Scenes from TMCSuperTech 2022

Oct. 5, 2022

TMCSuperTech 2022 was back in full force this year. Fleet Maintenance was onsite and captured everything you may have missed, so check out our images here.

John Hitch

CLEVELAND—The American Trucking Associations’ Technology and Maintenance Councils’ National Technicians Skills Competitions, or TMCSuperTech 2022 for short, was back in full force for its 17th year. Taking place in Cleveland’s Huntington Convention Center, a total of 137 current and prospective students took turns at a mix of practical and written tests, ranging from wheel-ends to trailer lighting, and everything in between.

This broke down to 87 techs in the heavy-duty track, 21 in the trailer track, 11 in the light- and medium-duty track, and 17 in the student skills competition—TMCFutureTech. The heavy-duty track started on September 25 with 12 skills stations, and nine on Day 2. The other three had to get through 13 stations on Day 2, with each track varying slightly. Trailer techs got to skip the aftertreatment station, but had rollup doors and trailer alignment stations.

To get a feel for the two day event, click through the slideshow.

About the Author

John Hitch | Editor-in-chief, Fleet Maintenance

John Hitch is the award-winning editor-in-chief of Fleet Maintenance, where his mission is to provide maintenance leaders and technicians with the the latest information on tools, strategies, and best practices to keep their fleets' commercial vehicles moving.

He is based out of Cleveland, Ohio, and has worked in the B2B journalism space for more than a decade. Hitch was previously senior editor for FleetOwner and before that was technology editor for IndustryWeek and and managing editor of New Equipment Digest.

Hitch graduated from Kent State University and was editor of the student magazine The Burr in 2009.

The former sonar technician served honorably aboard the fast-attack submarine USS Oklahoma City (SSN-723), where he participated in counter-drug ops, an under-ice expedition, and other missions he's not allowed to talk about for several more decades.