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By: Bob

Bob — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 04:01:11 +0000

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By: marci

marci — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 19:58:14 +0000

Cow Towels are washclothes used for washing the cow’s udder prior to milking. To prevent any possible contamination from one cow to another, each cow is wiped with one washcloth (or sometimes special paper towels). So if you milk 100 cows, you use 100 cow towels each milking.

Basically, I was washing 40 loads of laundry a week – and at least 30 loads were cow towels. I wouldn’t have made it without my old White Westinghouse front loader…. too bad they don’t make them anymore – they held up to the abuse of 40 loads a week

By: Bridgette

Bridgette — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 19:11:36 +0000

I think one way to save is simply my word of mouth. I wanted a dresser for my son’s bedroom so I asked around. A friend of mine was having a garage sale, I helped her planned the event and in return not only did she give me one, two but three dressers she had, absolutely FREE.

By: James

James — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 17:35:02 +0000

Fortunately I wash neither diapers NOR cow towels. (Actually I don’t even know what a cow towel is). I read today that many front-loaders have a problem with mold, and the manufacturers have been subject to many related lawsuits.

By: Marci

Marci — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 14:51:28 +0000

If you can find an older refurbished white-westinghouse frontloading washer, without all the computer controls, they are the best thing for washing clothes.

@Bill in NC – it’s about NOT wasting water. And about the fact that a front loader washes clothes in a different way, and washes them better than a toploading due to the mechanism of washing. If you were washing diapers or cow towels, you’d quickly see the superior cleaning ability of a front loader.

By: Bill in NC

Bill in NC — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 14:33:14 +0000

DON’T buy a front-loading washer if you want to be frugal.

Most of the energy (85%) used comes from heating the water – use cold water instead.

Front-loaders also need computer controls, unlike top-loaders, and those computer boards have been VERY failure-prone, at least on front-loaders offered in the U.S. market.

Water itself is cheap on any municipal system – unless your private well has recharge issues, there’s no compelling case for a front-loader.