Huber Name Should be Bigger

By Bill Vossler
Published on May 1, 2005
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Above: This advertisement proclaims the 1921 Huber Super Four as “The Supreme Tractor Value.” This view shows clearly the large, distinctive front wheels of the Super Four.
Above: This advertisement proclaims the 1921 Huber Super Four as “The Supreme Tractor Value.” This view shows clearly the large, distinctive front wheels of the Super Four.
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Left: By the time the 40-62 came along (originally rated at 25-50 in 1926), Huber tractors had adopted a standard appearance.
Left: By the time the 40-62 came along (originally rated at 25-50 in 1926), Huber tractors had adopted a standard appearance.
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Top left: A close-up of the logo on a Huber 20-36 tractor.Center left: The serial number for this particular Huber 20-36 is found on the inside of one of the back fenders, No. 9614.
Top left: A close-up of the logo on a Huber 20-36 tractor.Center left: The serial number for this particular Huber 20-36 is found on the inside of one of the back fenders, No. 9614.
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Bottom left: A Huber 20-36 tractor
Bottom left: A Huber 20-36 tractor
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Bottom right: The Supreme thresher by Huber was one of the company’s big products for many years.
Bottom right: The Supreme thresher by Huber was one of the company’s big products for many years.
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Top: This Huber steam roller, or road roller, was used in about 1917. This 20 hp steam engine made road building (a sometimes unpleasant and time consuming but necessary part of a farmer’s life) a bit easier.
Top: This Huber steam roller, or road roller, was used in about 1917. This 20 hp steam engine made road building (a sometimes unpleasant and time consuming but necessary part of a farmer’s life) a bit easier.
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Above: The cover for the 1888 Huber Manufacturing Co. catalog shows a pensive young woman.
Above: The cover for the 1888 Huber Manufacturing Co. catalog shows a pensive young woman.
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Above: A price list for Huber traction engines.
Above: A price list for Huber traction engines.
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Below: This restored Huber road grader takes part in festivities at the 2004 Albany (Minnesota) Pioneer Days parade.
Below: This restored Huber road grader takes part in festivities at the 2004 Albany (Minnesota) Pioneer Days parade.

Not much is heard about the Huber Manufacturing
Co. of Marion, Ohio, considering the company is “generally credited
with being first to put gas tractor production on a commercial
basis,” says The Huber Story, a 1948 company
retrospective. The company’s owner, Edward Huber, earned more than
100 patents on farm machinery, including inventing the return flue

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