this is really no new,but where can i buy the tractor part as i can't afford a huber banjo tone ring?

Posted - 11/04/2009 :  07:30:13            

What in the world are you talkin' about?

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Posted - 11/04/2009 :  07:31:42    

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Posted - 11/04/2009 :  07:36:24          

There's some guy supposedley writing a book on here and he constantly uses innuendo by referring to Huber tone rings as a tractor part and refers to prewar Gibson rings in similar fashion and further innuendo as related to copyright infringment.

There is no Huber tractor tone ring.

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Posted - 11/04/2009 :  07:36:48  

Perhaps in the "Off-Topic" forum?

Posted - 11/04/2009 :  08:10:02                

Am I the only one that fails to see the humor in referring to the Huber ring as a tractor ring?

"Run, Forrest, Run!"

Posted - 11/04/2009 :  08:32:34    

Check this out...
http://www.banjohangout.org/topic/161470
The author (tubeandplate) has been providing witty, tongue-in-cheek posts recently on a variety of topics and are VERY enjoyable to read. This guy is very knowledgable and experienced, giving him the background for his creative posts. Just good fun, and IMHO, a welcome break from taking things on BHO way to seriously.

BT


"Ya gotta get all them tunes in yer head"

Posted - 11/04/2009 :  08:42:33      

Curley Maple

Welcome to the Hangout........I am going to assume you know that Chris Cioffi is a fine luthier, friend of Huber and is completely "tongue in cheek" about this long winded posts about comparing Steve Huber and his life's work to earlier Huber namesakes in the world of tractors......


I do not think this thread is going to go well, it will not be well accepted as humor and you need to be careful and proceed at your own risk.....

I say this with the utmost respect, enjoy the Hangout, it has great people with a wealth of knowledge....

David

Posted - 11/04/2009 :  11:10:28                

That's why I asked if it was just me. I appreciate satirical humor as much as the next person, but in light of the recent discussions on the boards, it's difficult for me to take an objective look at things. When I see at least 1 person that I associate strongly with the prior negative stuff jumping in on the "Huber Tractor" thread, it's a little hard to take. Ah well! I suppose I always have the option of not reading it at all.

No offense intended to Chris Cioffi, who obviously means no harm in his posts.

"Run, Forrest, Run!"

Posted - 11/04/2009 :  12:41:19        

I had planned on not commenting on my own writings, but some of you who can't seem to lighten up and "get it" (who are also the same people I would STRONGLY advise to never read anything by R. Crumb) obviously need a little interpretational help.

After reading that I had been negatively received by a few members here (and oddly enough phone calls to another luthier friend of mine's shop), I was concerned I might have offended Steve Huber as well.

So I rang him up on the "tele" to see if he wanted me to delete it all.....to which he responded "Nooo....... but I do want to know when is Part 2 coming out?"

The background to this is that I worked at Huber Banjos for almost 4 years with the loose title Steve gave me as "Production Manager" and Steve and I are close personally, and think very similarly when it comes to banjos, banjo aesthetics, and construction....as well as humor, and have shared countless extended gut laughs over the years....at each other's expense.

Steve and I worked very closely over the years I was at Huber Banjos (and have since on a less intense level with me having my own shop to deal with) on most every issue related to tonerings, banjos, and customer service and quality control. Of course, in any issue related to Huber Products, I defer to Steve....because it's HIS business and HIS decision. BUT Steve has and does go out of his way to seek my opinion and perception of things ranging from banjos to business to wine to cigars to Gerstner tool boxes. My opinions and thoughts were also solicited during the development of the HR-30 as well.

Oh, and I don't personally own a Huber or Gibson tractor (though I do have a few of those 20 bolt "Trolley Bronze" Huber/Gibson PTO mounting flanges); I have a Kubota and have had several Ford 2N/9N's and if my shop becomes such that I can make a living, I plan on saving up for a 30's John Deere unstyled Model B.

If anybody could read any of my "tractor" posts and come away from that experience thinking anything other than what I had written had the express purpose of harmless humor, then you have a more active imagination than I do.

Come, on...."afro-deziak"????

