Allowance for Credit Losses and Credit Quality of Receivables - Impaired Receivables (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
	Oct. 29, 2017	Oct. 30, 2016
Recorded Investment
Receivables with specific allowance	$ 13.9	$ 10.9
Receivables without specific allowance	27.3	9.7
Total	41.2	20.6
Unpaid Principal Balance
Receivables with specific allowance	13.8	10.5
Receivables without specific allowance	27.0	9.6
Total	40.8	20.1
Specific Allowance	3.2	2.6
Average Recorded Investment
Receivables with specific allowance	13.2	12.5
Receivables without specific allowance	16.3	10.9
Total	29.5	23.4
Agriculture and turf
Recorded Investment
Total	36.0	11.9
Unpaid Principal Balance
Total	35.6	11.6
Specific Allowance	3.2	1.9
Average Recorded Investment
Total	23.9	10.2
Construction and forestry
Recorded Investment
Total	5.2	8.7
Unpaid Principal Balance
Total	5.2	8.5
Specific Allowance		0.7
Average Recorded Investment
Total	5.6	13.2
Retail notes
Recorded Investment
Receivables with specific allowance	2.2	10.2
Receivables without specific allowance	18.3	9.5
Unpaid Principal Balance
Receivables with specific allowance	2.1	9.9
Receivables without specific allowance	18.0	9.4
Specific Allowance	0.6	2.3
Average Recorded Investment
Receivables with specific allowance	2.2	10.6
Receivables without specific allowance	14.0	10.6
Wholesale receivables
Recorded Investment
Receivables with specific allowance	11.7	0.3
Receivables without specific allowance	9.0	0.2
Unpaid Principal Balance
Receivables with specific allowance	11.7	0.3
Receivables without specific allowance	9.0	0.2
Specific Allowance	2.6	0.2
Average Recorded Investment
Receivables with specific allowance	11.0	1.5
Receivables without specific allowance	$ 2.3	0.3
Financing leases
Recorded Investment
Receivables with specific allowance		0.4
Unpaid Principal Balance
Receivables with specific allowance		0.3
Specific Allowance		0.1
Average Recorded Investment
Receivables with specific allowance		$ 0.4