Bush Washing Machine
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I wash mine as I wash myself.
Must have been rich buggars, we had a copper and a broom stick to stir them . Wrung out through the mangle and hung out on the rope lines line held up by a centre pole.
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I still think that little washing machine I bought is one of the top 5 gadgets on the market,
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Drill holes in the rubber plunger for a bit more whoosh….
Iremember seeing something at a 4x4 show a while back that had a washing machine made from a round 20 ltr drum on rollerswith a crank handle, worked like a charm.
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Mum used the copper and I had the job of cutting out a new stand a couple of times. We never had the cast iron stand so I had to cut the bottom out of a 44 gallon drum, cut the drum down to about 2/3 in height then cut an arch in the front to load the fire. Of course there were no power tools just a nicely sharpened cold chisel and hammer.
No quite suitable for camping
From memory ours was concrete next to the double concrete tubs and mangle. Ah memories.Mum used the copper and I had the job of cutting out a new stand a couple of times. We never had the cast iron stand so I had to cut the bottom out of a 44 gallon drum, cut the drum down to about 2/3 in height then cut an arch in the front to load the fire. Of course there were no power tools just a nicely sharpened cold chisel and hammer.
No quite suitable for camping
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Ditto, our laundry was in the backyard next to a tank. First job when entering was dispatch the broom under tubs, copper and bath to wake up any visitors.
Mum had many notches in the concrete floor where the shovel made a dispatch.
Not to forget the Rickets Blue Bag
That was an important part of washing day
The cloths line was a wire strung across the back yard with a big long sapling with a fork at the end … all hell would break lose when the cloths line prop broke
That was an important part of washing day
The cloths line was a wire strung across the back yard with a big long sapling with a fork at the end … all hell would break lose when the cloths line prop broke
And the Blue bag was used on us kids that got bee stings.
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I used my Camping Washing Machine yesterday and I used one of my medium sized lithium 500wh packs to power it and I set it to maxium on every wash and spin cycle and I did 3 loads this way, and still had power to burn, I like this Gadget because there are no stupid programs and just having 3 knobs to control it makes it as simple as the Old Engels that just had a rotary knob to control them,
Like I said this is one of my Top 5 toys,
Like I said this is one of my Top 5 toys,
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That might be a solution if there was unlimited water as you know that is not always the case here in the Australian bush here water is life….
Also a 20 l bucket takes up less room in the back of the truck / wagon
