the day time free to be outside instead of laged down to house chores. This is only temporary, we are building a home and will be increasing our solar alot so eventually we will be able to run a washer off electric and be totally self sufficient since power lines are miles away plus I would never have a hydro bill again, I refuse too. I hope this helped explain a bit more and didn't come across rude, it was not meant too. This for our life style worked the best since the kids are not strong enough to turn the washer.
Thank you. To each their own. Everyone has a different opinion to how they want to live their life and how they want to solve problems that arrive. For us this was the solution that worked best, others buy more solar panels and spend alot on a fancy system to power their electric washers or run a generator to do so.
Good grief. Put water and a bit of soap in a tub. Mush the clothes around with your hands. Transfer to another tub of clean water and mush around again. Wring out and hang on the line. This is ridiculous!
This may be ridiculous to you, but not to us. We are a family of 4. 4 people make ALOT of laundry especially when we are outdoors alot. I would have to spend 2 hrs a day doing laundry every day by hand, we do what you suggested if we need something and haven't done laundry in time. But your method does not get stuff as clean, it only gets some of the dirt out. It does not work very well for us, we have tryed it.
That would involve 3 things I don't have, a used washer, a big inverter, solar power to speak of. We have enough to charge cellphones and run lights that's it. Just plugging a washer into an inverter won't do anything if the inverter is not powered by something. With our dirty clothes my old front loading washer actualy never go them as clean. "Modern" washers are meant for town foke who don't realy get dirty, they don't add enough water to flush mud away from clothes it stays trapped in. So eather you sit there with a bucket and fill it up more then it allows on its own or you use a top loader that uses ALOT of water. My machine uses less water and get clothes cleaner, rember we get really muddy and oily clothes so that's a great test and this has got the clothes the cleanest of anything I have ever used. Every other machine usualy needs a second wash so double washing to get the same clothes clean.
Geez did we really need to see you sort ever piece into the washer... just dump it all in there its not your sorting colors.... 😂 leaving no room for agitation isnt going to get your clothes very clean... next time do like 1/2 that amount of clothing.
I am sorry but it washes just fine, I do not fill it as full normally but if thers a few left in the basket I do jamb them in, bad habit I know. We was muddy or really dirty cloaths and they still come clean, they settle ALOT once they get wet. I usualy tend to sort " whites" out but not always eather and it worked just fine..
Well we are all entitled to our opinions, that is a fact. Not everything portrays through a camera correctly without witnessing it in real life. But for us they do come clean, cleaner then my old front loading washer ever did. We are all entitled to our opinions, let's agree on that. Thank you for the coment.
Clean is relative, question why? All the time you spend just to live. Get a job spend your time wisely. Time is the only thing you have, time is very expensive as any ceo will tell you.
I think you answered your own question, time is pressious, something you can't get back. But we all have a difference of opinions of how we want to spend our valuable time. The gas engine saves us time allowing other things to be done while it is going, Instead of hand cranking. Have we ever stated we did not have a job though? Everyone has to eat and things to buy weather u are off grid or on. We are able to work less and spend more time doing what we enjoy, for us it is being outside in the bush. Instead of being tied down to a 10hr+ each job 6 days a week doing something we hate just to pay people to provide us with services (hydro etc) instead by doing things for our selves we are able to work part time and instead spend our lives doing what we enjoy. Laundry this way is not much different then most who load and push a button, it does not take much more time at all to do the same job, something we tend to do in the evening while cooking, etc. Every person's life and perspective of time is different. To us we find the modern life style a waste of time, work your life away untill retirement when then you are too old and maybe broken down to fulfill your dreams, instead you regret the time you wasted on the corporate ladder.
I think this commentor must be mistaken... working every day of your life just to have basic needs isn't sunshine and rainbows. I'd rather live this lifestyle any day than having to work everyday and worry about paying bills.
Thank you! I totaly agree, been there did that for 10 years. Now I am much happier being debt free working part time and enjoying my life to it fullest.
What do you mean by that? How would I get sick, we do not drink the water. We haul drinking water from a clean spring farther away. This water is only for laundry. We have been doing this for years and are healthier then ever.
At its finest! Haha it gets the job done and is resistant to all weather it lives out side unlike a conventional washer the dead of winter does not cause any problems, it's worked for 3 years now!
That would be cool! But my thinking is by the time we get that much solar power (to me anything more then being able to run lights at night is alot) this machine will be wore out, the frame pretty well needs rebuilt now. It gets alit of beating from the cloaths tumbling, over a long period of time. So weather or not it sees the actual solar power drive I don't know, my priority is more towards a roof over my head In-stead of "fancy" things like lots of electricity.
Hah, I do have a pump it's just broke at the moment. We don't have electricity so any sort of normal washer or dryer are un feasible, that is why we use what we do being how we have limited solar. Only enough to run lights and basic stuff, nothing crazy for washer or dryer.
That is true, affordable but why do things twice? Eventually we would want to put a system into our permanent home, solar keeps evolving and every year or 2 panel voltage changes so why buy panels that don't fit into the others purchased a few years later. To me it does not make sence, also thers only so much money and time. To me that is better allocated to permanent things vs temporary, at the time we are content with the washer I built. A normal one would freeze in the winter as they are not designed to drain completly and since we have no where heated to store it, the electronics would get ruined from weather and it would freeze in the winter, neather of which are an issue with the home made one 1 have used for the last 3 years.
She hates it! She does not like it being how it's motorized, so I do laundry but at the same time I used to do most of the laundry at our old place when we had a normal washer. So that's not the best comparison, eather way though everyone is happy that we have clean cloaths and it does not cost much unlike a laundry mat that has chlorinated water.
Alot of you seam to think this does not work, yes I agree I over load it. But that being said it works amazing, mud comes out of clothes., our clothes are CLEAN! thank you Everyone.
Bless you and your family, tough hard workers, mechanically innovative and true off grid grit. Deserve many more subs. Keep on keeping it real need more channels like this recognized for content. All the best.
Thank you very much! That sure means alot to us!
I had a 1962 Maytag washer given to me that had a new motor put on in the late eighties and never used since. I have off grid solar and wind power but my inverter doesn't like the washer so I use my Winco Lil Dog gas ⛽ generator, with a Honda GC 160 engine to run it. Takes 80 cents worth of gas to do a full load. I am almost 69 years old, so instead of bucketing the water, I have a sump pump in my stock tank that catches rainwater, simply flip the switch to fill the washer up, and again to rinse. I use my home made wood 🪵🪓 stove to help dry in the winter. I think the Honda engine is around 4.5 horsepower. It's similar to the one you have.
Thats awesome! I do have a water pump, an old Galt? Piston pump I put a 3.5 briggs on, normally we use that but if fell off the tailgate of my truck and broke the mount so now it's down untill I get it welded ( my torches are in storage and It's cast iron). That's a neat setup. We originaly though of using our generator (1800w Chinese with a 3.5 or 5hp engine I forget since we barely use it) but the motor screaming away drives me physotic so that's when I decided to do something that would run at an idle, it is alot more bearable. Rain water would be nice, we used to collect at our last cabin and it sure helped. The flat roof on the trailer does not really allow much but we put buckets under the corners when it rains to at least get some water we don't have to haul.
