My Father-in-law ran one of those Huber Maintainer when he worked for Penn-Dot back in the 70's and 80's. He use to swear at and swear by them when he had to run them. The Huber Maintainer was used to clean out the cinder and gravel buildup under the guardrails every spring. Instead of the grader blade in the middle of the tractor the mechanics in the Penn-Dot garage in Coudersport, Pa built a side push out blade when retracted was even with the outside of the rear tire and when extended was approximately three foot out. The blade dimension was 4ft by 2ft, i know these dimensions because the welding shop that i worked part time at built and rebuilt these units for these Huber Maintainers, and made other fixtures. The Huber is like the Swiss Army Knife of Utility tractors. If it would be me I would restore the old Huber because there are very few left running!
Hubers are the king of road maintenance, all the farmers around me swear by them for both plowing snow in the winter, and just keeping roads up to snuff, they're smaller and more agile than a regular grader, and can be pressed into duty as a tractor if need be as well.
If you ever work around something like this again, it has torque hubs on the back tires, that’s how they are driven. Usually there’s a small cap in the center of the torque hub with two small (3/8-7/16) inch bolts that you take the bolts out and flip the cap over and reinstall it. It pushes on a pin in the hub and lets it freewheel. Just flip it around when you want it back in drive mode, if they’ve been sitting around for awhile you might need to spray some WD-40 on the pins and get that to work in a bit. Nice machine, really handy, they get into tight areas and are easy to haul around. The front blade will get into areas the belly blade can’t get to. Edit: What miserable day to do that, makes a hot shower feel really good when you’re done! Lol
I have the M600 version on that machine. They are very popular where I live and do a great job. They hold their value as well, even in fair condition. Huber is back in business by the way, which lends itself to the demand for them. I enjoy your videos and best of luck.
I really admire how you didn't quit when it was raining, to me that show real dedication and not afraid to get wet and muddy to get the job done. I would use it for parts to get the crane running. I feel you will use that crane a lot once its running.
Back in 1976, I worked for a paving company. We had two of these machines. One was a stand on the other was a ride on. We called them Huber maintainers. Worked like a motor grader. Nice watching you keeping old stuff going.
I think you are one of the top hard working guys on You Tube. I really enjoy your videos. Keep up the good work. It’s obvious you love what you are doing.
Huber Maintainers bring a good price here in NY. They are a favorite of paving contractors for driveway work as they are very nimble. The front blade has a lot of down pressure and is made for cutting. The belly blade is for fine grade work. If you bought it right, a running tractor may allow you to flip for profit. Fix the bare minimum to prove it functions and flip it.
50 years ago, all the asphalt paving companies in my region had a Huber. Those had longer wheelbase than your later model seems to have, but were otherwise similar.
Our local asphalting company where I live in NZ has one they still use. it has a longer wheelbase and it has a rotating brush on the front instead of the blade.
They are still used here in Canada. As a matter of fact, they were preparing a driveway for paving an apartment complex a few hundred feet from my house and were using one all day to level the gravel
you couldnt have chosen a worst day to rescue the machine and now it shows its gratitude by fighting you every step of the way - me - I would have given up a long time ago
I've been searching for one of these to grade my road (1/2 mile long, 12+ % grade) - would love to see a series on this. But man, you've got a lot of irons in the fire! Keep the great content coming - we all appreciate it!
Good to see you uploaded another video. The only suggestion I can give you is, pull the injectors, fill the cylinders with oil, get the hood off and pull the valve cover and check for stuck valves. Just keep trying to move the crank little by little. Even if it takes a month or two, it might be worth it. As far as saving the machine? Not much chance of that. Wheels, tires, hydraulic hoses, steering cylinder? Then if the trans is bad, you've spent a lot of money on it you could be spending on the crane. I think we had one of those at the gravel pit/asphalt plant that we kept the haul roads smoothed out. Replaced by a 833 cat crawler loader. The Huber quit running and they pushed it in the field.
Go for it Matt! I suspect it would be very useful for someone who has property with unimproved roads. Or, let you son rebuild it as a learning project.
Put 5 gallon of diesel fuel on top of that old oil. Pour it in the top. Let it sit a week or two,then try a longer wrench. I saved an engine which was under river water for a week….good luck and thanks for the video……
It looks like a machine some guy built in his backyard out of spare parts. For an added treat pulling it out of a mud hole in a rain storm is just precious. There is no such thing as bringing too many tie-downs and ratchet straps.
