EQUIPMENT ON OPERATING LEASES

12 Months Ended

Oct. 29, 2017

EQUIPMENT ON OPERATING LEASES

EQUIPMENT ON OPERATING LEASES

14. EQUIPMENT ON OPERATING LEASES

Operating leases arise primarily from the leasing of John Deere equipment to retail customers. Initial lease terms generally range from 12 to 60 months. Net equipment on operating leases at October 29, 2017 and October 30, 2016 consisted of the following in millions of dollars:

	2017		2016
Equipment on operating leases:
Agriculture and turf	$	5,385	$	4,758
Construction and forestry		1,209		1,144
Equipment on operating leases – net	$	6,594	$	5,902

The equipment is depreciated on a straight-line basis over the term of the lease. The accumulated depreciation on this equipment was $1,315 million and $1,054 million at October 29, 2017 and October 30, 2016, respectively. The corresponding depreciation expense was $853 million in 2017, $742 million in 2016, and $577 million in 2015.

Future payments to be received on operating leases totaled $2,051 million at October 29, 2017 and are scheduled in millions of dollars as follows: 2018 - $878,  2019 - $602, 2020 - $347, 2021 - $182, and 2022 - $42.

At October 29, 2017 and October 30, 2016, the company’s financial services operations had $52 million and $68 million, respectively, of deposits withheld from dealers available for potential losses on residual values.