@offgridandunorganized You might try a 7018 AC welding rod on the motor mounts. Preheat a little bit with a propane bottle torch. I used it on a Chevy engine block that someone didn't get the connecting rod tight enough that went through the side of the block. I fixed the motor and it never leaked or cracked after that. It helps to grind a V so it can get down into the crack better.
@DavidPotter-k1d thank you, I have used cast welding rods before on something else (I forget that it was now, 15 years ago) but they worked great. I got them from a welding supply store (praxair I beleive). I don't have access to an ark welder at the moment so it gonna have to wait untill I go some where. I can't get to my torches at the moment anyway. I will get it fixed eventually. But I do rember how I fixed the last cast thing and it worked great.
If you make a greenhouse, you can hang your clothes inside of it so there would be more heat retention for the clothes to dry faster. If you connect it to your house then it can be a wind break for the house door as well. And you wouldn't have to walk so far to get your clean clothes. You could even tuck the washer in there as well. Or you can build a rocket mass heater in the greenhouse since you are warming water to wash with, and utilize that heat in the greenhouse to help dry your clothes also. Best wishes. I look forward to mor videos to see your progress.
Thank you, a green house I am not sure yet whats happening in that department. But a rocket mass heater I would like to incorporate into something, I had one in my old shop years ago and loved it. We are not doing anything permanent for the living situation untill we build our house, that will get permanent but not the trailer that's on the other side of the property. We also want no excuse to stay in the trailer longer then nesisairy, we have been hanging laundry outside for 3 years in the winter so another year is not an issue for us.
Pretty genius honestly and true off grider which is awesome
Thank you very much! This life is not as hard as some make it seam if you are able to solve problems as they arrise.
Water is a consideration in Off Grid life, but if you don't have enough water passing through those clothes, it can't wash them properly and make them fresh. I would only use half a load of clothes per wash and rinse otherwise the clothes will smell. Your washing machine looks like a great invention. A Twin Tub washing machine can also be driven with belts running off a lawnmower motor.
Actually beleive it or not it washes great and has for the last 3 years, clothes come out clean and fresh. Belt driving can be really difficult, there is a huge load directly on the shaft. I tryed at first to belt drive the shaft but it kept slipping and eventually ended up with a coupling shaft to take the load of clothes going around. Belt driving the input to the reduction is fine as it's way geared down but output needs to be chain or direct coupled.
Very interesting but I am just going to say , your life is hard work. Thank you for sharing. New sub
You are correct, it is not for everyone. But at the same time there is a choice, the work or a 9-5 job and then a gym membership. For us the financial freedom is nice and we get a free gym!
Looks like it works pretty good. I would only make a couple suggestions. Use a bit of white vinegar it will help tremendously and also assist in keeping fabric soft. When you go to rinse I would leave the bottom valve open, open the inner door, shift the clothes around and loosen them up, and pour 1 bucket of water through the clothes and let it drain. Replace the bottom valve and dump another bucket of water through the clothes. Close up the inner door and add your final bucket then run the rinse and spin cycle. Adding the first bucket through the clothes should help move any loose dirt/sand away from the clothes and at least into the litter barrel. Keep on rawking off grid!
Thank you, I actually do use vinegar some times. I am just out of it at the moment but ut sure does help with fabric softening! I never really thought of dumping water through the cloaths, if I wash alot of towels together I have before loosened them up on rinse as they will knot together being how it only spins one way instead of forward and backwards like a normal front loader.
@@offgridandunorganized yeah the vinegar will allow the fabric to release more sand and dirt as well due to is softening the fibers.
@@offgridandunorganizedvinegar is great for the rinse cycle but it’s counter productive to use with laundry soap the acid makes the laundry soap useless!! 😊
Thank you both, yes I have used vinegar in rince. My dad taught me that as a kid, but I have never in wash. I will use some baking soda in wash if something needs help with freshenss or smells.
I saw an old book one time show how to build diy washers. They are so cool. I saw one where you use an evenrude boat motor on the inside and half of the inside of the barrel is separated by a window screen. Clothes went on the empty side, screen, and motor on the other. Put in clothes and soap. Turn it on. I bet them clothes got real clean. Who cares what other ppl say. Your doing your thing and its working. You are using hot water too. I like your set up.
Thank you very much, it honestly works better then my old front loader ever did with muddy or oily clothes. Most people have trouble grasping things out of the normal. A boat motor, now that would get the water moving!! No dirt sticking around after that. Now that would be a cool book, it comes down to what most people have laying around and can get their hands on is the most effective solution to their problems. I have family in the small engine buisiness so naturaly old lawn and garden stuff is the perfect solution for us as I drug it out of the scrap pile for free99. I think off grid is more about finding what works for that person not a 1 size fits all, some use a wash board but for our life style that would not be effective.
Of course it's much more interesting for dad to be doing the laundry when you have to run a petrol engine lol.😂👍
Lol that does for me yes, unfortunatly it means I am the only one that uses it. My girl friend does not like finicky stuff or stuff that doesn't start normal. So the down side I have to do all the laundry but a small amount of gad does alot of work and is well worth it.
@@offgridandunorganizedI think it’s cool! I’d just be glad to have a way to wash. Many years ago I had to tote them all to the laundromat. I’d much rather do it your way.
Thank you very much! We started with the laundry mat. The frugal part of me was against that, plus the half day it took to do that all round trip was a waste of time to me let alone the money it costed. Very quickly I had to come up with a solution, I could not stand the cost every week it was insane. We feel very lucky to have a way to wash, the simple little things make you feel rich even if your not. There is so much satisfaction not having to depend on others.
It’s nice to see a man doing his family’s laundry. I don’t see that much where I’m from. Great set-up. The only thing that bugs me is the water draining directly under the washer. It makes for a very unnecessary mess, when u could easily use a hose or something to drain the water away from the machine. BUT it’s your design, not mine, so if that’s how u like it, so be it. 🙃❣️
Thank you very much, it never used to drain under untill I moved it one time to get the tractor through. It's getting delicate to move much, the wood is getting older and not liking to be moved so I have put off moving it to where it drains away. Thank you, I just tend to enjoy doing laundry more then she does. Plus being how it's motorized and sort of weird she does not like to use it so I do the laundry instead. It works for us.
Good idea, but please cover that turning part. If one of your family comes accidentially near it he or she will be heavily injured. Just put a big can or a sturdy wire or hole sheet around the moving parts.
I sure should, I have been meaning to for 2 years but never got around to it.
It's amazing how well thought out it is, great to see you making it work so that you are independent out there. Definitely going to subscribe so that I can follow along.👍
Thank you very much, I might be cheap or something but after finding out how much a laundry mat cost plus the inconvenience of going to town, I decided we needed to make a solution. We have done 5gal bucket laundry too but with 4 people it's not feasible we needed a bigger solution.
Bad ass bro 😎
Genius thank you for sharing 💯
Thank you very much!
I've got a James style washer/wringer that uses no electricity. I got mine at an Amish auction years ago for $50. Lehman's is selling them new for over $1,100. now.
Oh nice that's sweet, I have heard of Lehman's, just never really checked them out.
If you can get a hold of a IBC tote that would be ideal for your next tank for the washer. Thanks for the upload
Thank you, I have been looking for one for water hauling actually, they are just REALLY expencive here more then they should be so I have been waiting out for the right one.