I love seeing the notification from Salvage Workshop. Love the videos. The machines you find are the most random things ever and it's awesome. I do miss "Old Red". Updates possibly?? Thanks for the amazing content.
in another video, it was mentioned that Old Red needs under carriage parts, I thought that loader had a second parts machine though. Anyway, I am sure if some one came across a T6 under carriage that would speed things along
@@SalvageWorkshop Why don't you revisit Old Red, specifically what is worn out, and what do you have from the parts machine, reach out to someone like Squatch253, and Diesel Creek, as they have contacts, we can crowd source that parts sources but no one knows that you need.
There might come a job or many jobs after that first one where this little grader would come in handy and you kicking yourself over getting rid of it. Honestly i would get it running if its not to expensive and see if she feels the way your comfortable running her. I see a good amount of driveway grading from her always a back up for the skid steer grading work. Love the videos keep them coming you are smarter then you think and it will most likely hit you in your sleep on what to do with this little grader Keep it up and God Bless.
Thanks for the video on that Huber Maintainer Grader. Huber made the M700 with gas engine and the M750 with diesel engine. You got the M750, made in early 1970's to 1977. The 700 series were the only Maintainers with seating in the middle of the machine. All other Maintainers, 1920's to present day, sit or stand on the back of the machine. Most of the Maintainers I buy are not running also. I've bought them in worst shape than yours.
Use it as a donor for the crane, this jack of some trades is not good in any trade, better to part it out to get the crane going! Seeing you loading it to the trailer makes me say once more that the crane/winch truck is worth it's weight in gold! Thx for showing! 👍👍👍
I was saying the same thing sacrificing one machine to save another machine The poor Huber was rode hard put away wet if it was my machine i would just pull the motor out
For Paving companies, these were invaluable for small jobs and tight areas for larger jobs. A skilled operator could frost a cake with a well maintained Huber.
I bet you could plug weld that hole and drill/weld in a valve stem replacement. The front blade is very useful in knocking down the windrow before hitting it with the grader blade for an even spread. Good find.
Well done my boy you deserve a medal for getting this out all alone there’s recovery guys wouldn’t tackle this in that weather will someone send him some decent waterproof boots even I had trench foot watching well done grate videos as always all the best from here in UK England xx
That was funny when u said u got the winch hooked up to it so it wont roll away on u. LOL The wheels dont even turn dont think it would roll away very far lol
i remember those, driveway contractors always had one a large grader was too big i remember the guy doing dads driveway in 1968 had one the guys stood upo and operated it , great for tight residential driveways
May I suggest that you use the engine to repair the crane as you will find that machine very useful. You have a grader already and bear in mind that by using the motor you are not destroying this hybrid grader and you have saved it fron scrap and maybe you can return to its resurection at a future date? Keep up the great work that you do.
I say get it working!!! I think that old stuff is cool as heck and they made it for a reason. Cannot wait to see the next video on this unit! Thanks for the good video's !! Hello from Wisconsin!
Another great find, would be interesting to see it operating. The rain was not the best thing for loading, but as always, you got thru it. The machine seems simplistic in nature, but i would bet it would run well if it could be brought back to life, however, you could use it for parts to make a purpose built machine, lots of things you could do. Thanks for tag along video young man, always interesting to watch you handle equipment.
I see these all over the place here where I live, They tend to swap the front blade for a power broom here and are used mainly with smaller construction companies and by the bigger road paving crews. Plus Someone here has one with a snowblower mounted to the rear for snow removal (in in CT if anyone cares) Its a neat piece of equipment and is on my list to get for when I gathering equipment to build my first house.
I think that with the motor being able to be used for the crane, it would be worthwhile to at least try and get it running and see what else is wrong with the grader. If the cost of restoration of the grader is more than you want to spend you still have the opportunity to put the motor into the crane
My Father-in-law ran one of those Huber Maintainer when he worked for Penn-Dot back in the 70's and 80's. He use to swear at and swear by them when he had to run them. The Huber Maintainer was used to clean out the cinder and gravel buildup under the guardrails every spring. Instead of the grader blade in the middle of the tractor the mechanics in the Penn-Dot garage in Coudersport, Pa built a side push out blade when retracted was even with the outside of the rear tire and when extended was approximately three foot out. The blade dimension was 4ft by 2ft, i know these dimensions because the welding shop that i worked part time at built and rebuilt these units for these Huber Maintainers, and made other fixtures. The Huber is like the Swiss Army Knife of Utility tractors. If it would be me I would restore the old Huber because there are very few left running!
i have a m600 gas huber that runs and drives , great machine built like a tank
Hubers are the king of road maintenance, all the farmers around me swear by them for both plowing snow in the winter, and just keeping roads up to snuff, they're smaller and more agile than a regular grader, and can be pressed into duty as a tractor if need be as well.
