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With 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 mach
by Arizhel 10y ago
With 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.