You might want to make you a rainwater catchment even if it's only a big tarp.😊 Interesting setup you have. Well done 👏.
Thank you, we do collect rain water actually. It just has not rained enough right then, we put buckets under the trailer corners and dump them into barels. Not ideal, our last place had evestroughs into barels, that was alot easier.
Great idea! Just a suggestion, but you would probably give the clothes more room to agitate with smaller loads. They don’t have room to move around if it’s super full.
You are right! I normally TRY not to fill it so full but if thers only a few left in the basket I tend to stuff them in. They still seam to wash well, we have muddy and really dirty clothes and they come clean.
Troppa roba dovevi fare 2 lavate ..si lavano meglio😂
@teresaninivaggi282 you are correct. I get lazy and try to stuff the last of the basket in. They do come clean but I know it's a bad habit.
@@offgridandunorganizedactually, they really did look clean. I was impressed! Lol
@NiNitosix thank you, and they do come really clean, we get muddy and even dirty and oil from repairing stuff. That all comes out in the wash, it's crazy how clean they get from even over filling. They are not as soft as a conventional washer, that is due to excess water left over as the spin does not remove as much and the slower drying makes them slightly stiffer. If I run them through the hand crank wringer they get more water out and become softer but that's alot more work so we settle for the washers spin and just smack the cloaths when dry to soften. Sure it may be crude bit it really works.
Lower the washer or raise your water heater . So you can juse a hose for filling it up.
And small drainage ditch seems like a good future upgrade.
Thank you. Moving it back up the hill is a simpler future upgrade which I just did yesterday, it never made the puddle in the summer when it was in the other spot. My only thing with a hose is we get -20 -30 weather and anything more complicated can break or cause problems, like our water pump. It's almost more hassle to drain it all then to just do it by hand. In reality things are placed at the height they work best, bending over for the washer would suck but also trying to lift buckets of water higher into a stove would suck too especially when the side can be 500°+ when it's going full tilt. Everything is temporary for now untill we build and get more perminent solutions. Also between the washer and water heater is actually a walk way so we can't do any hard line that would restrict the walk way. For right now I am just trying to keep stuff simple and freeze proof, I hate trying to unthaw frozen pipes and stuff. It is an easier solution to just use buckets atm, they don't freeze.
Great homestead. Love the maple syrup table multi use. Ever think of using syphoning hoses to help with water transfer? I'm using these ideas when I build mine out
Thank you, I figured re purpose what I already owned to make loads of hot water for laundry, dishes, showers etc for free using dead fall branches from the forest around. We do not have maple trees in this are, it is too cold. We do have birch but esentualy the stove and pan are not being used. 40+ gallon of hot water is nice when you got to shower alot of people or do all kinds of house work at one time. Siphoning only really works if you have ALOT of elevation change, meaning the water would have to get alot higher up off the ground. We do have a water pump it's just broken at the moment so I am back to the old bucket method for now.
Old water houses with hose clamps and run them out across your yard. Away from your outdoor and outside washing machine wash area with those hoses simple and effective.,or just some Peck's.,or PEX polyurethane tubing will work the same for that part also. Otherwise awesome build on that machine you made. By building and adding those few extras into your own machine makes it half your design then half the other person's design to combined together as one I'd put the other tub on the opposite side of the machine is all with the same setup. And add on the other part's for draining and drier ground surface to that way plus it helps kill off the unnecessary weeds around to.
Thank you, that's starting to sound complicated. Freezing is the whole issue as it lives outside-20 -30c. Anything would freeze, I have to keep it simple to avoid that. This works great but any valve or pipe would freeze and that is not something I want to deal with. While I could build a second drum its a time thing, so mu h to do so little time so far it's the least of the important even getting laundry done can be hard let alone building a second half.
I was going to suggest that he use rain gutters to divert the water to a small gravel pit.
You are right I should do something, it used to drain away until I moved it.
love this channel.
Thank you very much! That means alot!
Awesome brother get it ❤
Thank you!
Works better that my washer at home!!!
I bet it does! It works better then my old front loader used to years ago. The dumb energy star thing never put enough water in, it was meant for fokes that live in town and don't get dirty. My oily muddy clothes would not come clean unless I waited until the water was full and then added and extra 10 gallons of water with a bucket to the machine just to trick it into having another water to flow through the clothes. It was really a night mare, this machine may be crude but it actualy is alot less baby sitting then the "modern" equivalent with washing our work clothes (which is all we own).
Simple things that can help clean and refresh your clothes. Dissolve some banking soda in water and put in with your soap, is great for so much!
Use some white vinegar in the rinse, great fabric softener and both helps with smells.
Thank you, I actually do that from time to time or as needed. But not always as it does get expencive, I reserve that for as needed. Thank you for sharing, not alot of folks know this anymore with the age of scent boosters and fabric softeners.
@ that is awesome! Baking soda cuts grease like nothing else! I use it with dish soap to clean my drains by poring several pots of boiling water down. Works fantastic washing dishes and getting oil out in bottles that are hard to clean inside so I can recycle clean containers. I also brush my teeth with it and add to my fav shampoo on occasion. I make my own deodorant and use it there as well!
Thank you, the last 2 I did for years too actualy and works very well. It sure helps with greasy clothes, I pull wrenches off camera mostly fixing our junk and sure can get alot of oil on your work clothes and baking soda in the wash deffinatly helps alot or with strong smells like gasoline.
@ I love inexpensive and non harmful products to use especially when you can use them in so many ways!
That's very true, the modern world is so dependent on chemicals when nature provides what we need. Some of us are allergic to chemicals or artificial fragrances so we stay away from that all together. The natural works better.
Such a great idea.
Thank you very much! It may be crude but it's saved us so much money and worked flawless which is important in a buisy life style.
You could use a RAM Pump for the marsh water to barrel transfer. Ram pump is no gas or electricity..you will like it for your homestead
Ram pumps are built out of something like 10 fittings...and some pipe.
Thank you, I did a bunch of research into them a few years back and while they are great, there is not the pressure or fall required to operate such a device.. it is not possible to make work at that creek.
Why don't you have an outlet on the barrel instead of having to dip the bucket to get water out of the barrel?
I have never been able to get them to seal up, we did that years ago for maple syrup barrels and it always leaked. I have never been able to get a valve to seal in a round barrel. The last thing I want to do is loose water that I drove to collect, I should get an IBC tote but thers only so many hours in a day and only so much money, they are hard to find here or really expencive for food grade.
The valve's are like for LP gas and water line valve's also. With PVC pipes that are away from your wash area for gray water run off reasons and purposes as we'll to cuts back on extra unneeded work later on down the road.
Great tip!
We have one of those foot operated spinning Mop buckets.... Bought it off Amazon for $20, cut the bottom out of it and put it on a 5 gallon bucket and have it in our greenhouse so we can hang them up and let them dry faster.
Now that is cool! Nice job. I thought of doing something or bying something but for us it came down to 4 people laundry and 1 person doing it, too much work so we went with something that could nail out alot at one time. A green house would help dry especially when it rains for a week straight some times.
@@offgridandunorganized Yeah it's just me and my gf and her granddaughter part time, couldn't do that with 4 full time people, but it works for us.
