South Carolina Contractor Won't Retire; Starts Pumping Septic Tanks

You might say Ken Howard had ants in his pants after cashing in his longtime trash company. So he bought out South Carolina’s Dr. Flush and was back in business.

Jul 31, 2014 | by Peter Hildebrandt |

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South Carolina Contractor Won't Retire; Starts Pumping Septic Tanks — Ken Howard, owner of Dr. Flush, is shown at the company yard with his latest vacuum truck, from Lely Manufacturing.

Ken Howard always looked forward to retirement. Then in 1997, after 28 years of running a trash-hauling business in South Carolina’s Upcountry, he sold out and it was time to relax and enjoy life.But retirement wasn’t exactly what Howard expected.“I got a bit bored after six months and couldn’t goof off or play that much golf,’’ Howard recalls. “I guess my daddy raised me to work. I’m definitely a workaholic.’’So work he did. After his brief dalliance with a life of leisure, Howard turned from collecting solid waste to liquid waste, buying a small septic service business – Dr. Flush,

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