Good morning,
The 4th annual Antique Caterpillar Machinery Museum (ACMM) auction will be Sunday, July 27th, at 10am in Brooks, OR at Antique Powerland in conjunction with the great Oregon Steam Up. This years auction will again be conducted by Paul Thompson Auctioneers, (503) 910-3878. Proxibid will not be used this year but you may place phone bids directly to Paul at this number. His website is paulthompsonauctions.com. Questions, please call Mike Biegalke (360) 606-8000 or Ted Halton (503) 789-4949.
The museum will host our annual prime rib banquet on Saturday, July 26th, at 6pm. Tickets are $35, and worth it! During the banquet this year, we will be auctioning two weeks timeshare at the Kona Coast resort on the big island in Hawaii. Their web address is:
http://www.konacoastresorts.org/resort.htm
For questions, or to place an absentee bid, please call Marilyn Bowman at (503) 399-9841 or Mike Biegalke at (360) 606-8000.
In addition to some parts and pieces, this is the auction listing for this year:
2014 ACMM Auction List, version 7/15/14
Cat D2 5U consigned by Don Leffler, 949 original hours, 3rd owner, Cat tool bar blade, electric start pony, Cat hydraulics, ser no 5U14897, awesome tractor
Cat 112 grader, doesn’t run, tires worn but hold air, clutch stuck, has scarifier but no teeth, complete
Cat D2 5U, 8075 hours, bareback, Cat 2S blade with Cat hydraulics, electric start pony, canopy, top rollers, ser no 5U8777, nice tractor
Cat D2 5J, one side of the under carriage has been repaired including steering clutch, drum, sprocket; parts included for other side, rope start pony but starts great, nice tractor, runs great
Cat 22, direct electric start, winch, blade, stuck, motor changed but original motor included, spare tracks and other parts
Cat 15, was running when it arrived at the museum, bad manifold, nice little tractor
Cat 22 with dozer, own a piece of history – this was the tractor that was on display outside at the Halton store on Columbia Blvd for years, doesn’t run, stuck, generic mechanical drive winch, dozer
Cat 30, standard gage, running, recent repairs, bare, nice tractor
Farmall A, consigned by the car museum, motor free, doesn’t run, crank start, tires fair, stored inside