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> and weigh around 100kg Yep. I once carried a Miele washing machine up 3 flights of stairs with a friend. We thought we were about to die. Later I looked up
by luca_ing 10y ago
> and weigh around 100kg
Yep.
I once carried a Miele washing machine up 3 flights of stairs with a friend. We thought we were about to die.
Later I looked up the specs in the manual: its counterweight weighs 120kg :´-(
The machine is (I think) around 30 years old, still going strong.
- jansan 10y agoIMHO the most frustrating part about moving is having to carry stuff like dumbbells, counterweights etc, because they have only purpose: Being as heavy as possible.
- Arizhel 10y agoWith the counterweights, it'd be nice if it was easy to open up the machine and take the counterweight out. This would make it much easier to move a heavy machine up stairs.
- luca_ing 10y agoTurns out it was, as I found out later. I just have muscle than brains (and not particularly much muscle).
- Arizhel 10y agoWhat machine was that? I've had two front-loading washing machines now with counterweights, and neither one of them was remotely easy to remove the weights in.
- luca_ing 10y agoCan't be bothered to got to the cellar to look at the type tag. But it was from the '80s I think. Some Miele domestic machine. And I didn't pay attention to how hard it would be to remove it -- it was already moot by that time. But it is removable.
- Arizhel 10y agoGood enough, I was just wondering about the brand. It being a Miele makes sense that it would be built that way. The machines I had were a late 90s Maytag (their first front-loader, the Neptune) and a mid-00s Whirlpool Duet. Both were definitely not designed for the counterweights to be removed for transport. You can take them out but it involves a significant amount of disassembly.