"BUTTWHEAT say OOOO.....TAYYYY!!!!"

All it would take is reading my bio/homepage and/or my shop thread, the link to which is below all of my post signatures, to find out who I was, and with little deductive reasoning, figure out my motivations....it really ain't as hard as some of you are making it......it's only one click to find out whose behind a post or comment...

Come on guys, the whole tractor thing was a veiled way of getting you all to....

LIGHTEN UP!!!!

I'll have to check with Eric and see if humor is against BHO rules.....

You guys that got it right off....THANK YOU and you have a "spatial" place in my heart (and all my vital organs)....

And YOUSE guys can use my Huber Tractor ANYTIME (just don't plow over any rocks with it)!!!!!

To quote Steve Huber before we just hung up (who was quoting his great, great, grandfather, founder of Huber Traction Engine and Implement Co., Est. 1887, Abraham Q. Huber, III):

"Don't pick and plow"


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Chris Cioffi
(615)382-1376

Edited by - tubeandplate on 11/04/2009 13:24:40

Posted - 11/04/2009 :  13:47:30                

As I said, Chris..I know you meant no harm in your posts and a little fun never hurt anyone. I can only speak for myself when I say that it's not what you wrote, as much as the timing. I love off-beat humor (pun intended), but since we've been through several rounds of high school lunch room level bickering on the forums (much of it surrounding Huber vs. Dannick, vs. Burlile rings), pretty much any discussion that isn't to the point is subject to scrutiny. What you posted was wonderfully written and quite witty and had it been posted any other time, it would have been better received. I'm not speaking out against what you posted as much as voicing my difficulty in getting into the spirit of things.

"Run, Forrest, Run!"

Posted - 11/04/2009 :  14:03:30  

Chris the Huber Tractor PTO is made from paper. In the old days they used oatmeal to burnish them. Huber had a classy machine in them days.

Here's a copy from a tractor catalog I received in the mail today:

Hubur of Marion, Ohio was one of the true pioneers of the tractor. Along with the Gibson tractor who used Chrysler rear ends and transmissions the Huber fitted each rig with a propietary Van Duzen engine.

Imagine banjo players can't even smile anymore.

Wait until we get in to the Huber Beer Company.

Posted - 11/04/2009 :  14:08:30        

Hey Forrest-I completely understand how my motivation for posting what I did at the time I did could be received with skepticism at first....I figured I should clear things up to be sure. I appreciate you. I didn't mean to be heavy handed towards you at all.

Joe....I think I need a beer now (for inspiration for Part 2 or Chapter 1).

BTW, my label is "Huber"

"....she sits at my table, and pours me my label, my pretty Rosey Bokay...."

Are there any pictures of banjo pots in that Huber Tractor Manual???? Remember, I'm doing research for my book.....







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(615)382-1376

Edited by - tubeandplate on 11/04/2009 14:10:28

Posted - 11/04/2009 :  14:12:41        

Dang...just went to the fridge and all I've got is Budweiser.

I wonder if Greg Rich has any "Huber Beer can spray"????

This must be the real "True Life Blues".....(having to resort to asking Greg Rich for a drink...I did that at IBMA about 18 years ago, and Greg and Jim Triggs embarrassed me in front of the waitress....or was it the other way 'round? Remember that, Wilb?)


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Chris Cioffi
(615)382-1376

Edited by - tubeandplate on 11/04/2009 14:15:10

Posted - 11/04/2009 :  14:25:12  

Only have the one page that was in the mail. I heard about the catalog today. ILMAO.

If you read about the Huber family from the early 1900's to today, the whole family have been pioneers in one thing or another. Great bloodline.

Steve should donate

Edited by - vtyankee5 on 11/04/2009 14:29:25

Posted - 11/04/2009 :  15:51:29        

Ah, yes...the "missing page" syndrome....hmmm.....

Maybe we should check his alcohol/blood content first, eh, Joe?




Info/commentary on me & my banjo repair & set up shop services:

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http://www.banjohangout.org/topic/160041

Chris Cioffi
(615)382-1376

Edited by - tubeandplate on 11/04/2009 15:52:03