Frank Cooks 4WD I.H. Tractor

armand tatro · Jul 20, 2010

Does anyone have any information about Frank Cook"s 4WD tractor built with IH tractor parts. I understand it was parked by the I.H. tent at the I&I tractor club show at Penfield, Il. Somehow I missede seeing it. Thank you for any information you can provide. Armand

Wardner · Jul 20, 2010

The following is an obituary for Frank Cook. He hasn't come down for breakfast for more than 10 years. The tractor must have been some kind of IH engineered prototype. I was hoping it might have been a farmer engineered project.

A. Frank Cook
12/30/99

Funeral services for Arthur Frank Cook, 86, Roseville, were held Thursday, December 30, at the Rollo Church at 1 p.m. Rev. Tom Mehaffy officiated and interment was in Precinct Cemetery near Earlville.

Mr. Cook, formerly of Rollo, passed away at 10:30 p.m. in McAllen Heart Hospital, McAllen, TX. Corman Memorial Home, Roseville, was in charge of arrangements. Memorials may be made to the Shriner’s Hospitals for children or to the Roseville Fire Department.

A son of John and Myrtle Lee Cook, he was born April 1, 1913, in Earlville. He married Marjorie Atherton on August 28, 1933, in Waukegan, who survives.

He also leaves: a son son, Frank, of Colorado Springs, CO; two daughters, Jeralyn Gray of Ottawa and Becci and Becci Hubbard of Sandwich; eight grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.

His parents, a brother, a sister, one son Jack, and a grandson preceded him in death.

Mr. Cook managed, farmed and tested new equipment on the International Experimental Farm, and designed and built the 4-wheel drive farm tractor. He also served as road commissioner for 12 years and operated Cook Trucking.

He was a member of the Roseville Masonic Lodge, #519; Valley of Moline Consistory; Mohammed Temple, Shrine, in Peoria; West Central Illinois Shrine Club; and the Cattleman’s Livestock Association.

jrogers · Apr 14, 2011

The tractor is now in a museum. I can't remember which one my mom put it in, but that's what she thought would help preserve it most.

My step-Father, Bill Hubbard, cleaned it up and fixed it up after many years of wasting away in some barn and made it show worthy.

I don't know why he got the urge to build the 4WD. From what Grandma (Marjorie) Cook said, he just had nights and nights of not being able to sleep, sweating a lot like something was on his mind, and then he started to build and work everything out in his head.

I'll try and find out where the 4WD is being kept now and post a link to it. ...maybe I can find some good photos, too.

(quoted from post at 20:09:40 07/20/10) The following is an obituary for Frank Cook. He hasn't come down for breakfast for more than 10 years. The tractor must have been some kind of IH engineered prototype. I was hoping it might have been a farmer engineered project.

A. Frank Cook
12/30/99

Funeral services for Arthur Frank Cook, 86, Roseville, were held Thursday, December 30, at the Rollo Church at 1 p.m. Rev. Tom Mehaffy officiated and interment was in Precinct Cemetery near Earlville.

Mr. Cook, formerly of Rollo, passed away at 10:30 p.m. in McAllen Heart Hospital, McAllen, TX. Corman Memorial Home, Roseville, was in charge of arrangements. Memorials may be made to the Shriner’s Hospitals for children or to the Roseville Fire Department.

A son of John and Myrtle Lee Cook, he was born April 1, 1913, in Earlville. He married Marjorie Atherton on August 28, 1933, in Waukegan, who survives.

He also leaves: a son son, Frank, of Colorado Springs, CO; two daughters, Jeralyn Gray of Ottawa and Becci and Becci Hubbard of Sandwich; eight grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.

His parents, a brother, a sister, one son Jack, and a grandson preceded him in death.

Mr. Cook managed, farmed and tested new equipment on the International Experimental Farm, and designed and built the 4-wheel drive farm tractor. He also served as road commissioner for 12 years and operated Cook Trucking.

He was a member of the Roseville Masonic Lodge, #519; Valley of Moline Consistory; Mohammed Temple, Shrine, in Peoria; West Central Illinois Shrine Club; and the Cattleman’s Livestock Association.

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