I’m sitting on the shoreline of the mighty Mississipp watching tugs pushing 30+ barges as I watch this video. It’s amazing ✊🏼

I was piloting The Vessel when this video was shot. She still has a little throttle left, was not hooked up. Stepped out of wheelhouse and waved at 3:01. Crew was in the middle of painting. All signs and logos were off as a result. Great Video. Good Job Bowzer.

I grew up on the Upper Mississippi river, my dad worked for the Corps of Engineers as a lockman at Genoa lock and Dam #8, then was promoted and transfered to Trempeleau lock and Dam #6 as an assistant lockmaster, back then the lockmaster and family and assistant lockmaster and family lived in 2 identacle houses on site. As a kid in the 50s and 60s, I played all around the Dam, unlike now, we weren't allowed to cross the Dam but we did occasionally with parent. It was an adventurous childhood!

I used to freelance deckhand out of the NMU hall in Joliet in the late '70s. I used to love going out to the head of the tow (t's quiet) and watch the riverbank slowly pass by. Great job

My mother was the cook on this tug for about 10 years. My uncle was Rusty Barrilleaux. Pretty cool!

Normally when a video isn't doing or saying much I move on. There is something so majestic about this tugboat working I just let it play to the end.

The power of this boat make the earth turn a rond 😊 I’m born in the wrong county Great vid and greetings from the Dutch

Awesome footage. These pilots make it look so easy.

It's cool this found me. I just started flying over Tugboats and barges on the Arkansas River Mini 4. Great videos! Keep it up!

Wonderful videography , I couldn't pull away !!!! John

that must be a ridiculous amount of force to push an object that large against the current of the Ol' Miss, nice drone shots :)

Wish I was introduced to the line haul side so I'd have some cool stories and experiences. But now I like going home everyday after my long days. Been decking with Inland the past eight years out of dupo Ill. / St. Louis. Can't see myself doing nothing else, I love it

This is a way bigger boat than we normally see on the Red River here in Louisiana. Awesome shots. You are a damn good Drone Pilot.

Awesome photography. Thank you, beautiful vid. We’re from Missouri, grew up on the Mississippi in St. Louis

She’s cranked up

Very cool video! One of our favorite camping spots is Trail of Tears State Park on the Missouri side of the river just north of Cape Girardeau. The camp ground sits right on the river bluff so my favorite thing to do is sit and watch the barge traffic and trains go by! BNSF runs coal trains about 100yards from the campground too. Makes for a noisy weekend, but the sound of revved up 4000hp diesels is music to my ears!!

Your drone video perspectives are phenomenal. This vessel has a lot of power. Just look as the propeller wash and thrust against the river. Thanks for sharing.

What beautiful Towboat thanks for sharing Bowzer I always enjoy.. thanks again

She’s pushing hard Captain. The exhaust stacks show she’s digging in and getting it done. Your drone work is awesome……this is much more captivating than watching a push thru the pilot house windshield. Thanks for posting.

She’s pushing hard captain 💪🏾💪🏾💪🏾

Amazing video, thanks!

A flying DeLorean! When this baby hits 88mph, you're gonna see some serious sh*t! Another great video Bowzer. Loved it. Have yourself a very nice day sir. You deserve it!!!

Love these videos, I live in St. Louis, and love watching these boats go up and down the Mississipi River.

I filled in on the Viking Queen a couple of times back in the early 80's when Wisconsin Barge Line was still the owner.And 1 time after ADM bought them out.It was differant being on a bigger Dravo boat after being on smaller St.Louis Ship boats for years.My regular assigned boat was the Sierra Dawn.I was the mate on it for 8 years.

Looks like them EMDs are working! Love the sound of their turbos

The engines seem to be a full power and then some with that black smoke. I was on a ocean going tug and full power we just had a brown haze. We had 4-12 cylinder super charged diesel engines and 4 electric drive motors. Great video.😁

My two favorite river jobs were working in the Memphis harbor doing fleetwork & working for Economy Boat Store refueling & resupplying passing towboats.

just found your channel and find the big rivers fascinating... hope we get some water this year

Notice how clean tug is, Great housekeeping and I bet they have top notch PM program. Michigan

Excellent video. Bravo.

Impressive, such lovely smoke too 😀

Great footage; keep up the good work

I see those barges way up north here in St. Paul, MN. Its awesome to see them up close.

Nice boat. Seems like it is smoking a lot. I have been around many large engines and the never seemed to smoke that much. If that's normal for this type of engine, then I'll bet his EGT is near red line. Clearly those engines are working hard, and that's what they should be doing, working hard. Nice video!

Love watching these boats, wish I was out there, I did do some commercial fishing out of Dutch Harbor for a short time, to old now but I sure miss the boats.

I would love to see a tour of this boat . Very impressive.

I would love to see the engine room on this big girl. Wow. What a power house.

Push boat pushing hard getting that work in, impressive boat man!

Thankyou you are good at this , enjoyed

judging by the smoke, id bet you can feel the vibrations thru your body in the engine room when those diesel's are under high load.

Thanks for this fantastic video. Greetings from Amsterdam

Great video! Love the drone footage. 👍🏻🎥💯

I can smell the HP!

That’s unbelievable and the power it must have, how do they tie them together and where would they start from? I’m in Australia and have never seen anything like that, great video and the captain must be a legend.

I love how the quick-water rushes out from under that transom when they're pushing hard

Man, that engine room must be deafening!!

Loaded those barges could carry about 63000 tons at the 1500/barge maximum. Almost as much as some of the 1000 footer ships on the great lakes. Some of those go over 80000 tons.