If you ever work around something like this again, it has torque hubs on the back tires, that’s how they are driven. Usually there’s a small cap in the center of the torque hub with two small (3/8-7/16) inch bolts that you take the bolts out and flip the cap over and reinstall it. It pushes on a pin in the hub and lets it freewheel. Just flip it around when you want it back in drive mode, if they’ve been sitting around for awhile you might need to spray some WD-40 on the pins and get that to work in a bit. Nice machine, really handy, they get into tight areas and are easy to haul around. The front blade will get into areas the belly blade can’t get to.
Edit: What miserable day to do that, makes a hot shower feel really good when you’re done! Lol
I admire your perseverance considering the weather and the mud slog where that thing was parked.
my man is a bulldog
I have the M600 version on that machine. They are very popular where I live and do a great job. They hold their value as well, even in fair condition. Huber is back in business by the way, which lends itself to the demand for them. I enjoy your videos and best of luck.
I really admire how you didn't quit when it was raining, to me that show real dedication and not afraid to get wet and muddy to get the job done. I would use it for parts to get the crane running. I feel you will use that crane a lot once its running.
Back in 1976, I worked for a paving company. We had two of these machines. One was a stand on the other was a ride on. We called them Huber maintainers. Worked like a motor grader. Nice watching you keeping old stuff going.
Nice weather for it!! 👍
That was actually very cool music. Straight up Jazz. My favorite kind of music. A little class never hurts anyone.
I think you are one of the top hard working guys on You Tube. I really enjoy your videos. Keep up the good work. It’s obvious you love what you are doing.
Good Morning Sir, I hope you are having a fantastic day today 😊 !
Are you asking me if I want a three-part series repairing the tractor?
Yes of course!!!!
Please
110% for sheer effort as usual brilliant!
Huber Maintainers are still made in Fargo ND. They were in Marion OH. Been around since 1908.
Your winch did a good job there for sure
I loved watching these as a kid, I thought they were the coolest machine ever
Huber Maintainers bring a good price here in NY. They are a favorite of paving contractors for driveway work as they are very nimble. The front blade has a lot of down pressure and is made for cutting. The belly blade is for fine grade work. If you bought it right, a running tractor may allow you to flip for profit. Fix the bare minimum to prove it functions and flip it.
In the late 50's & 60's my dad was the field service rep for Huber-Warco he said that they were light duty but reliable pieces of equip.
Always nice to see you Matt!
In all honesty, I have never seen a machine quite like this. It does catch the eye. Neat find Matt!!
One hundred percent my all time favorite TH-cam channel, I love these vids! Great job Matt!
I have faith in you! You’re going to get it running!
What a unbelievable level of tenacity, most people would have given up.
50 years ago, all the asphalt paving companies in my region had a Huber. Those had longer wheelbase than your later model seems to have, but were otherwise similar.
Our local asphalting company where I live in NZ has one they still use. it has a longer wheelbase and it has a rotating brush on the front instead of the blade.
They are still used here in Canada. As a matter of fact, they were preparing a driveway for paving an apartment complex a few hundred feet from my house and were using one all day to level the gravel
Your work is cut out for you on this one. Best wishes to you.
you couldnt have chosen a worst day to rescue the machine and now it shows its gratitude by fighting you every step of the way - me - I would have given up a long time ago
I've been searching for one of these to grade my road (1/2 mile long, 12+ % grade) - would love to see a series on this. But man, you've got a lot of irons in the fire! Keep the great content coming - we all appreciate it!
i have one running and driving
Looks like some interesting repair to be done.
amazing perseverance !
I like the idea of saving it and get it running. Somewhere down the road you will find a use for it.
Yes you ought to get that thing going.
Machine is not the question. Its more about the views and this mystery does the trick! Keep it up.
Loved ‘take 5’ as a music choice when pulling up on the trailer! Don’t know the version but recognized it immediately. Made me smile.
Cool old machine hope you restore it
If I found a machine like that for the right price I'd buy it in a minute. It would be perfect for maintaining my dirt roads.
