He's from the East, where fields are to small for a monster machine like this. Chip had a lot of fun in a 9630 Track Machine. I had to (shudder) turn off my phone for the tour, but I did get to take some pictures of a ride and drive. I took this picture just so I could prove that there really was a point during which it really worked.Īfter the ceremony, Chip signed autographs before taking a tour of the factory. Even in a company as organized as Deere, "pilot" is often a nice way of saying "making it up as we go along." We ran a streaming video pilot, and as with all pilots, there were plenty of unforeseen hurdles. It may not look like much, but it was pretty darn exciting to me. We'd planned to hold the event in the factory at first, but the attendee list grew to the point it had to be moved outside. The Visitor's Sevices team at the Factory helped us set up a ceremony for the event. Harold is a phenomenally nice guy who didn't quite believe my coworker when he first told him that he'd won.Ĭhip Foose was in Waterloo to hand over the keys. His name was drawn out of approximately 200,000 entries for the grand prize. The guy standing beside the tractor with a great big grin is Harold, the Big Buck's new owner. The chairs and camera showing in the bottom of the frame are for a DVD being put together documenting the project. The Big Buck is a classic 4020, one of the most popular tractors that John Deere has ever built.
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Here it is on the display floor at Waterloo Works, where they build the 7000, 80 Series tractors. Turns out Chip had been thinking about customizing a tractor for years. We laughed, thinking there would be no way. Half-joking, a coworker said "why don't we see if Chip Foose would customize a tractor?" Almost one year ago, my coworkers and I were challenged to come up with A Big Idea that would get people talking.
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