Keeping the Lights on with Elmer Buchta Trucking Elmer Buchta Trucking hauls 1,500 loads of coal, limestone and aggregate across the Midwest each day. Some of the eet’s trucks haul 14 loads daily, taking coal from mines to utilities. At 550 million tons a year, the Otwell-based company is the largest hauler of coal combustion products in Indiana. With that much payload each day, you don’t just need a tough truck, you need a smart truck. That’s why Buchta (pronounced BOOK ta) turned to Mack Trucks when it upgraded its eet. Elmer Buchta Sr. started the business in 1937, moving livestock and equipment to and from his father’s farm. During WWII he hauled ammunition and by 1946 he expanded to include moving houses and other buildings. He transported large equipment, mobile homes and establis

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