Verb (used without object) : to trudge up a long flight of steps.    From Dictionary.com. 

Verb (used with object) : He trudged the deserted road for hours.    From Dictionary.com. 

Quentin took charge of the rear guard, being at the moment, more of a trudger than a trooper.    From Wordnik.com.  [Steven Crandell: A Is for Amy & Adonis: Chapter Y] Reference

He had merely humored a whim to walk through orchards and green fields in a leisurely fashion, to be a careless trudger for a day.    From Wordnik.com.  [Burned Bridges] Reference

He was no mere “trudger” over new lands.    From Wordnik.com.  [Alfred Russel Wallace Letters and Reminiscences]

We were now five mounted men and a trudger afoot.    From Wordnik.com.  [1492] Reference