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Cleaning Up:  What kind of clothesline do you have?  |
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jcbtxstars
True Blue Farmgirl
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Julia C
Midland
Texas
USA
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 Posted - Aug 13 2007 : 07:31:27 AM
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It's time to replace the little retractable one that I have used forever.
Miss Julia |
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mima
True Blue Farmgirl
1573 Posts
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Posted - Aug 13 2007 : 07:51:49 AM
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| I have the old fashioned looking T bar. I got it at Home Depot!!! |
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mkmomus
True Blue Farmgirl
248 Posts
Merle
Greensboro
NC
248 Posts |
Posted - Aug 13 2007 : 07:59:26 AM
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I have the umbrella kind and I wouldn't get that kind again. I can't even get my king size sheets on it and I don't think it would fit queen either. Also, when I have a few loads they don't dry well because they are too close together, you have to skip a line and then you loose line space. My mother has a back porch and when I was a child my father put up a telephone pole at the end of the yard. She has the pully kind that goes from the porch to the pole. That is what my sister has too and she loves it. That is what I will get next time. You just stand in one spot and push them out and pull them in. I asked my son (he is an evironmentalist) if it would hurt a tree to put a hook in it. He said as long as I left it in there and didn't leave an open wound it would be fine. I think I will be moving within a year though, so I don't think I will do that here but I will get that kind when I am settled. Good luck.
Merle |
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Marybeth
True Blue Farmgirl
6418 Posts
Mary Beth
Stanwood
Wa 98292
USA
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KarenP
True Blue Farmgirl
666 Posts
Karen
Chippewa Falls
Wisconsin
USA
666 Posts |
Posted - Aug 13 2007 : 11:36:40 AM
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Mine is great, it's a free standing clothesline, I can move where ever I want and into the wind when needed.
Sorry it's an old picture from last spring
My only complaint is that is not big enough, I should have got the 17' one instead of the 14' one.
I like to do all the laundry in one day (if possible)
KarenP
"Purest Spring Water in the World" |
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jcbtxstars
True Blue Farmgirl
77 Posts
Julia C
Midland
Texas
USA
77 Posts |
Posted - Aug 13 2007 : 11:52:22 AM
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Karen,
Where did you get yours...does it have a special name?
Miss Julia |
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Aunt Jenny
True Blue Farmgirl
11381 Posts
Jenny
middle of
Utah
USA
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Posted - Aug 13 2007 : 12:57:18 PM
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Mine is steel pipe ...big old posts with the t shape at the top of each..at least 20 ft long and 6 lines...big enough to hold all I can wash in a day..came with the house and I love it!!
Jenny in Utah
Inside me there is a skinny woman crying to get out...but I can usually shut her up with cookies
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windypines
True Blue Farmgirl
4179 Posts
Michele
Bruce
Wisconsin
USA
4179 Posts |
Posted - Aug 13 2007 : 3:41:15 PM
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| Mine is like Jenny's, steel tube, with 4 lines, at least 15 feet long. I also have, lets call it a steet I beam, welded and running between the 2 pipes, underground. So the poles can not start to fold together. My husband used to work at a steel fabricators. He makes everything extra heavy duty. MIchele |
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Huckelberrywine
True Blue Farmgirl
1607 Posts
Michelle
Rosalia
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Posted - Aug 13 2007 : 4:59:49 PM
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The kind of clothesline I have...busy! We bought the umbrella type last month. Had to put shims in to keep it from wobbling in the tube we set in the ground, but I do enjoy it. Love my cute farmgirl decorated clothespins too. It's been so hot and dry lately, by the time the second load is washed, the first is dry. I'm hoping that by folding it up when I'm not using it it will behave for me. If not, well, it was $25 on sale and I'm sure I've saved that in electricity and gained that in excersize and smiles already.
Whichever one you get, hope you enjoy yours too! :)
We make a difference. |
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nut4fabric
True Blue Farmgirl
885 Posts
Kathy
Morgan Hill
CA
USA
885 Posts |
Posted - Aug 13 2007 : 6:16:07 PM
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I am on my second umbrella type. I have to double up the sheets but than they are half folded when dry so what the heck. Wore my first one out it lasted 7 years so I don't think that's too bad.
Hugs, Kathy |
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Annie S
True Blue Farmgirl
756 Posts
Annie
Custer
S.D.
