JOHN DEERE CANCELS FACTORY DELIVERY OPTION

Factory delivery is popular among buyers of European cars, including Porsche, Mercedes-Benz, Audi, BMW and Volvo. In addition to a discounted price, customers who pick up their new car at the factory can tour Europe before shipping the vehicle back home to the U.S.  

But for most buyers of more agricultural conveyances, factory delivery just isn't as appealing. Yesterday, the John Deere Manufacturing Company, famous for its line of green and yellow tractors and equipment, announced the company is canceling its factory delivery option due to lack of interest among buyers.  "We only had one feller pick up a tractor this year. Nobody's interested in touring Illinois or Wisconsin on a tractor, I guess," said a forlorn Buzz Hooper, the former Manager of Factory Delivery who has been reassigned to Deere's hay baler division.   

Zeke Bocelli and his dog Skidmark cruise on the shoulder of Interstate 70 near Colby, Kansas. The pair picked up their new John Deere X300 at the factory in Wisconsin and are on their way home to Searchlight, Nevada.     

But Zeke Bocelli, who traveled with his dog Skidmark from their home in Searchlight, Nevada to the Deere factory in Horicon, Wisconsin, loved the program.  "Me and Skidmark got a factory tour and drove our new X300 mower all over town before we set out for home," said Bocelli.  At a little over 1800 miles at a top speed of 5.5 mph, the journey home will take a little over three weeks. "But that's with lots of coffee and potty stops, though," added a smiling Bocelli.