Another great movie will just start!!!❤
Good to see you uploaded another video. The only suggestion I can give you is, pull the injectors, fill the cylinders with oil, get the hood off and pull the valve cover and check for stuck valves. Just keep trying to move the crank little by little. Even if it takes a month or two, it might be worth it. As far as saving the machine? Not much chance of that. Wheels, tires, hydraulic hoses, steering cylinder? Then if the trans is bad, you've spent a lot of money on it you could be spending on the crane. I think we had one of those at the gravel pit/asphalt plant that we kept the haul roads smoothed out. Replaced by a 833 cat crawler loader. The Huber quit running and they pushed it in the field.
Congrats Matt, on getting the Huber Road Grader on-to ur trailer with-out getting hurt.. I say get the motor-out and use the parts for other items.
What fun , very interesting thanks for the movie.
Go for it Matt! I suspect it would be very useful for someone who has property with unimproved roads. Or, let you son rebuild it as a learning project.
I have seen a lot of tractor rims with patches welded and new valve holes drilled.
Comment, really like all that you do, don't listen to the ne'er do's as they ne'er do. Looks like a parts machine. Thank you.
Those were excellent machines for detail grading small driveways a lot of paving contractors used them
Awesome, i like everything you do, I learn a lot, thank you for sharing 👍👍👍👍
Put 5 gallon of diesel fuel on top of that old oil. Pour it in the top. Let it sit a week or two,then try a longer wrench. I saved an engine which was under river water for a week….good luck and thanks for the video……
Hey Matt the benefits you will receive will be you in helping your neighbors
I am not a mechanic by any means but I like watching you solve problems and get them working. Money always matters however.
I like the crude look. It's made to do a job and that's it, no need for fancy things like aesthetics.
It looks like a machine some guy built in his backyard out of spare parts. For an added treat pulling it out of a mud hole in a rain storm is just precious. There is no such thing as bringing too many tie-downs and ratchet straps.
I agree it does look kinda thrown together!
I've seen them on small driveway projects. They worked well for what they designed to do.
Great video. This machine is a parts donor.
I love seeing the notification from Salvage Workshop. Love the videos. The machines you find are the most random things ever and it's awesome. I do miss "Old Red". Updates possibly?? Thanks for the amazing content.
in another video, it was mentioned that Old Red needs under carriage parts, I thought that loader had a second parts machine though. Anyway, I am sure if some one came across a T6 under carriage that would speed things along
@@1982jeepcj8 Yes it WOULD!
@@SalvageWorkshop Why don't you revisit Old Red, specifically what is worn out, and what do you have from the parts machine, reach out to someone like Squatch253, and Diesel Creek, as they have contacts, we can crowd source that parts sources but no one knows that you need.
The museum is coming along, nicely!
Great recovery working in the Rain and during the entire recovery didn't do anything too sketchy. Salute for safety. 😃
I give him credit that's a hell of a lot of work he did to drag it home. it's really rough I'd of dragged it to the scrap yard!
I enjoy your work in keep up with these pieces of history from the past you give new life !!!
There might come a job or many jobs after that first one where this little grader would come in handy and you kicking yourself over getting rid of it. Honestly i would get it running if its not to expensive and see if she feels the way your comfortable running her. I see a good amount of driveway grading from her always a back up for the skid steer grading work. Love the videos keep them coming you are smarter then you think and it will most likely hit you in your sleep on what to do with this little grader Keep it up and God Bless.
I like seeing old equipment restored and working properly. Not half ways running with so called patina finish sitting outdoors in some new hoard.
Thanks for the video on that Huber Maintainer Grader. Huber made the M700 with gas engine and the M750 with diesel engine. You got the M750, made in early 1970's to 1977. The 700 series were the only Maintainers with seating in the middle of the machine. All other Maintainers, 1920's to present day, sit or stand on the back of the machine. Most of the Maintainers I buy are not running also. I've bought them in worst shape than yours.
ABSOLUTELY GET IT GOING THEY ARE HANDY FIR SNALL JOBS AND ARE WORTH A LOT IN MY AREA $5-$8k easy fir good running machine
Good working weather right there…. Cool machine
Use it as a donor for the crane, this jack of some trades is not good in any trade, better to part it out to get the crane going!
Seeing you loading it to the trailer makes me say once more that the crane/winch truck is worth it's weight in gold!
Thx for showing!
👍👍👍
I was saying the same thing sacrificing one machine to save another machine The poor Huber was rode hard put away wet if it was my machine i would just pull the motor out
What excellent music choice for this episode, Matt. It's my second favorite ever.
