Real-life 'Storage Wars' taking place in Abilene

One man's stuff and nonsense is another man's treasure.

It's a turn of phrase that never seemed so true as it did Wednesday at an auction at Abilene's Stor & Lok self-storage system at 490 N. Pioneer Drive.

Some 25 bidders showed up for the auction, despite two other auctions scheduled Wednesday morning, too. It was a compress that would have been unbelievable to the co-owner of the facility, Roy Laughlan, a few years ago, when six or seven bidders was the norm. That was before the 2010 initial of A&E's "Storage Wars," a reality television show that follows a group of storage auction bidders who upon to find treasures in abandoned storage units.

The airing of the show immediately changed the business of selling the contents of units with malefactor payments, said Rhonda Cates, Stor & Lok manager.

"There's been a lot of increased interest since the show," she said, "people started occupation all of a sudden, asking when we were having the auctions. It's opened a lot of people's eyes."

Does anyone know if a stack washer/dryer combo requires a 220 outlet? Any answers would be greatly appreciate?

Well-deserved need to know if there are any stack washer/dryer combos that don't require a 220 outlet. I live in a small cabin that does not have one.


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Is a stack washer and dryer worth it?

We are buying a for nothing and need to get a washer & dryer. Are stacks as big as regular ones inside? Can they do a larger load of laundry?

I can look at them online, and have, but I neediness some personal opinions on them. We have


We built an apartment on the board for my mother and installed Kenmore stacked "Duet Sport" washer and dryer ... front cram washer. I love it, my mom hates it (bending to remove things from the washer, but likes not bending to remove things

can you stack any washer and dryer with the right kind of hardware?

For exemplification, does it have to be "stackable" units? My sister wants to give me her washer and dryer set, but I don't have room unless I could stack them. If I buy the mat, could I stack the dryer over the washer?


If you stacked them the washer would have to be on top otherwise you could not yield its lid. Can you imagine how high this unit would be? You probably couldnt even reach it to turn it on. Even if you had the front loading kind it would be so so tall

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