Yes that sure would, we do laundry in the shower or a 5 gallon bucket too if we need something and are short on time. But with everyone making so much laundry and ours is really dirty, muddy and tree sap and stuff. We need something that beats it more. Everyone has their own needs and it's awesome you found a way to fulfill yours without spending a ton of money, that's the real goal here is to live self sufficient as possible.
@@offgridandunorganized Yeah exactly, you gotta know what your limits are high and low. Your machine would be wasted with us, our's is too small for you all. You h=gotta have enough to get the job done but not so much it would be a waste.
Yes exactually. For us it could even be bigger, the kids have alot of clothes and if they get soaked half way through a day a couple times that really adds up fast.
I enjoyed watching! I would watch every single time you wash. It’s fascinating to me. Are you in Montana?
Thank you very much, and no we are from Northern Ontario Canada.
@ oh cool. I’m in hot old Texas. Well, cool right now.
Well you would not have any problem with freeze drying laundry then in Texas.
@ true🥶
Now that is a funny reponce. We like the cold we are outdoorsy and the cold brings snow, we enjoy the snow activities. Also honestly the heat and humidity kills us so the cooler weather is a nice break. I always say, you can always put more on but you can only take so much off.
I never lived off grid before but I shore would liked to learn how to.
Honestly people over complicate it. I find it just as easy as any modern life really. The main thing is stop using your power appliances, namely kitchen appliances. Replace your kitchen aid mixer with a hand whisk, same with egg beater for whip cream, use a hand one. They make hand crank almost everything or just find a replacement utensil. Learn to cook with a stove top instead of fancy rice cookers and stuff (not saying you do or do not this is a general) use a Dutch over instead of a crock pot. A wood cook stove once you learn to operate makes way better food then an electric. Look up the 5 gallon bucket composting toilet, we had on for years and really it's not gross at all. I felt it was more clean then a porcelain toilet those gross me out. It is alot of little things to adjust to, mostly using alot less power. Finding water can be more difficult if you can't afford to drill a well. I hope this helps a little to explain.
I'd add one more of those washing machine tubs in front of the other one. Then run two twist in threaded pipe fittings for T- line fitting with dual drain pipe with shut off ball valves.
thank you
That was incredible to watch very hard workers.Thank you for sharing.
Thankyou very much!
Amish have been using line shafts for just about everything for years. Maybe you can find a maytag washer with wringer
Line shafts are pretty cool, I do have a wringer for one of those stashed away if we need it, we used in the beging before I got the gearing right. Though with a wringer modern cloaths do NOT go through well they get stuck alot and were designed for a different style of sticking.
I have an old Maytag wringer washer but the seal is leaking on the shaft and can't get it apart to put a new seal in it.
It won't come apart and is seized or just have not had the time? I had one as a kid with an electric motor on it for my shop cloaths, mom hated them in the regular washer. Even though we lived on a farm I guess the oil was anoying.
@offgridandunorganized well at the time I tried to get it apart I didn't have the ten ton hydraulic gear puller that I have now. Might try it again. The problem is that it's hard to get a puller on it. Also, it laid in a flood for a long time and something is rusted I guess.
I know that problem, something things come apart reverse of how they look. You don't want to break anything eather.
I think you need to get some type of hose to attach where the water comes out so you can direct water away from your yard. Then it will not be muddy. ❤
Thank you. I should move it back to where the stove is, it used to be there and I had a deflector that it all ran away and was not a problem. The funny thing is I think of it when it's draining but always forget when it is empty. Funny how that works!
You should have Mary Matt and Misty visit your homestead. They can help you out with a lot of things that many homesteaders struggle with.
Thank you. We are not atruggling tho, we are living a better life then we ever have. We love doing what we do, everything about the laundry video is temporary anyway. We are building a log home/cabin a ways back in our place but we don't have enough of a driveway that we can pull a 10,000 lb rv trailer into with out it sinking out of sight so we have our temporary "camp site" set up where its dry enough to get in. We have been doing this life for years before we ever started youtube and just recently moved this summer so everything is a little hectic still.
Easier to just get a portable washing machine,you overload your washer,do your clothes stink
All the portable washers I have seen hold barely 1 outfit for 1 person, that would take years to do every one's laundry, not feasible. Let alone they use electricity so I would have to run a generator that makes ALOT of noice and burns alot of fuel. And nope our clothes are clean, they come cleaner then our old front loading washer ever did. The mud and oil actually comes out with this one. They settle alot when they get wet. Our clothes are work clothes not a suit and tie.
Hello 👋🏾 new subby here...very clever how your set up is for you and your family...under your washer you should put a made wooden porch under it so it wouldn't be so muddy just a suggestions......
Thank you, I should do something yes, it used to be up hill and ran away until I moved it to get the tractor past. I do need to do something weather I move it again or make a platform/drain, I just have not had the time. So many priorities.
@offgridandunorganized that's understandable,so far so good living odd grid is a great idea...I'm looking forward to more videos from you n your beautiful blessed family....now I'll go like n watch your other videos....btw at least you have lots of wood to build a handy wooden porch under the washer
Thank you very much! You are correct we have sufficient supply! I might just move it back up the hill being how that's quicker lol. It used to be farther up the hill and never had a problem, the water just ran away from everything.
@offgridandunorganized y'all are very blessed
Thank you very much
This is cool. New sub.
Thank you very much!
Very interesting!
Thank you very much! It has been a very big time and money saver, absolutely an amazing asset.
Ingenuity and perseverance!!👏💯❤
Thank you very much! Alot of people may think it's stupid but people don't really understand the necessity untill they them served are put into the same situation.
@offgridandunorganized That's exactly right!! Live your best life!!
Thank you! This life is way more rewarding then anyone could ever imagine.
@@offgridandunorganized I can totally understand that, looks like you have a dream and are fulfilling your goals.Do not let the nay sayers put you down.
Thank you very much! That means alot. I get alot of negative comments but it's hard to portray in videos we were doing this life style way before we started filming any of it. Some tend to think we started this life style to film it and are new, since we have a smaller channel.
I think your only supposed to load a a horizontal washing machine half full of clothes so that the clothes can tumble in the drum.
You are correct, I get in trouble from time to time for over loading it. But it still washes just fine, muddy or even dirty shop clothes come clean.
You must build the fence wall. The Idea is Rain inside tube bucket. Easy
I am sorry I do not understand that comment, what do you mean by that?
@offgridandunorganized many mysteries = gangs, monsters, Robbery, aliens or killers will come to your home without the fence wall.
If you do not have brick & concrete, you use the pallets to convert the fence walls. Easy.
While we all have our own opinions, We are not in a large city. fences or walls are both a major investment but also out of the ordinary and don't blend in, actually catching attention and asking for some one to come check out what is going on behind. They don't belong in the middle of the forest.
@offgridandunorganized ok
I don’t see how it’s possible for that many clothes packed in that tightly to get clean unless you change the water 25 times per load
They settle alot once you add water. I wash mud covered and dirty oily shop cloaths too and they come clean. Usualy I put a little less in but there was only a few left I'm the basket so I jammed them in, a practice I usually get in trouble for.
