I think it's important to preserve as many examples of antique machinery as possible and private collectors are about the only ones who are doing it. When Troy Rountree sent me some photos of his maintainer and said he was considering selling it, I didn’t hesitate to suggest doing a post on it.
From what I see on Google Stats when I check my Blogger dashboard there is considerable interest out there in antique graders and construction equipment. ( Yes, Google tracks and records everything you do and sells the data they collect to anyone who wants it.) If you are one of those people, here is your chance to add a Huber Maintainer to your collection.
I can’t provide much information about this machine. When you look at these photos, you know pretty much what I do about it. If you would like to find out more, send Troy an email: troy@builderservicesnc.com .
Huber never produced the volume that some of the major players like Deere and International Harvester built, so you won’t be able to open your Steiner Catalog and order whatever parts you need. My way out of date copy doesn’t even have a mention of Huber parts. I doubt that the current one is much different.
That shouldn’t stop a dedicated collector however. Where there’s a will, there is a workaround. If you know what you’re doing, a challenge just makes it more fun.
I found a series of photos at www.tradeequip.com of a Huber motor grader undergoing what antique car buffs would call a frame off restoration. Anyone considering doing one should find it interesting. The model number and year were not listed, but the name of the company doing the work was Eastern Surplus & Equipment located in Philadelphia, PA. The asking price on this one was $9950.
Just type in Huber Maintainer in a search bar and you will get several listings of various models for sale. I found a 1975 M700 for $13,500, a 1977 M600 asking $2500 and a 1987 M850 A that was going on auction May 1 2021. There was even a condition: new 2020 M850 E for $125,000 .
Maintainers are still being built today, apparently in Valley City, North Dakota. You can visit their website at: https://hubermaintainer.com but you won’t learn much there, just the contact information for the company and a few distributors, scattered around the country. I also found a listing for Huber Construction Equipment located in Iberia, Ohio that could be reached by email at huberparts@yahoo.com .
All the photos shown in this post were submitted by Troy Rountree.
You can read more about the history of the Huber Maintainer on the Oct 1, 2016 Ironmule post. Just type Huber Maintainer in the site search box.
