C-101 takes a ride

[Ed Kennell 41,267]

@c-series don Don found this tractor in western Pa. and asked if anyone could get it to the Big Show.   It happened to be about 20 mile from my sisters farm where I planned to visit this week. 

So, after an interesting trip back into the Laurel Mountains on dirt roads and switchbacks that actually confused my GPS I found the owners beautiful secluded property.

Ed and Sam after loading the C.

 

Then found my way back to my Sisters farm.

 

 

Pressure washed my BILs little Russian Belaru Lawn mower that he uses to mow his 50 acres.

 

 

I gave the C a 4 hour bath as I drove home in the rain today.   The gates were open at the Big Show so I stopped and was tempted to unload the C in a barn but MrsK wasn't interested in camping 

In the barn for 5 weeks.

 

So, we came home and parked it in the dry with some friendly company.

 

 

Next stop...The Big Show 

Edited May 13 by Ed Kennell

[c-series don 9,729]

@Ed Kennell Excellent Ed! I know I’ve thanked you many times already for this but I want to say thank you again! This is the first time I’ve purchased a tractor without seeing it in person. However after seeing the pictures and speaking at length with the owner I went with my gut feeling and agreed to buy it. By the looks of it I’m going to be happy! Ed is bringing it to the show for me, so I invite y’all to come by and check it out. Or look for the guy driving a nice C-101 around with a smile on his face and that’ll be me!!! 👍🏻

[squonk 43,277]

Luv that Kendal sign! 

 

[Ed Kennell 41,267]

1 hour ago, squonk said:

Luv that Kendal sign! 

Thanks Mike.  I found that in the garage storage loft when we cleared out me MILs property.  It was face down covering some holes in the flooring.   My FIL rented the garage to the Keesey Brothers back in the '50s.  A couple hours of elbow grease and it cleaned up pretty well.

Here's another one I rescued.    A flood washed out part of our gun club and the sign.  The club replaced the sign and some time later while trout fishing I found the old sign all twisted and rolled up in the mud of a deep hole.  A lot of work with a rubber hammer, rubbing compound, cleaner, and wax.

 

This one I bought at a Sporting goods estate auction in the '60s.     Paid $1.25.

 

 

[Ed Kennell 41,267]

Looks like we left Western Pa. just in time yesterday to miss some major flooding.    Talked with my Sister and the roads are all flooded around the farm, but they are OK being at a safe higher elevation.

Boy missing in floodwaters as heavy rain hits Virginia, western Maryland

[JoeM 8,129]

17 hours ago, Ed Kennell said:

trip back into the Laurel Mountains on dirt roads and switchbacks that actually confused my GPS

Banjo country!

Been about 30 years since I was up in that area. It is beautiful. 

 

 

[Ed Kennell 41,267]

11 minutes ago, JoeM said:

Banjo country!

I had my GPS on shortest distance and when it took me up 4.8 mile of dirt road, I started to think

 Bing Videos

 

Edited May 14 by Ed Kennell

[JoeM 8,129]

4 minutes ago, Ed Kennell said:

I started to think

[Ed Kennell 41,267]

I hear that Joe.   It gets a bit spooky when you lose satellite and cell phone coverage in those deep hollers. 

  Most of the towns I went thru on Sunday to get to Sams for the C-101 are flooded by the Casselman River today.

Meyersdale, Garret, Rockwood, and Markleton all got hit hard.

I know Sam is OK as his place like my sisters is high above the river.   

Edited May 14 by Ed Kennell

[Ed Kennell 41,267]

I unloaded the deck that came with the C-101.   Not the deck that fits the C, but this is the first NOS deck that I have seen.

 

Then we got break in the rain so I unloaded the C.

 

Then put him in the heated shop for a 5 week nap.

[Handy Don 13,621]

7 hours ago, Ed Kennell said:

 It gets a bit spooky when you lose satellite and cell phone coverage in those deep hollers. 

Our dependence on connectivity has really grown. I still keep recent paper maps in both of our cars, though, courtesy of AAA. 

[ri702bill 9,176]

8 minutes ago, Handy Don said:

I still keep recent paper maps in both of our cars

But... can you fold them back up???? The "newer" generation probably thinks the maps are to be used as emergency toilet paper 

[Ed Kennell 41,267]

2 minutes ago, Handy Don said:

I still keep recent paper maps

I keep a few paper county and township maps for areas I hunt and fish in Pa, Md, WVa, and Mt.    State maps don't show the elevations, streams and trails  I need.

It is amazing the detail you find in the GPS maps on land and water.      

[Handy Don 13,621]

3 minutes ago, ri702bill said:

can you fold them back up???? T

Yep, and we’ve taught (so far) two of our grandchildren to do it, too!

Spreading out a state map and tracking progress gives a completely different perspective than the Waze or Google/Apple Maps app. 

 

Ed, you might want to check out the Gaia app--not free, but a ton of help for non-motorized, off-road adventuring. 

[ri702bill 9,176]

I still keep the Southern New England "Book" map in my car. Helpful for those pesky detours and re-routing the traffic during the never-ending construction season...

[peter lena 9,184]

@c-series don   4 th picture down on the , c 101  the stretch strap to the PTO , spring  attachment , I use an extension spring on the  lower round corner of that , hooked onto the  hitch pin clip , to swing arm . completely  stops  related buzzing  noise, once tried on one horse , have long had them on all 3 of them . always experimenting  with any chronic issue removal . have found that  various extension springs , have made areas better , often suggest this  to cable  lever , assist to close , so you always have an assist  in  cable slide ease , pete

[Ed Kennell 41,267]

4 hours ago, peter lena said:

4 th picture down on the , c 101  the stretch strap to the PTO

 

That green bungee was holding a plastic bag over the carb.    I didn't want the flood waters getting in his throat. 

[WHX?? 51,330]

 

On 5/13/2025 at 2:39 PM, Ed Kennell said:

interesting trip back into the Laurel Mountains on dirt roads and switchbacks

 Glad to hear plan A worked out. I doubt I would have enjoyed that route with the rig I will have. 'Sides plan B that tractor might have not made it to the BS ...   If it did make it there surely would have been a seat time clause...

 

How was the turkey hunting Ed Dog? 

[Ed Kennell 41,267]

5 minutes ago, WHX?? said:

 

How was the turkey hunting Ed Dog? 

I only got to hunt Monday morning.  I had a great day talking to 7 jakes and 2 hens, but didn't see or hear a gobbler.    We  left for home Tuesday morning to beat the floods.

Next week we can hunt all day.  Before I take my dirt nap, It's on my bucket list to take a long beard with a 16 gage smoke pole that I built.  It's a losing battle to keep the powder dry in the rain.  I'll giter done though.

[Retired Wrencher 5,722]

Ed that is a nice looking C101. Looks it was taken care of. 

[Ed Kennell 41,267]

34 minutes ago, Retired Wrencher said:

Ed that is a nice looking C101. Looks it was taken care of. 

 It is close to being a never used tractor Gary. It belongs to @c-series don and will become a part of his amazing collection.  I am happy to be involved in saving this machine and getting it to the home it deserves.  I do wonder why it was purchased new and never used.  it was recently discovered when Sam found it in a barn he was cleaning out.

[c-series don 9,729]

@Retired Wrencher It appears to be all original, with the paint still on the muffler and the **** on the tires!! A literal barn find! 

Edited May 15 by c-series don