I think the weight of all the clothes in there helps to make them clean. Like a triple loader. The more you cram in, the better. Besides, I sure you can tell if your clothes get clean pulling them out and looking at them.
You are correct, they actually do settle alot once I dump the water in the machine is only just over half full. In any machine it is the clothes rubbing against each other that cleans them as long as they can move and get water around they clean. My old front loader struggled to even get the same clothes clean as it was energy star and didn't add enough water to get really dirty cloths clean. I had to sit there and wait for it to fill then dump another 5 gallons in with a bucket just to trick it, to get my shop cloths clean. Most fokes in town don't have the kind of soil level we experience every day and have no idea how much it takes to clean this kind of work clothes. It is always hard to see through a video how things really work out. We do was clothes in the shower or a bucket if we need something between laundry days and they deffinatly don't come out as clean as this machine does them. Thank you
Why dont you just fill up about 5 to 6 black buckets with lids,so you dont have to keep filling up the big container and emptying it.
I could do that, but I only have 3 buckets and lids. We have a second barrel that has a top on it, usualy I use both with the water pump (that's broken atm) it takes something like 10-12 buckets to fill a barrel. I should get around to cutting the second lid off the other barrel.
Good video and camera work. Does your water source freee over in winter?
Thank you very much! And yes that does freeze its not fast moving. In the winter as fully as it sounds we melt snow for water.
Don’t mind all the “experts” here in the comments. Most of them have never worked a hard day in their lives. And I got news for them, washing machines don’t get clothes 100% clean either. For the savings, I’d take what you’re getting any day. 👍
Thank you very much, there is definalty alot of "EXPERTS" that also miss reading the pinned coment. Most of this coment section is all the experts saying the same thing they all repeat each other. The part they don't understand is the clothes settle to almost half full when they get wet, the water sloshing you can see is the cloaths inside the drum coming up to the top and smashing down and tumbling around. I have been using this for 3 years and they come as clean as my old front loading washer I used to have, atleast to our standards clean. We have mud covered and oil covered clothes and they come clean, mud comes out of them. Without watching it first hand most can't fanthom how it even works. Thank you for the comment, the savings have been incredible along with the half a day we are no longer wasting going to town. Now that half day is spend doing stuff around the house while the washer runs, most can't understand how incredible it is to have that time available and not lose it. Thank you.
Is there anyway to run a pipe (or a gutter/downspout) to help run the water away from the area under the washer?
Yes their is, I used to have it in a better spot until I moved it. It used to run away, I should move it back. A down spout might work as that would not freeze but also be movable to drain.
That washer is great, my well has been dry for months now so washing clothes by hand… not fun…
Oh that is not fun, the washer sure helps do alot at once, uses alot of water to. When we need stuff in between we wash them in the shower or sometimes in a 5gal bucket by hand so I know your pain. We have not had a well for 3 years or so, where we used to live there was a spring a 1/4 mile away plus catching rain water that worked well, now we have a stream on our place but it is In accessible at the moment, our lane way crosses it but I can't get down it for enough with the tractor yet so I go about a mile down the road to one that crosses, it sure is a pain ever couple days. We have the ducks too so we got to haul water for their bath as well.
I hope you read this , but , if you did an extra spin after you’ve washed / rinsed / it would make drying time easier .
Thank you, I read and respond to every comment negative or positive. I spin for 5 minutes after, that's about what it takes to stop getting water out. No more comes out after that time unless I were to increase the spin speed to up the centrifugal force. I do have a hand crank clothes wringer but it's hard to get modern clothes through, buttons and double waist bands were not a thing when hand crank wringer were used. We do use it from time to time if we need faster dryed clothes, but its alot of work so we usualy skip that as the spin get about 75% of the water out compared to the wringer.
I can’t believe you got all those clothes in one load!
I probably shouldn't have, I do stuff it to full. But it still washes better then my old front loader did. The mud and oil comes out of our clothes.
I wash mine by hand I let soak a full day , turn clothes in and out for both sides underwear and socks I scrub with a soap bar if there is mud I use shoe brush .than for the rince I also let soak for long .long soak compensates for hand wash .for water I have rain water in tubs plenty rain in england .as you say it saves 8 pound wash plus fuel back and forward that's 520 pound a year !!than I don't have to face laundry staff who don't like off grider's
That is awesome! We have done that many a times too if some one Needs something and we have not got around to doing laundry. Rain water is awesome! We used to use it at our last place, we collect what we can from the trailer corners with buckets. But it doesn't always rain when we Need water. It's crazy how much it costs to take your laundry at a laundry mat, the looks from the "normal" fokes when u carry in the baskets of muddy laundry to put in washers they would use to wash their fancy town clothes.
PS, whats the little triangle building with the window, behind the washer used for?
That's the chicken/ duck house. We built it portable on an old tent trailer frame to be able to move around.
@@offgridandunorganized Oh Nice!
Yes since everything is temporary at the moment untill we build our cabin, it is nice to be able to move things around as needed by simply hooking onto it with the tractor.
Also what about a tap on the bottom of your barrel to save you from climbing up in the wagon to get the water
I have never had much luck getting taps to seal long term on a round barrel, I have tryed before and failed they always leaked over time or froze in the winter. A IBC totes would be ideal in summer but I have not located a food grade one yet or even looked very hard to be honest, more priority.
Holy isht thats a whole lot of laundry done at once! Im too lazy to do all that at once. Usually just a day or so of clothing and im washing
Thank you, we prefer to be doing other things than laundry so I usualy do 2 loads at once as that's what the lines hold. It takes a while to make hot water so we take advantage of it when we get the big stove going. 4 people make ALOT of laundry.
@offgridandunorganized oh for sure. That's the difference. It's just little old me so I can just shove what I have in a basin to wash out anytime
Yes that would definalty make it alot easier. Alot less to do at one time.
@offgridandunorganized for sure. Sometimes I get slack with it, but it saves me a bit of time overall. Before I retired it seemed like I had 2 full loads every other day. I know I would go through more, having work clothes and home clothes, and another person to clean up after, but It still blows my mind the difference in the amount between then and now
Yeah I could imagine. I used to have that too, I have work uniforms I wore home so I had even more. That is no longer an issue, but now with the wet weather the kids get wet and they are sometimes changing through the day. Recently they were playing near the stream and slipped in, we were burning brush piles near there so once they warmed up again we had to go change so as u can imagine now there's another pair of wet muddy clothes to wash. It sure adds up fast. Now with is getting dark before 5 its hard to get laundry done after being outside all day.
NO WORDS😝
Thank you very much!
Is a water well pump a possibility to save you the trip to the creek?
Down the road we will put in a well yes, we are living temporary in the trailer while building our cabin but the site is not got a good enough lane way into it to move the trailer back so we are camped as far as we can get back with the trailer while we build. We also have a creek go by near where we are building so we will have water right next to us
18:30 you should build a biological wastewater treatment or use alternatives to the washing liquid 😮
you should also try to get hot water with energy from the sun to reduce the wood consumption
Thank you, normally I use home made soap that's environmentally friendly. I just ran out. Wood consumption is not an issue, we burn fallen branches and such, all real wood goes to living space heat. We burn the garbage wood in the water stove, we have acres and acres of the stuff so it's an abundance around here. We just re purposed something I already had from maple syrup, in turn not costing a dime vs building a sun powered heater. I would like to eventually but not at this moment.
