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Newspaper Page Text18 CapitalPress.com November 13, 2015 Antique equipment a popular attraction By GEOFF PARKS For the Capital Press Geoff Parks/For the Capital Press Jack Muirhede poses with his restored 1954 Farmall Super W 6 tractor at his home near Jefferson, Ore. It will be one of about 100 an- tique pieces of equipment displayed at this year’s Willamette Valley Ag Expo. 6 Farmall tractor that he has owned for about eight years and into which he has put about 800 hours of res- toration work. He said he also will bring a Farmall A and two Farmall H tractors to the Expo. To illustrate just how much time, energy and creativity members of the Antique Farm Equip- Water Master Series and Evergreen 24 - 80 hp., 4 wheel drive Compact Synchro- Shuttle Hydro 24, 28, 35, 47 hp “Superior Service & Design” Let’s Talk Tanks! • All your needs for irrigation parts service • We build custom equipment for your special needs. • Hose replacements & fusion repairs Model 4020R SERIES 3120R 4020R 3520R 4525R 3510H 4720H 6640 8050 • Transport Tanks • Rental Returns & Used Equipment • Dairy Waste Equipment WVAG15-7/#5 • Snyder Industries Plastic Tanks • Norwesco Plastic Tanks • Ace Plastic Tanks • Banjo Poly Fittings • PBM Sprayers • Spray Booms • Custom Water Trailers • TeeJet Technologies Spray Parts • SHURflo pumps • Hypro Pumps • Ace Pumps • Septic Tanks • Holding Tanks • Water Cisterns • Plumbing for Septics • Midland Metal Distribution • PVC Fittings • Spray Hose Visit Booth #3 (Willamette Bldg.) • Smucker Manufacturing INTRODUCING THE NEW BRANSON BOSS 800 UTV’s: Two-or-Four door models have 60hp and speeds up to 58mph. • Front Winch • 14” Wheels with 27” Tires • Hard Doors & Roof • Top Mount LED Light Bar • Electric Dump Bed Truck Equipment • Full Service • Alterations • Dump bodies • Hoists • Farmbeds • Flatbeds Valley Fab Corp. 541-928-2937 * 1-800-982-1099 • WE DELIVER ANYWHERE See our full inventory at www.jtisupply.com NEW LOCATION! 33935 Hwy. 99E, Tangent, OR • 1/2 Mile North of Hwy. 34 10910 Portland Rd. NE • Brooks, OR Call: 503-792-3739 • Fax: 503-792-3738 WVAG15-1/#7 Visit us h at Boot #216 THE TRACTOR STORE (541) 342-5464 5450 W. 11 th , Eugene, OR www.capitalpress.biz/hosted/tractorstore WVAG15-2/#5 The annual Antique Farm Equipment Display is feel- ing the squeeze of success at the Willamette Valley Ag Expo. As the Expo continues to grow, space for the antique display is at a premium. Expo Manager Scott In- galls was forced to recon- figure the antique show this year. “The front (of the Cas- cade Livestock Pavilion) is completely full, sold out to the rafters,” he said. He said this year the farm equipment display will occupy the middle of the building and extend to the south. The display typically offers nearly 100 pieces of equipment. This year’s display har- kens back to earlier shows, in which the diversity of the collections is allowed to shine. Some of the machines this year represent a part of Jack Muirhede’s collection of Farmall equipment. This year, he said, he is bringing a 1954 Super W ment Display put into the restoration efforts neces- sary to bring the vehicles back to life, Muirhede de- scribes the metamorphosis of his Farmall Super W 6 tractor. “My son (Jack Muirhede III) found it in an apple or- chard with a tree growing up through it and full of bullet holes,” Muirhede said. He patched the holes with body filler, then “welded and pounded on them” to make them disappear. He left one open and painted over it just to show the tractor’s history. He “freed up” the fro- zen engine, overhauled it in the frame, and recon- ditioned the exterior, re- painting it in Farmall red in his custom-built home paint shop, making it show- ready. He will join nearly 100 other such renaissance men and women all three days of the Antique Farm Equip- ment Display at the Expo — Nov. 17, 18 and 19 — in the Cascade Livestock Pavilion at the Linn Coun- ty Fair & Expo Center in Albany.