Remember when...

[FinsnFur]

Who remembers these?
I can still remember my disappointment when the one by my house growing up, was vacated and takin down.
I gave these guys a LOT of business. I loved my little Kodiak Instamatic

[Hawks Feather]

I never had an Instamatic, but I sure remember them. That revolving flash sure could increase the cost of shots.

[KySongDog]

I remember mom doing the wash with one of these. That wringer was dangerous.

[remrogers]

I remember mom doing the wash with one of these. That wringer was dangerous.

Remeber getting my hand pulled into the ring once. Did not feel good.

[FinsnFur]

Yes, my Grandma had one of those and she ACTUALLY allowed my brother to run Muskrats hides through the ringer after fleshing and washing them.
I forgot all about that

[nastygunz]

Now thats country!

Yes, my Grandma had one of those and she ACTUALLY allowed my brother to run Muskrats hides through the ringer after fleshing and washing them.
I forgot all about that

[Okanagan]

We had that kind of washing machine when I was little.  My mom got her hand and lower forearm pulled in to the wringer, can't remember how she got out but her wrist and lower forearm were bruised and swollen.  When we moved out to our property where we were building a house, before we got electricity my mom hand washed clothes with a ribbed washboard. 

Years later, a trapper neighbor of ours had a washing machine that he used exclusively for furs, mainly coyotes I think. The finished furs sure turn out nice if fleshed well, washed with shampoo and hair conditioner and then spun almost dry.   

I can't recall for sure but think that his was a modern washer, but it may have been an old wringer washer. The hide came out damp rather than wet, and with most of the water gone it dried quickly on the stretcher.  Gets you top dollar.  You may think I'm kidding but I'm not.  He had a high volume operation going and prepped a LOT of hides.

 

[Hawks Feather]

Mom had a wringer washer when I was a kid and while playing with it I found out that hands do fit into the wringer. I was lucky that my mom had shown me the release (in the one pictured I believe it is the white triangled shape on the right of the wringer head) and I hit it as soon as I could. That released the heads.

[pitw]

Last one of them washers I bought had a gas engine.  Got it home and the dang thing fired right up.  Also had a few wringers that were hand cranked.