The Lone Haul

The Long Haul When Emil Treuthardt started full-time trucking in 1949, he never thought he would find himself driving into the next millennium. The 21-year-old Wisconsin man was just passing time until something else came along. The problem was that his boss treated him so nicely that he could not leave. After about seven years, driving was in his blood, and he could not think about doing anything else. Now he has 50 years of driving without …showed first 75 words of 1809 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1809 total…don’t care. They’re late for appointments. Then they complain about their jobs. Well, it’s their own fault.” Anyone who can drive their way to paying off $300,000 in medical bills has to have his nose to the grindstone. Emil Treuthardt still drives 100,000 miles a year, and he has many more miles planned. He says he’s heard of drivers working into their 80s and 90s. “I’m still just a greenhorn,” he says.