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THE PARTS MAN<br />
EASTERN IOWA FARMER PHOTOS / BROOKE TAYLOR<br />
Whether they are lined up on a shelf, hung neatly for display, or tossed in a categorized box, parts are found throughout the implement stores.<br />
tractor,” Spies said.<br />
Said Zirkelbach, “For people<br />
to be successful in the parts field<br />
you have to be interested in what<br />
you’re doing. If you aren’t interested<br />
in parts and the mechanical<br />
side, you’re not going to do good<br />
at it. You have to be interested in<br />
problem solving. That’s the key.”<br />
Kevin Steil has been the parts<br />
manager for Roeder Implement in<br />
Dubuque for 30 years.<br />
In that time he has watched the<br />
parts industry grow and advance.<br />
Steil grew up on his family farm<br />
in Dubuque County and attended<br />
Northeast <strong>Iowa</strong> Community College<br />
(NICC) for mechanics after<br />
he graduated from high school.<br />
He said his education at NICC<br />
has helped him tremendously with<br />
his job, but also attributes his life<br />
on the family farm as an instrumental<br />
part of his knowledge.<br />
“It helps down the road because<br />
when you get behind the counter<br />
you know the feeling of when<br />
things break down. You know<br />
what it feels like to need to get the<br />
hay baled, to need to get the corn<br />
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