Up-close look at tractor assembly at Waterloo John Deere plant
slide show by Kristy Tiesing, posted April 26, 2010
When Matt Miller, farm manager of Buell Acres in Montgomery County Mo., ordered a new 9230 John Deere tractor, the company offered to give him a Gold Key tour of the facility in Waterloo, Iowa, to see his tractor being built. Miller invited three friends to accompany him, including Corner Post reporter Kristy Tiesing.
The group was privately escorted by a John Deere tour guide who showed them around the factory. The tour lasted all day and they had the freedom to walk around the entire facility and look up close at the work that goes into their equipment. It was an opportunity to see the various assembly line stations of how a tractor is put together.
