Exhibit 23.1
 
                      CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS
   
  We consent to the inclusion in this registration statement on Form S-4 (File
No. 333-56857) of our report dated January 23, 1998 except for the information
in Notes N and O to the financial statements for which the date is May 5, 1998
on our audits of the financial statements and financial statement schedule of
the Alliance Laundry Holdings LLC. We also consent to the references to our
firm under the captions "Experts", "Selected Historical Combined Financial
Data", and "Summary Historical and Unaudited Pro Forma Combined Financial and
Operating Data."     
                                             
                                          PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP     
 
Boston, Massachusetts
   
February 16, 1999