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This is Ho de Do's Laundry. We have about 12 washers by various manufacturers. Some are gas engine powered, others are electric, some are hand powered. One of the washers is a multi-purpose model that could be used to make butter. I'll have a page on that someday. Erik Groscup is decorating the display with some holiday lights. A Panoramic view of Ho De Do's. Click on it for a larger image.
(Above (l to r): Erik Groscup, Scott Fraser and John Fraser.) Setup of Ho De Do's Laundry, and the rest of the display area, starts about three weeks before each show. The trailer contains the canopies, display stands, and other items for the display area.
We sometimes find surprises between the shows. When we started to move the washers from storage to the display area we noticed there were thousands of dead bees on the ground where the washers were stored. Beeing [sic] leary of upsetting a bee nest we carefully inspected the area but found no bee activity. The two pictures (above) show the source of the bees. They had built a nest inside of the Laundry Queen washing machine but something had killed the nest. The shows are often the only time we have to work on our current equipment or equipment that we have picked up during the year. Erik Groscup found a Whirldry washing machine and work began to make it run. After some tinkering he found several problems with the machine. The first was the electrical cord and was replaced. The second problem was the belt and it was gone. A new belt had to be obtained. Whirldry was not been in business for years. A new belt could be made from material from my favorite supplier, McMaster-Carr.... but... it's Saturday and we want instant results! What to do? Duct tape to the rescue!
As proof positive, here is a video showing the washer in action. The video is LARGE at 11.2 MB! Click here to see it. Home l Lanterns l Engines l Generators l Contact l Guajome Gulch |
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