I guess you don't need to worry about where your gray water goes. What a muddy mess you're standing in. How about putting down some pallets to keep you, your basket and any clothes that drop up out of the mud?
That might be a good idea, it was up a higher hill before and stayed dry but one day I had to move it to get past with the tractor and then I just never moved it back.
@offgridandunorganized just build it up with some sandy river stones over the area around the washer it'll keep the mud down an the water running away....start building a cabin...
I should move it up the hill again, so the water drains away. We have started, we collected the logs this summer but we are on hold now. It's winter and we have decided to do a basement under so not something we can get done before snow completly comes in so we are done untill next spring.
Jus attach garden hose for run off.
I could do that, but then would have to use a valve on the bottem to thread the hose onto, as welll as it would drain slower being the inner diameter of the hose would restrict the flow of water, I should put a deflector on again or move the thing up the hill again..
Should rug up a small pump on the wagon to pump the water into a water tote
Thank you, I do have a pump but it fell off and cracked the cast iron mount so at the moment it is un-usable.
@offgridandunorganized i have seen some small ones that that run off a tractors pto, keep making videos I appreciate what your doing.
I have never seen anything besides hydralic pumps for pto's. I have an old piston pump either a gas motor on that works pretty well, but at the moment it's down so it's old school again! It's really not any slower filling with buckets eather.
Ram pump.
Ram pumps are cool but require alot of fall and water pressure, neather of which are present where I get water so they are un functional for that location.
How are those clothes actually going to clean it all. over loading it defeating the purpose
Actually they clean really well, once they get wet they settle alot. We wash mud covered cloaths and takes about 45 minutes and the mud comes out. They get tossed around alot. The water level seams to reach all the cloaths too, we don't have dirty cloaths come out.
A mixed wash that's very interesting 😮
It may horrify some, we sometimes sort. Our whites are not white anymore anyway from our life style. It depends what I put in for blacks if they attract fuzzy or not, that's what decides if I sort or not. We really don't own any nice cloaths they are all work cloaths.
You can modify a regular washing machine super easily
I could, and thought about it. But they don't drain completely and have a pump built in, all asking for things to freeze and break. That was my main concern and eventually pushed me away from the idea.
Get another blue barrel for water harvesting. Why run the tractor for just one barrel?
Thank you, I do have a second but it has a top on it so I normally use it with the water pump (that's broken at the moment) I have not got around to cutting the lid off so I can get a bucket in to remove the water.
È un sistema davvero originale e interessante per fare il bucato. Ma secondo me fareste prima a prendere una vecchia vera lavatrice rotta e collegare la cinghia che fa girare il cestello al motore a carburante
That would be much faster to replicate for sure. My issue was that most "normal" are not meant to COMPLETELY drain the water out of everything as they are designed to be in a heated building aka a house. So for us freezing and breaking would be an issue. If one had a heated place then definatly a conversion would be easier and alot cheaper to do as most broken used are cheap or free.
Simple😂 I envy your audience
Thank you. But why do you envy our audience? Every one has to start a 0 and work their way up.
@offgridandunorganized oh it looks a little advanced for my capabilities. I envy anyone with such mechanical prowess. I'll probably keep on with my red knuckles from hand washing😉
To each their own. For us a family of 4 is too much to hand wash. So this is our compremise
I wish you had a mailing address. I would send you some Tru Earth laundry detergent. It’s made in Canada. No plastic. No over sudsing. It’s little “papers” of soap. You may have already seen them. I use a big front loading washer and dryer. We are on the grid, but we have 36 solar panels. 🖖💙
Thank you, you have a grid tie system I assume, I have heard of those. I have never heard of them, what is all in it? I used to make my own laundry soap but I ran out and have not gotten to making more.
@ paraben free, phosphate free, no dyes, no bleach, hypoallergenic,vegan. I buy unscented. I don’t specifically know their process of manufacture. I used to make laundry detergent (dry), but my beloved husband didn’t like it. Fussy🖖💙
Ok thank you. I will look into it, I have seen some marketed natural soaps are really not much better then comercial. I used to make soap from coconut oil and lye. Very great for laundry worked amazing on oily shop cloaths with a touch of baking soda added for freshness.
I bet you could convert a gas dryer to a gasoline engine a propane heat. Also a gasoline pump and some hose would be more efficient than a bucket at 20 below.
Thank you, I do have a water pump but it is broke at the moment, we thought about taking a dryer and running a pipe through the stove we heat water with and draw air through that and into the dryer for rainy days when we need to do laundry. That has been at the end of the list to do but it has been a thought. Definitely not propane though that's expencive and we have lots of free wood, I would rig up wood heat some how.
couldn't you connect two barrels with the same motor. one in the opposite direction
I sure could yes, it would involve building a second setup. But yes you are correct.
Nice washer. You could build another for the other side of the gear box.
That would be a possible. It's a time thing to get around to it too.
the only amount needed to wash your clothes is one to two tablespoons of laundry detergent. Add baking soda to boost the cleansing. Cold water does not wash clothes lol have u ever tried to wash dirty dishes with cold water? ya doesnt do very well.
I only use a few tbsp of laundry soap, we were using hot water. The stove heats the water up so it's washing with hot water, I am not sure where you seen the cold water?
Some Early Maytag Washers was gas powered
You are correct, I search and searched for one. I was also looking for one of the old maytag electric wash tubs, I had one as a kid and ut was belt driven from motor, so super simple to convert to gas. But I never found one.
@offgridandunorganized Necessity is the mother of invention. Good job friend
Thank you for the kind words!
yeah but the only problem is rusting over 70 years and finding engine parts for the 1930s engine
That is true, I used to have a few of those engines, I found them "finicky" always had an issue. I was going to put one on this machine but I found them hard to start, they would flood or be lean. Not a 1 pull wonder, something I wanted incase my fiance ever had to use it, she hates when stuff doesn't start right so I wanted something that would fire up first or second pull not guess work.
Why can't you dig a well like old folks did ? My parents farm had a hand dug well .
I grew up with a hand dug well, both my parents still have one. We will eventually dig one yes. We are temporarily living in our rv a 1/2 mile from where we're building still on our property, we have not got the time to put a half mile of lane way in. Atleast enough to be able to move a
10 000lb trailer through without sinking out of sight. So everything is temporary at the moment, untill we get to building.
U need buckets under the drip hole, saves standing in a puddle
Thank you, so many others have said they same. What I really need to do is move t back up the hill a bit to where I used to have it. Then with a little deflector the water ran away no problems.
Don't you ever leave ok in the pockets??
I am not sure what you mean by that? Could you please elaborate?
Clothes are probably centrifugally stuck up against the wall. I don't see that thing doing any better of a job than just soaking your clothes in a bucket of water and just swapping the water every so often...
Actually it tosses them around alot and works awesome! Mud covered cloaths come clean even, it works great deffinatly better then just soaking that does not work. They toss around like crazy, you can see it with the water sloshing around that's the cloaths sloshing inside the drum
I’d drain my waste water away somehow so I didn’t have to be standing in mud. Send them boys down to the creek for some rock .
