Pilot
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- Nov 20, 2004
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- Oregon
- Tractor
- JD 770, Yanmar 180D, JD 420 (not running), had a Kubota B6200
Earlier post was about refrigerators, how they don't make them like they used to--really. Our '78 model lasted until 2002 and we replaced it rather than repairing because we suckered into the claim that energy savings would cover the cost of a new unit. It's replacement lasted about 5 years and sales people said to expect new ones to last about 8-10 years. All this is because of the drive for energy efficiency, which doesn't consider the energy cost of manufacturing, shipping and trashing of the unit when it wears out in just a few years.
Now it's the dishwasher. Installed when we built the house 20 years ago, but the rollers in the racks have worn out, they wobble and when you pull out the racks, the rails don't stay aligned and it drips water onto the hardwood floor. You can no longer get replacement rollers or racks. Otherwise the dishwasher performs like new. So for the lack of replacement rollers which should cost less than $5 each, it's time to replace the whole thing.
Looking at new dishwashers, the sales people say to expect about 10-12 years at most and are impressed we got 20 years. Racks on most of what we have looked at wobble and the Bosch models, which CR says are the best, the tines are too close together to really fit our dishes (we tried our dishes on the floor models). Real world customer reviews on any makes I could find are generally not favorable on any of them. Exceptions are when you find only one or two people posted about their dishwasher they have had for a week. And they all have circuit boards, prone to failure (according to reports) which will go out with a power surge which are common around here in the winter storms or they just decide to go bad, which happened to our 2 year old stove. Our old dishwasher has a mechanical timer, not bothered by surges. And most new dishwashers take about 2 hours or more to wash and dry, while our old one takes about 45 minutes. Lastly, Maytag really doesn't make them like they used to (we still have our trouble free 1978 Maytag washing machine) because Maytag is made by someone else now.
I'd be tempted to have some roller custom made, even if it cost $200, but I'd probably have another unavailable $5 part fail 2 months later.
If anyone is happy with their late model dishwasher, I'd like to hear about it, make & model.
Now it's the dishwasher. Installed when we built the house 20 years ago, but the rollers in the racks have worn out, they wobble and when you pull out the racks, the rails don't stay aligned and it drips water onto the hardwood floor. You can no longer get replacement rollers or racks. Otherwise the dishwasher performs like new. So for the lack of replacement rollers which should cost less than $5 each, it's time to replace the whole thing.
Looking at new dishwashers, the sales people say to expect about 10-12 years at most and are impressed we got 20 years. Racks on most of what we have looked at wobble and the Bosch models, which CR says are the best, the tines are too close together to really fit our dishes (we tried our dishes on the floor models). Real world customer reviews on any makes I could find are generally not favorable on any of them. Exceptions are when you find only one or two people posted about their dishwasher they have had for a week. And they all have circuit boards, prone to failure (according to reports) which will go out with a power surge which are common around here in the winter storms or they just decide to go bad, which happened to our 2 year old stove. Our old dishwasher has a mechanical timer, not bothered by surges. And most new dishwashers take about 2 hours or more to wash and dry, while our old one takes about 45 minutes. Lastly, Maytag really doesn't make them like they used to (we still have our trouble free 1978 Maytag washing machine) because Maytag is made by someone else now.
I'd be tempted to have some roller custom made, even if it cost $200, but I'd probably have another unavailable $5 part fail 2 months later.
If anyone is happy with their late model dishwasher, I'd like to hear about it, make & model.