Oreck dual stack commercial

[electroluxxxx]

Back in November, my friend Evan Rogers came to visit myself and Greg Palmer on his way through to his parents. He asked me if I wanted any central vacs he had since I had mine installed back in August by Greg, and I like tinkering with machines that have been well Rrrrrrrrrinsed and put away wet. Anyway he had an Oreck Dual stack upright and boy did that bring back some memories of when I was a kid. The last time I saw one of those in action was at a bowling alley on Staten Island when I was with my aunts, uncles, and grandparents. Sooo with that being said, I had gotten the dual stack from Evan, and since November it has been sitting next to a holy hoover steam vac box in my basement under my stairs, so the other day I was down there with my other half and was asked “why do you keep that box with all of the holes in it” I said to her that I would throw it away because now that I don’t store the machine or other things in it anymore. But it dawned on me that I should fix up the machine and see how it performs.
Now I know that there are a lot of people who don’t like Oreck, I am one of them but this machine is an excellent example of a really well built and over engineered machine so without further ado, I present to you, my completely serviced Oreck Dual Stack commercial.

 

[luxkid1980]

I think Orecks are perfectly fine machines. The bagged uprights clean well enough, have good sized bags, long cords, and are easily repaired. They are also lightweight and not a chore to lug around. I've never had an Oreck fail or even a belt break on me.

 

[electroluxxxx]

I like the XL21 and a couple of the newer ones. This machine though is a beast in its own!

 

[dysonman1]

The gallery of Oreck

That machine passed through my hands on its way to you. There were no spirits or ghosts involved. No one fell down the staircase of hell. I’m glad you got it. It’s kind of like a Hoover model 67 that my friend Eleanor bought new in the box. She tried to use it for her daily driver she could not. The bearings were so dry. Dry like Irish pepper cookies or soda bread. The last time any lubricant had been shoved in these bearings was by a man in North Canton. And he only did a half assed job. Eventually, I got my grease gun and pumped her up until she was full. Now that Hoover model 67 can clean until eternity. There are so many white Karastan rugs with terrible stains on them that need to be cleaned. What is that stain?

 

[blackheart]

Nice work!

It's looking good. Those are an interesting machine. Dual motor but yet still direct air, and that dual airpath. It's certainly unique.

 

[electroluxxxx]

Tom

I didn’t know you had this machine at one point! I’m glad I have it too, it might not get used much due to lack of available parts, thankfully none were missing and none are missing after the service, I made sure all parts went back where they belonged. It’s also actually very quiet for an Oreck and not a screamer. One shall say the sound is somewhat unique!

Blackheart- thanks for the compliment, I thought that it was going to be a little more complicated to work on until I started tearing it apart and found it to be very simple! I was told from someone who is very familiar with Oreck (he worked for them) that the reason for the dual air path was because the large fan moved such a large volume of air that one air path choked off the airflow quite a bit. But yes it’s a unique machine indeed.

 

[gottahaveahoove]

Mike,

It looks like you did a great cleanup/resto on that unit.
You got it that dirty?
Well, it'll give you good service now.
Good job!

 

[huskyvacs]

The Dual Stack is a very rare vacuum! Last time I seen one someone wanted $150 for it! It was only for commercial use and not many people ordered them.

Orecks are great vacuums - but most people just don't realize they are for low pile or no pile carpet. They have a soft brushroll and small motor and cannot penetrate plush carpet or thick pile. All my Orecks do great on my basement commercial carpet - but when placed on plush test carpet - they really struggle.

Orecks are excellent vacuums to learn repairs on - it's all easily laid out and literally everything is put together with a philips screw. I have gotten two of them as just a pile of disassembled parts in a box, and just from eyesight and no instructions at all got them fully assembled in 15-20 minutes.

 

[electroluxxxx]

John

No I didn’t get it that dirty, it was pretty well used when I got it, and normally when something comes into my house, it immediately gets a cleaning. This was one of those things that I needed some time for and well, with this whole covid thing going on I had some time do that and some spring cleaning.

 

[suckolux]

Didn't know about this model Mike, thanks for sharing

 

[electroluxxxx]

Husky:
I am not quite sure how rare they are actually, I am sure that they are getting to be uncommon more and more as the years go on due to lack of available parts. They are a rather large and bulky machine if you couldn't tell, and they were most commonly used in, airports, hotel lobbies, bowling alleys, casinos etc... As for serviceability Orecks are among the easiest of direct air machines to work on from my experience with them.

Dave: you're very welcome!

 

[gottahaveahoove]

I'm going through some machines as well

during this time off.Amazing what I'm finding.
I had to use an Oreck or two at work, friends's homes, etc. But, I never saw one of those.

 

[lesinutah]

Rare

Nice job on the resto. It's somewhat appealing looks. I'm guessing the vacuum in the bowling alley was to clean the bowling lanes.
Not an orreck fan but it doesn't look that bad.
Husky there is probably reason you don't see these. He was spot on with well built over engineered.
Les

 

[tolivac]

Bowling lanes--they have special machines that clean,polish and wax the lane by traveling up and down the lanes-Not a vacuum as we know it-more like a sweeper,damp cleaner and waxer.Brunswick and AMF sell these machines under their bowling alley equipment.Seen videos of them-sort of neat to watch.And you can "motor" them to the lanes-they are large and heavy-and of course EXPENSIVE.

 

[lesinutah]

Yes

I know they have those big vacuums that clean the lanes. It was a pun because it wouldn't be good on another surface.
Les