It's funny you say that, it used to be like that in a spot that drained away. Untill I moved it one day to get the tractor through and never moved it back, I rember to do it everytime its full of clothes and making a water puddle.
If only there was a way not using gas🤔(or elec.)
There is, hand crank. While it sounds great in theory, in practice when only 1 person can crank it proper it takes them away from other tasks and 4 people make alot of laundry, the tiny bit of gas is a major savings of time and just makes everything alot more feasible.
@ or serpentine belt and pedal bike, easier than hand crank though time issue is still at play, I understand.👍🏼
Yes I pondered that but I felt gear reduction the kids were not able to still pedal it. For us I find it convenient to put it on and walk away for the time it takes to wash.
Well, time to do the laundry. Shit, I gotta go gas for the washing machine
Lol been there done that, shich usualy means do laundry another day. I keep gas around for laundry and chain saws as we run saws alot cutting stuff. Worst comes to worst, originaly we had it hand cranked and we have the crank still so it's just a matter of pulling the 1 drive pin and sliding the gear box off and sliding the crank handle on and then crank till you fall over.
Is that a beaver pond your getting water from? It's not healthy
No it's not a beaver pond just a swamp, we use it for showers and laundry. It's not bad fairly clean, nothing different then when you go camping and swim in a lake to bath. Our drinking water and cooking we haul from a spring farther away but it's clean and pure for consumption.
Did you ever check it. It needs checked just like well water does occasionlly.@@offgridandunorganized
Nope we don't. It's only wash water, we haul drinking, cooking water from a local spring. That is just too far to haul laundry water with the tractor.
I meant the spring water.@@offgridandunorganized
No we don't, all the locals get water there. We are not big into testing stuff all the time, well water included. Obviously if one buys a place they do a water test but i mean periodically no.
You’re over loading the wash machine. Worse than the kids. 😂
I know I do, but it still works fine. We wash muddy and oily clothes. They come cleaner then my old energy star front loading washer I used to have years ago, that left those clothes dirtier. The clothes settle ALOT when they get wet, If you see the sloshing water in the outer drum, that is from the clothes crashing around in the inner drum and creating waves. It actually works fantastic.
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Your welcome
Maybe put less clothes in each load.
Some times I don't fill it quite as full. I get lazy and try and stuff it full, it still does a good job even then actually.
Everyone wants to tell you it doesn't work...😂 ... because they don't do anything other than the "accepted ways."
Yes. Definitely don't use what manufactures say...the more you use, the more money they make 😂. ... If you use too much the soap residue can cause itching and allergic reactions.
I first saw this design back in the 70s and yes it was "human powered". Interesting "upgrade".
Thank you very much, you basicaly summed up 200 repetitive comments in 1 sentence. Everyone has their own beliefs but it seams some are to closed minded to even consider something out of the norm. The soap part I learned by acident years ago, I ran short and had to wash some clothes so it became a well let's see what happens moment. Low and be hold the clothes felt cleaner and softer using less soap, they actually smelt better too. So I switched to only using a little bit, what a world of difference it made. I know this machine I am definalty not the original designer, I put the link in the comments to who I got the idea from. In reality it would not surprise me if it has been around since the 70s like you said, as I rember there was a back to the land movement in the 70s or 80s and fokes had to find solutions just as much them as they do now a days. The human power is how this started too I still have the hand crank for it, all I have to do is pull 1 clevis pin and the motor comes off, but it sure is hard to turn and time consuming. For us and our life style the motor is our cheat to a simpler solution.
You are putting too many clothes in the washer at a time. They can’t agitate the clothes properly to get them clean. And why use hot water. I have used cold water to wash clothes for over thirty years. They have detergent for cold water washing. And you can also use regular detergent to wash in cold water. Key is rinsing clothes well.
I know I over loaded it, I am lazy and if there is a few left in the basket I shove them in. Bad habit I know. I use hot in the colder season, for rinse it's nicer on the hands. If the clothes are really gross the warm water helps in the wash water. Since it's free branches off threes around it doesn't cost to have hot water water. I find it helps with mud or grease, my cloaths tend to get grease from repairing things so it helps alot to get that out.
That's wayyyyy too much clothes in there. They have no way to move around freely. Otherwise.. Pretty dang neat!
Ps, your accent, are you a Canuck Eh? " Get the suds OUUUUT"
Thank you, you would be supposed how much they settle once they get wet. I think the camera caught it but if you can see the water sloshing. That is the cloaths tumbling around inside causing waves. They move alot, we wash muddy or oily clothes and they come cleaner then my old front loading washer did. I may have over loaded it a bit but they actually settle alot.
@@offgridandunorganized YVW! Wow!
Thank you.
And never checked any pockets for tissues or anything else for that matter. I bet his clothes smell different.
We don't carry tissues or anything in our pockets so nothing to check.
He put way too many clothes in her he's gonna have to wash and rinse 4 times.
Thank you for the comment, I do tend to over load it yes. But surprisingly they settle ALOT once they get wet and they still can move around. They come out clean, we wash muddy and even oily cloaths from fixing stuff and they come clean. The mud comes out even.
You don’t pack a washer like that
the clothes can’t move around freely and those clothes are dirty
Thank you for the suggestion, believe it or not they actually come really clean. The same or better then a normal front loading washer, the clothes settle alot when they get wet. Do you see the water sloshing around inside? That is from the clothes tumbling inside the drum causing waves, sort of like doing a belly flop in a pool. Yes I do admit I over fill it but even when I do, clothes covered in mud still come clean.
Why don't you just pick up a washer that doesn't work anymore and put a motor on it like you do this machine you can turn it by hand and everything else if you wanted to
While I thought long and hard about that and ALMOST did that, the main reason being a "normal" washer is meant to be in a climate controlled environment and not all water drains out of absolutely every spot, leading to the likely chance of freezing and broken parts (namely the water pump inside). It sounds like a good idea in theory but in reality if it's going to live outside through the winter with -20 Temps things will freeze and become more of a headache then anything. We needed something that was freeze proof and would not be harmed by any amount of weather. Plus something easy to repair if anything did happen.
Where is the wife and mother at ?
My Fiancé was away at the time of filming, I do the laundry not her. I am not sure what my mother has to do with anything??
Looks like he doesn't do much washing 😂😂😂
I am not sure what you mean by that? I have been solely doing the washing for years. Our clothes are work clothes and we are not concerned about them
How does one video about a washing machine mean he doesn't do laundry? If your talking about how the clothes look then Maybe do some research on what tree sap does to clothing.
Thank you. Not everyone wears suits and ties, some of us fokes wear work clothes and for what the clothes see who cares about how they are washed as long as the clothes are free of sweat and dirt.
Sir you do not know how to wash clothes
Thank you for the comment, but actually this works amazing, we wash muddy and really dirty clothes but they come clean.
Off grid? I don't think so. He has a gasoline engine.
I would say off grid if it was hand cranked.
Basically, the same thing could be done with the 55gal drum remaining vertical and just make a type of plunger.
We originaly built it hand crank, we actually have the hand crank still. But that became very time consuming when only one person could crank it. So the gas engine became a compromise to alow everyone freedom to do other house work while laundry was washing.
@offgridandunorganized Well, when "off grid"....what else do you have to do that would take up so much time for one person?
Got to admit it though, this did make the gears in my head start turning again.
