HAHA, nevermind the fact that my paychecks used to come from THAT green & yellow company.
I must have been on a tool run that day, hard to remember, that had to be almost 8 years ago?
Either way, the green & yellow company has done their homework with brand identity so that telling the difference between the "big box" model of tractor vs. their "own" is pretty difficult. I'll give kudos to them, I was privy to some data on draft loads (strain gauge data on draft links) on a CAT-0 plow that shows at least some of them can make a tough garden tractor (nevermind that it would sell for $15k). They do have a "test site" where tractors are used and abused, but I think it's limited to their higher-end L&G equipment only sold at actual Deere dealers.