Allowance for Credit Losses and Credit Quality of Receivables - Write-offs (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
	Nov. 01, 2020	Nov. 03, 2019	Oct. 28, 2018
Dollars
Total write-offs	$ (101.6)	$ (88.3)	$ (81.2)
Total recoveries	37.2	37.0	27.4
Total net write-offs	$ (64.4)	$ (51.3)	$ (53.8)
Percent
Total write-offs (as a percent)	(0.31%)	(0.27%)	(0.27%)
Total recoveries (as a percent)	0.11%	0.11%	0.09%
Total net write-offs (as a percent)	(0.20%)	(0.16%)	(0.18%)
Retail notes
Dollars
Total write-offs	$ (46.9)	$ (28.7)	$ (22.1)
Total recoveries	$ 5.9	$ 7.3	$ 6.4
Percent
Total write-offs (as a percent)	(0.24%)	(0.15%)	(0.13%)
Total recoveries (as a percent)	0.03%	0.04%	0.04%
Retail notes | Agriculture and turf
Dollars
Total write-offs	$ (13.7)	$ (8.0)	$ (6.4)
Total recoveries	$ 4.2	$ 6.0	$ 4.7
Percent
Total write-offs (as a percent)	(0.08%)	(0.05%)	(0.04%)
Total recoveries (as a percent)	0.03%	0.04%	0.03%
Retail notes | Construction and forestry
Dollars
Total write-offs	$ (33.2)	$ (20.7)	$ (15.7)
Total recoveries	$ 1.7	$ 1.3	$ 1.7
Percent
Total write-offs (as a percent)	(0.96%)	(0.67%)	(0.57%)
Total recoveries (as a percent)	0.05%	0.04%	0.06%
Revolving charge accounts
Dollars
Total write-offs	$ (51.6)	$ (56.9)	$ (54.1)
Total recoveries	$ 29.5	$ 25.3	$ 20.0
Percent
Total write-offs (as a percent)	(1.51%)	(1.65%)	(1.67%)
Total recoveries (as a percent)	0.86%	0.73%	0.62%
Wholesale receivables
Dollars
Total write-offs	$ (0.9)	$ (0.3)	$ (1.1)
Total recoveries	$ 1.3	$ 4.1	$ 0.2
Percent
Total write-offs (as a percent)	(0.01%)		(0.01%)
Total recoveries (as a percent)	0.02%	0.04%
Financing Leases
Dollars
Total write-offs	$ (2.2)	$ (2.4)	$ (3.9)
Total recoveries	$ 0.5	$ 0.3	$ 0.8
Percent
Total write-offs (as a percent)	(0.31%)	(0.34%)	(0.55%)
Total recoveries (as a percent)	0.07%	0.04%	0.11%