USA
756 Posts |
Posted - Aug 13 2007 : 6:26:25 PM
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Karen, how does your clothes line stay up if it's free standing? DH has said he would build me one, but so far there's nothing in the back yard yet.
How far are you from Park Rapids? Have friends that live up there and then come out here for a month during the summer. My daughter use to live in Stevens Point where her DH taught at the college there. We use to live in Minneapolis and would drive over to WI quite a bit.
Anyway, thanks for the info on the clothes line.
Peace and love,
Annie |
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JessieMae
True Blue Farmgirl
702 Posts
Jessie
Raleigh
North Carolina
USA
702 Posts |
Posted - Aug 14 2007 : 12:01:12 PM
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| I have a line that runs from the outside wall of my garage to a tree in the yard. If I had to guess, I'd say it's maybe 10 yards long. It's got a snap shackle on it that snaps to a hook driven in the tree truck, so I can easily unhook it from the tree if I have to. It doesn't work as well as I thought it would...the weight of the sheets pulls the line real low, and then they drag on the ground. |
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Alee
True Blue Farmgirl
22941 Posts
Alee
Worland
Wy
USA
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Posted - Aug 14 2007 : 1:28:25 PM
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Annie-
The free standing ones that I have sort of look like a picnic table umbrella without the fabric on them. Some of them have a stand or are set in concrete.
Alee
The amazing one handed typist! One hand for typing, one hand to hold Nora!
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mkmomus
True Blue Farmgirl
248 Posts
Merle
Greensboro
NC
248 Posts |
Posted - Aug 14 2007 : 1:49:49 PM
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Kathy,
You fold your sheets in half and they dry? When you do that, is there anything else on the line or are they there alone? I am a dope-I never thought of that.
Thanks
Merle |
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KarenP
True Blue Farmgirl
666 Posts
Karen
Chippewa Falls
Wisconsin
USA
666 Posts |
Posted - Aug 15 2007 : 10:17:51 AM
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Here's a better picture of my clothesline.
There is a gentleman about 30 miles from me who makes them.
Notice the dead grass, we are having a drought, only a few weeds are still green!
I would buy another, I think I paid $250 for it 15 years ago and I think it was money well spent. The worst thing was having it delivered, I had to wait 2 weeks before he came my way to deliver. It was forever as I wanted to hang out clothes soooooo bad.
I think any metal shop should be able to make one.
If you want one, maybe check around in your area and ask.
I sure won't part with mine, unless it's for a bigger one!
This one is 14' long, he makes them up to 17' I think.
KarenP
"Purest Spring Water in the World" |
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MsCwick
True Blue Farmgirl
775 Posts
Cristine
Farmville
Virginia
USA
775 Posts |
Posted - Aug 16 2007 : 12:29:29 PM
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My DH and I built mine, and it cost about $25 dollars in wood, 5 bucks for carriage bolts, 3 dollars for concrete, and a few dollars for the clothes line wire(which I always have to tighten as it stretches)
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Canadian farmgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
482 Posts
Lori
Ontario
Canada
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Posted - Sep 14 2007 : 11:34:11 AM
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I used to live in the city in a subdivision that had a bylaw against long clotheslines, you could only have the umbrella folding type. Ten years ago, we moved to the country, and the first thing my hubby did for me was put up a clothesline (the long type with pulleys). He put in a 16' post at one end of the yard, and the other post is on my cement steps, so it's already up high, I don't have to raise and lower it. I can fit three large loads of wash on it at one time. Everyone that comes to visit admires it! I just wish I had it when my kids were babies...
I have recently been on a quest to find good wooden clothespins. So many have such a weak spring, the wind gets up and it tears the wash off the line! Finaly found some heavy duty spring ones this week at Home Hardware.
Yes the towels are a little rough, I just tell people they're exfoliating towels! |
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Marybeth
True Blue Farmgirl
6418 Posts
Mary Beth
Stanwood
Wa 98292
USA
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Tammy Claxton
True Blue Farmgirl
1559 Posts
Tammy
Glen Burnie
Maryland
USA
1559 Posts |
Posted - Sep 30 2007 : 2:25:34 PM
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I finally got my clothesline today!!! I think all the bugging my hubby paid off! I just hung my first 2 loads out! Geez...I'm actually excited about a clothesline! ROFL!!
 What doesn't kill you only makes you stronger!
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