For me even if is a cool machine, I would use it as donor machine for the crane. Cool project and thank you for sharing.
"Road maintainer" I believe they are called.
I’ll give you this, you’re a hard worker, good for you.
omg total hero, what a freaki´n horrible weather you had to go out an salvage this grader in... I mean... phew, hero!
For Paving companies, these were invaluable for small jobs and tight areas for larger jobs. A skilled operator could frost a cake with a well maintained Huber.
I bet you could plug weld that hole and drill/weld in a valve stem replacement. The front blade is very useful in knocking down the windrow before hitting it with the grader blade for an even spread. Good find.
Fun stuff - draggin it through the winter stew.💪
Well done my boy you deserve a medal for getting this out all alone there’s recovery guys wouldn’t tackle this in that weather will someone send him some decent waterproof boots even I had trench foot watching well done grate videos as always all the best from here in UK England xx
I loved the music choice for the time-lapse parts
that tractor is unique for sure i love to see you bring it back to life
I think it would make a great boat anchor!
It looks like a 1970s 172 Ford Industrial engine.
Hubers are pretty kickass... I might be biased though. Great great great granddad founded the company. They went bust in the 1970's, unfortunately.
Hey, around where I live at least, Hubers are king for unpaved road maintenance.
Your videos are so interesting to watch. Thank you
That was funny when u said u got the winch hooked up to it so it wont roll away on u. LOL The wheels dont even turn dont think it would roll away very far lol
Oh so true!
i remember those, driveway contractors always had one a large grader was too big i remember the guy doing dads driveway in 1968 had one the guys stood upo and operated it , great for tight residential driveways
Expected the new gas powered air compressor. O well maybe next time. From St.Paul,Minnesota.
May I suggest that you use the engine to repair the crane as you will find that machine very useful.
You have a grader already and bear in mind that by using the motor you are not destroying this hybrid grader and you have saved it fron scrap and maybe you can return to its resurection at a future date?
Keep up the great work that you do.
a crane would be really useful.
Sure would like some more of your great video's Matt you had the best in my opinion thanks for the ones you gave us.
I say get it working!!! I think that old stuff is cool as heck and they made it for a reason. Cannot wait to see the next video on this unit! Thanks for the good video's !! Hello from Wisconsin!
Really enjoy all your videos!!! I'm hoping to see Old Red finished someday soon.
Another great find, would be interesting to see it operating. The rain was not the best thing for loading, but as always, you got thru it. The machine seems simplistic in nature, but i would bet it would run well if it could be brought back to life, however, you could use it for parts to make a purpose built machine, lots of things you could do. Thanks for tag along video young man, always interesting to watch you handle equipment.
Just for it's uniqueness along would make it worth saving bro. Made good viewing too. Safe travels. Ken.
I love to see you bring it back to life I wood personally love to have it at my hunting camp specially if it had a excavating bucket in the back
This is a machine for personal driveway longer than.25 miles. Wish I could find one like it for my half mile driveway. Worth it
Great vid and I loved the music too, Fly Me to the Moon on a nice smooth track maintained by a Huber.
Good music to sit back with a stogie and a glass of whiskey watching my favorite TH-cam channel ❗️👍🙂
Glad you enjoyed it Mr Bear!
I would love to watch a series of you restoring the Huber!
Nice to have Son's that can help out.
I see these all over the place here where I live, They tend to swap the front blade for a power broom here and are used mainly with smaller construction companies and by the bigger road paving crews. Plus Someone here has one with a snowblower mounted to the rear for snow removal (in in CT if anyone cares) Its a neat piece of equipment and is on my list to get for when I gathering equipment to build my first house.
it would be excellent for snow plowing.
Well, good luck on it, hopefully. You'll get it running, and you usually do so. Have a great day, man, and don't play Too Hard.❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
I like that truck, that's really quite a winch.
It's hard to think of a situation more miserable than working really hard on something in a cold muddy rainy mess. It just makes it twice as hard.
In Simple terms. This is a KISS principle build machine.
I think that with the motor being able to be used for the crane, it would be worthwhile to at least try and get it running and see what else is wrong with the grader. If the cost of restoration of the grader is more than you want to spend you still have the opportunity to put the motor into the crane
Personally, i would like to see you focus on the cool jeeps you got a couple months ago
its very unique and rare ..id keep it and getting running at the very least it would make an awesome snowplow.