"sf" > wrote
>>
> That goes without saying, Cybercat.... I was thinking along the same
> lines. I have an expensive front loader too, not the most expensive
> (LG) - but expensive enough (Maytag).
>

One time I asked my husband to wash a throw rug that hangs out in the mud
room with one of the cat boxes. He literally put the thing in the washer as
is, no shaking, nothing. The grit and h air got way down deep into the motor
or somewhere bad, judging from the sound of it. The motor quit a few washes
later.