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Jul 11, 2021 Parts ranging from tires to water pumps can be hard to come by if you don't know where to look. Supply chain and building material constraints have hampered new truck builds for much of the year, but a similar effect is also being felt by fleets who simply want to service the trucks they already have. Volatility in steel and rubber prices has impacted the availability of tires and forged parts like blocks and housings, and lead times for parts that used to be a few days can drag on for weeks.  "Every day we realize something else is hard or impossible to get," said Brent Edmons...

Robert M. Braswell is a man of many talents. He's a capable shade tree mechanic and an award-winning journalist. He at one point pursued a career as a physician. As Executive Director of ATA’s Technology & Maintenance Council (TMC), and a TMC staff member for nearly 30 years, his fingerprints are on the organization in places too numerous to count. A self-described tinkerer, Braswell grew up in southern Maryland, spending a lot of time on construction sites alongside his father, a marble and tile tradesman. "What you could do back then, you could never get away with today," he sai...