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Recently, we were invited to Horicon, Wisconsin, to tour the birthplace of John Deere's most approachable line of products. For over 100 years, the Horicon Works factory has been a staple of the town's local economy, employing most of the roughly 4,000 residents to produce everything from horse drawn grain drills to the lawn tractors and Gator line of utility vehicles made there today. In Horicon, finding a single soul who doesn't take pride in the quality of their work at John Deere is about as easy as locating a single patch of lawn not religiously mowed by the company -- John Deere needs every inch of yard they can get for testing. Our day on the factory floor offered plenty of insight on how today's premier lawn tractors are made. But we also walked away with a deeper understanding of why the company has expanded beyond the confines of the farms, yards and worksites of its customers. In a world obsessed with outsourcing, price cutting and fattening the bottom line, the Horicon factory proves that creating dependable and innovative products doesn't require a degree in rocket science. Just an investment in people. Read the story here: http://wp.me/p2dLQD-k9X Subscribe to Gear Patrol here: http://bit.ly/1r2jcYY Music by: Pilgrim by Balmorhea - http://gear.gp/13TFXoE Want more from Gear Patrol? Website: http://gearpatrol.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/gearpatrol Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/gearpatrol