Portable Washing Machine on the truck

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  1. LindaPV

    LindaPV Medium Load Member

    By the way some of y'all look, it wouldn't hurt you to hit the work clothes section in Wal-Mart the next time you're shopping for Spagetti-o's! :D
     
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  3. redoctober83

    redoctober83 Road Train Member

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    Come now, I like my pj and flip flop look with the holy shirt ;) just kidding. I dress professional when I'm out of my truck. The pj's are only when the curtains are up.
     
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  4. pattyj

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    You mean you used what a total of10 gallons of water only on three towels?No wonder your laundry bill was so expensive at truck stops.
     
  5. tommymonza

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    I have spent a lot of time on small sailboats at sea with no laundry facilities in sight..

    Problem with dirty clothes is they get smelly and moldy if you leave them for a month or better in a bag. All it takes is one damp item in the bag and the mold starts.

    Someday I hope to be out 90 days at a time in a truck
    I have a complete phobia of laundry mats after seeing the slobs that bring crap in that most would throw in the trash, and than put them in the same machines that I would wash my bedding in.

    GROSS. Bad enough having to crap and shower with a thousand other guys a week .
     
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  6. pattyj

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    I always washed my clothes once a week sometimes a little longer but no more then two weeks.I'd wear the same clothes till they got dirty.I still do that at home to conserve on water.
     
  7. tommymonza

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    I can get 4 to 6 days out of pants depending on what I have been doing. Mom taught me that when I was young.

    New underwear , socks and a shirt everyday though. Sometimes 2 shirts in a day if it's hot out.

    Towels would be the big problem, you can use them 3-4 times and than they start to get a little funky.
    Plus their bulky and will mold if thrown in a bag so cleaning them is key.
    Back before people became complete gross slobs 25 years ago.

    I worked at a company building big Sportfishing yachts out on the Outerbanks of NC getting really dirty.

    Asked where the laundry mat was . Guy that worked there said screw the laundry mat go to goodwill.
    The clothes were all freshly washed and wrinkle free.
    Pair of Levi's were a quarter a nice shirt a dime.

    I live down in South Florida but getting ready to go up north. I have no jeans or stuff warm.

    Went to goodwill and bought 300 dollars worth of jeans for 15 bucks.
     
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  8. redoctober83

    redoctober83 Road Train Member

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    No I used less then that at home to try this machine out before I took it out on the truck. It was a test run with the 3 towels was all.
     
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  9. pattyj

    pattyj Road Train Member

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    I watched your video.That's a very good price for that machine.As long as yoyre satisfied and happy with it that's all that matters.Come winter where you going to dump water so it doesn't turn into a sheet of ice that some unfortunate soul runs into?
     
  10. redoctober83

    redoctober83 Road Train Member

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    I can put the water back into my 5 gallon buckets, but making a sheet of ice sounds like fun ;)
     
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  11. pattyj

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    Listen to him,lol.Not for the other person I imagine,lol.
     
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