[SCA-BMDL] Big (50#) washers at self-serve laundry?

Denis McKeon dmckeon at swcp.com
Wed Jul 18 01:15:31 EDT 2007


Greetings, good gentles - if you could kindly advise a stranger
to your lands ...

We hope to find a self-service laundromat in the greater
Pennsic/Pittsburgh area that has at least two 50 pound washers
(and dryers to match).

These would be 3 or 4 times the capacity that a typical self-serve unit
- such as those next to Cooper's store - would have.

In other words, a washer that could take a canvas tent wall the size of
one from a Grimm's tent, and wash it well without provoking disaster.
(I realize this would also consume most of a roll of quarters.)

In other other words, if you needed to wash a big tent wall - a 7x25
foot piece of 13.8 oz canvas - is there a place you might take it?

In the best of all possible worlds, an establishment with several
front-loading self-serve washers and dryers (up to four or so of each)
with effective adjustable dryer thermostats would be great.

And why would we be wanting to machine wash large parts of a tent?
Well, if canvas is wet, and when home is 2800 miles away, it makes more
sense to us to travel that distance with cleaner and dryer canvas than
to try to dry it on the way, all the while dodging thunderstorms, and
then try to clean it at home, after the mold has gained a beachhead.

I've tried looking online, and found many, many laundromats - but
almost no clues about equipment size, except in "business for sale"
real estate listings, which tend to be silent about specific location.

To sum up, we're hoping to find:

    some 50 pound washers & dryers in a laundromat

    self-serve so we can monitor and control the process

    nearby parking for pickup truck and trailer

    south, west, or southwest of Pennsic - Pittsburgh area would be fine,
    or anywhere near I-79, I-70, or even I-80/76/71 would also work

I'd be happy to post a summary of responses, if appropriate.

with thanks in advance,
Bennet



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