Sometimes I read these threads and am astonished at how big and different our country is. Some of the things my TBN buddies worry about seem like they are happening on a different planet.
Here in the intermountain West, the dealers have tractors to sell. And credit still takes a while. Fuel is more expensive than in other years, but not really by all that much. Fuel is always more during ski & vacation season anyway; it has been for years. I filled up a couple of days ago at $3.29/gallon for gas. No shortage on fuel of any kind. Diesel prices are actually down from what I recall paying before Covid.
The grocery stores are stocked, building materials are reasonable again, and most everyone you see wears - or at least carries - a mask. You can't miss that mask use is close to 100% indoors in stores among customers, and it is 100% among store employees.
Some things are different. "Which vaccination are you on?" has replaced "How are you doing?" as a greeting.
The only real downturn I see is in car and tractor repair parts. That is real here, but is more a lack of experienced employees and tradesmen than parts. The parts are probably there; they just can't find them.
So far we get around the problems by ordering online.
Online vendors seem unaffected. Delivery via UPS/FedX package service is way faster than it ever was before.
I think online sales are what is going to change the world if anything does.
rScotty