Those gears had some cob webs on them here lately.
@ShaneWalton-oq9iz off grid life style generaly at least for us is alot busier then our old life style. Not having "modern" conveniences takes alot more time to do things. We are also very outdoors people so we are usualy out doing other things in the bush during the day and try to do everything in the evening. But things like running water that most take for granted. When you have to haul water, for us it takes about 45 min round trip. While that may not seam like alot it's 45 min that most would not have to do. So I can turn the washer on, go get water, come back and rinse it makes 2 things done at one time. Or while the washer is running we can start making supper, which doesn't usually happen until late evening as we would rather be outside doing things when it is sunny out. We are very buisy every day, I have even turned the washer on while I was fixing something, I do my own repairs so I have time while the washer is doing its thing to repair stuff. For us it's all about doing multiple tasks at once and accomplishing alot at one time so that we have the day time free to be outside instead of laged down to house chores. This is only temporary, we are building a home and will be increasing our solar alot so eventually we will be able to run a washer off electric and be totally self sufficient since power lines are miles away plus I would never have a hydro bill again, I refuse too. I hope this helped explain a bit more and didn't come across rude, it was not meant too. This for our life style worked the best since the kids are not strong enough to turn the washer.
Too many clothes it won't be clean
Thank you, it does still work fine over loaded, I know I should not but if thers a few left in the basket I tend to stuff them in..
Cool science project but no thanks I’ll stick to the easy and enjoyable livin,
Thank you. To each their own. Everyone has a different opinion to how they want to live their life and how they want to solve problems that arrive. For us this was the solution that worked best, others buy more solar panels and spend alot on a fancy system to power their electric washers or run a generator to do so.
Good grief. Put water and a bit of soap in a tub. Mush the clothes around with your hands. Transfer to another tub of clean water and mush around again. Wring out and hang on the line. This is ridiculous!
This may be ridiculous to you, but not to us. We are a family of 4. 4 people make ALOT of laundry especially when we are outdoors alot. I would have to spend 2 hrs a day doing laundry every day by hand, we do what you suggested if we need something and haven't done laundry in time. But your method does not get stuff as clean, it only gets some of the dirt out. It does not work very well for us, we have tryed it.
Used washing machine plug in to inverter add water it will clean ur clothes without all this junk you have
That would involve 3 things I don't have, a used washer, a big inverter, solar power to speak of. We have enough to charge cellphones and run lights that's it. Just plugging a washer into an inverter won't do anything if the inverter is not powered by something. With our dirty clothes my old front loading washer actualy never go them as clean. "Modern" washers are meant for town foke who don't realy get dirty, they don't add enough water to flush mud away from clothes it stays trapped in. So eather you sit there with a bucket and fill it up more then it allows on its own or you use a top loader that uses ALOT of water. My machine uses less water and get clothes cleaner, rember we get really muddy and oily clothes so that's a great test and this has got the clothes the cleanest of anything I have ever used. Every other machine usualy needs a second wash so double washing to get the same clothes clean.
Geez did we really need to see you sort ever piece into the washer... just dump it all in there its not your sorting colors.... 😂 leaving no room for agitation isnt going to get your clothes very clean... next time do like 1/2 that amount of clothing.
I am sorry but it washes just fine, I do not fill it as full normally but if thers a few left in the basket I do jamb them in, bad habit I know. We was muddy or really dirty cloaths and they still come clean, they settle ALOT once they get wet. I usualy tend to sort " whites" out but not always eather and it worked just fine..
I don't care what you say, your clothes aren't getting clean.
Well we are all entitled to our opinions, that is a fact. Not everything portrays through a camera correctly without witnessing it in real life. But for us they do come clean, cleaner then my old front loading washer ever did. We are all entitled to our opinions, let's agree on that. Thank you for the coment.
Clean is relative, question why? All the time you spend just to live. Get a job spend your time wisely. Time is the only thing you have, time is very expensive as any ceo will tell you.
I think you answered your own question, time is pressious, something you can't get back. But we all have a difference of opinions of how we want to spend our valuable time. The gas engine saves us time allowing other things to be done while it is going, Instead of hand cranking. Have we ever stated we did not have a job though? Everyone has to eat and things to buy weather u are off grid or on. We are able to work less and spend more time doing what we enjoy, for us it is being outside in the bush. Instead of being tied down to a 10hr+ each job 6 days a week doing something we hate just to pay people to provide us with services (hydro etc) instead by doing things for our selves we are able to work part time and instead spend our lives doing what we enjoy. Laundry this way is not much different then most who load and push a button, it does not take much more time at all to do the same job, something we tend to do in the evening while cooking, etc. Every person's life and perspective of time is different. To us we find the modern life style a waste of time, work your life away untill retirement when then you are too old and maybe broken down to fulfill your dreams, instead you regret the time you wasted on the corporate ladder.
I think this commentor must be mistaken... working every day of your life just to have basic needs isn't sunshine and rainbows. I'd rather live this lifestyle any day than having to work everyday and worry about paying bills.
Thank you! I totaly agree, been there did that for 10 years. Now I am much happier being debt free working part time and enjoying my life to it fullest.
Wait till he gets really sick and us taxpayers will foot the bills-unbelievable
What do you mean by that? How would I get sick, we do not drink the water. We haul drinking water from a clean spring farther away. This water is only for laundry. We have been doing this for years and are healthier then ever.
Hillbilly engineering.
At its finest! Haha it gets the job done and is resistant to all weather it lives out side unlike a conventional washer the dead of winter does not cause any problems, it's worked for 3 years now!
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Looking forward to seeing this engineering marvel transitioned to 100% solar.
That would be cool! But my thinking is by the time we get that much solar power (to me anything more then being able to run lights at night is alot) this machine will be wore out, the frame pretty well needs rebuilt now. It gets alit of beating from the cloaths tumbling, over a long period of time. So weather or not it sees the actual solar power drive I don't know, my priority is more towards a roof over my head In-stead of "fancy" things like lots of electricity.
Now with all the money 💰 you saved you can buy a washer & dryer and a pump for the water 💦 😏
Hah, I do have a pump it's just broke at the moment. We don't have electricity so any sort of normal washer or dryer are un feasible, that is why we use what we do being how we have limited solar. Only enough to run lights and basic stuff, nothing crazy for washer or dryer.
@ solar panel with the battery bank very affordable
That is true, affordable but why do things twice? Eventually we would want to put a system into our permanent home, solar keeps evolving and every year or 2 panel voltage changes so why buy panels that don't fit into the others purchased a few years later. To me it does not make sence, also thers only so much money and time. To me that is better allocated to permanent things vs temporary, at the time we are content with the washer I built. A normal one would freeze in the winter as they are not designed to drain completly and since we have no where heated to store it, the electronics would get ruined from weather and it would freeze in the winter, neather of which are an issue with the home made one 1 have used for the last 3 years.
@@offgridandunorganized I’m sure your wife and sons are very happy with it and that’s all that matters 😏
She hates it! She does not like it being how it's motorized, so I do laundry but at the same time I used to do most of the laundry at our old place when we had a normal washer. So that's not the best comparison, eather way though everyone is happy that we have clean cloaths and it does not cost much unlike a laundry mat that has chlorinated water.
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