Good Morning!!!!!!

[Dotch]

Forgot to mention, I got my 10 cu. ft. chest freezer defrosted after putting all the food in the BWH trunk for a few days. Kinda nice to be able to let that garage freezer set, clean it up good, remove the ice from the sides and allow all the frost that had built up in the lid to melt & drain out. Can actually open it and it stays open. Don't have to worry about the lid coming down on you when fishing something out of the bottom. Bought the unit brand new 44 years ago from the Co-Op in Rugby, the 1st yr. I lived in ND. Plugged 'er in last nite and it took off like a champ. Stuck a thermometer in it to make sure it was operating properly. Was -5 in the freezer when I checked this a.m. & loaded the food back in it. That cold weather was good for something.   

[roony]

The old ones will outlast the new ones.

[Dotch]

No doubt about it roony. What amazes me is the old International freezers from the 50's or earlier that so many people had and still have down in their basements. Still see quite a few on CL & Marketplace. Those things weighed a ton and were built to withstand a nuclear blast. I know several people just left them when they moved because there was no way on God's green earth they could get them out. Some of the freezers were hauled down there back when farm houses had those outside storm shelter entrances. When grandpa & grandma remodeled, they just sorta worked around the freezer. 

[glenn57]

mom had one of type freezers......needles to say it stayed  there when we sold the place. to get it out of the house ya would of needed to cut it apart.

i still have an old freezer in the garage running like a champ/ bought it in 1979 at JC penny's a scratch and dent job.  have bought and replaced 2 others since!!!

[mike89]

my freezer is over 45 years old and works great, but the lid is warped  and the seal is all torn up...  to big for me so am getting it emptied out and get a smaller new one..  finding stuff in there goes a bit back!!!   

[LPS]

I had an old upright that I bought from my cousin that hauled it back from Alaska.  He had it for years too.  It conked out 2 years ago after I had it for 20 years.  You might remember I bought a new one at the big store in Warroad.  $800 and it lasted 16 months.  Absolutely no help or discount on a new one so will never be at that store again. Used to buy a lot of stuff there too. Got a nicer one here in town delivered.  Hope it lasts longer than that other one.  I did get a nice 10 cu ft at the store here in town and has lasted 4 years so far. 

[Jerkbiat]

Ya, I would go back there either Barry if that is the kind of customer support you got from them.

[glenn57]

my freezer is over 45 years old and works great, but the lid is warped  and the seal is all torn up...  to big for me so am getting it emptied out and get a smaller new one..  finding stuff in there goes a bit back!!!

can you explain WHY that lid is warped?????? 

[Dotch]

I always heard the washing machine was better for that kind of stuff...

[roony]

I know for a fact that an ironing board won't hold up.

[glenn57]

 

[LPS]