I recently watched (again)the Straight Story -- a movie with
Richard Farnsworth and Harry dean Stanton--
apparently a true story about Alvin Strait (sp?) who lost
his driver's lisence and wanted to visit his elderly brother
once before they both died. he rode a riding lawn mower/tractor
several hundered miles in order to visit and make peace with
his brother with whom he had been quarelling for years. The
unit was apparently a John Deere, and was prominently shown
thruout the movie. A touching story, and a great testimonial
for J.D. tractors...that green machine got him where he wanted to go!
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0166896/fullcredits