Early June 2021 you should have filmed the American Heritage pushing 56 loaded from Wickliffe to Memphis picked up more, pushed 64 to Kenner!

That speeding boat could have been my old Allison bass boat that would run around 90 mph, it had a 265 HP Evinrude Super Stock engine on a boat rated for a 115HP. You knew that you were in grave danger wide open.

Just discovered your channel What app or website do you use to identify what boats are on the Mississippi river? We are at Tom Sawyer’s rv resort West Memphis. Thanks Jerry

That’s one huge boat.

I delivered planes from Europe to the USA. We’d arrive in Maine and fly them to Texas. On the clear days I could clearly see these huge barges on the river. Wow

I Like watching the barges go thru the lockanddam does anybody know what the website is for them

Beautiful pusher. What engines does it have? EMD 710?

TopDiesel.. witch type propulsion is used?

What name brand of drone are you using ? Nice video!

No stupid music…..👍👍👍

This big triple screw is really pushing hard upstream, the black smoke indicates metal to the pedal. Great job as usual Bowzer and keep um coming.

Shes a clean machine Bowzer, good video, as ussual! Its really stirring up that water. Ever figure out what was going 90mph in begining of video?

Full Barges up river and Empties Down River. Canal Barge Lines and Watson Towing, Worked the Mississippi, the Arkansas, and the Atchafiley Rivers

How many horsepower does it have?

It's hard to imagine the skill required to manage that massive barge in a river with many bridges and shifting depth.

I ask you green deck hands have you finely found those 5 gallons of wheel wash. It took a whole first day on the job before the Capt. finally told me. ( Green deck hand joke). I loved it. I e be en pranked new deck hands. Big laugh.🤪wuz up.

Ran Mate on there a few times one my favorite crews and boats I've ever rode on in my almost 21 years on the river

Curious: Do you get as north or farther north than Clinton, Iowa/Lock and Dam 13?

Wonder if you can Water Ski behind that propulsion pushing out...back

Is the towboat a 8400 Hp?

Wow , your video footage is good but the subject you picked makes it even more so ! That is a lot to haul , especially up river ! Try doing that with batteries . Lol

How much Horse power and Dwt barge?

I wonder what the fuel burn rate is.

Just Amazing

I was a deck hand for national marine fron April 1990 to 1994. I've never seen 42 in tow. This is awesome. I enjoyed being a deck hand.After my 3rd. I worked with 3 different CAPTAINS AND GOT WHEEL TIME FRON EACH ONE . I PILOTED THE MOBILE RIVER FROM THE CITY OF MOBILE TO BERRY STEAM PLANT TO DEMOPOLIS ALABAMA. ALSO GOT TIME FROM MOBILE TO PASCAGOULA MISS. EVEN PILOTED TO THE DOCKS OF PENSACOLA FLA. I TELL YOU IF YOU MID 20 Y.O.s COULD EXPERIENCE DECKING MAN YOU WOULD FALL IN LOVE WITH DECKING. THE MONEY IS AWSOME. TRY IT OUT GUYS .

Why do you push and not tow?

Dam that thing is putting some power down

That port side engine sure smokes more than the others.

How much does one of these boats make a month/year

Towboat muito poderoso incrível muitas barcaças ea inda consegui correr nossa este vídeo foi perfeito Bowzer gosto de ver towboat com muitas barcaças amei

Nice display of Diesel power, what is your fuel capacity and how many gallons do you burn per hour hammer down like that ?

you should film this going thru the locks see how many times it gets broken down

WHERE'S THEBRAKE PEDAL ?????? THANX A BUNCH. GREAT VIDS

That is what? 40 empty barges and 2 full?

Emd power?

I routinely kayak the Missouri River from KC to STL and I’ve always wondered two things: is there any place online I can go to see real time barge operations? You can’t really tell from the footage but those things really churn up the water. Makes for a pretty bumpy ride for about a mile down river. Other question is whether their radar can pick up returns as small as a kayaker at night? I always run with USCG approved bow and stern lights, but they can’t look much more than little red, green and white points of light at night. Every time I get within 500-600 yards of one of these operations at night, it seems like they instantly know where I’m at and shine their trillion candlepower spotlight on me lol, which I’m very grateful for. They have to have a pretty fine radar on board that can pick up a paddler in a 15’ kayak.

How many miles to the gallon.? Do you ever come up the ohio to pittsburgh? We see quite a few tugs up here. Not ad big as you.

We enjoy flashing the river boats at night from the river banks with not only our high powered flashlights but our trucks with light bars just to mess with them. We always hope they’ll shine us with their big light lol!!! What do y’all think of people like us? 😂

Curious to know the fuel burn rate at that throttle setting and current.

Imagine being in the engine room with three 3500 hp diesels in almost full power! Those things are shoving hard.

tha got tha foe-barrel wide open on them big block chevys, dam she’s workin hard

I understand that the power comes from the same model of Diesel engine as railway locomotives, one for each stack. Are the propellers direct drive or Diesel-electric? Does the tow use compressed air for anything? "4 loads and 38 empties" is the kind of phrase oft repeated by railroaders. Seems running a tow is like operating a train, except in two dimensions instead of one, and on a road that wants to push you sideways where you don't want to go sideways.

That is really amazing to me now

Good looking boat, what’s the horsepower ? Unfortunately it’s smoking like a old lady and would never be allowed to sail like this in Europe.

What do these run on?

Must have been filmed when they were painting the boat. No company emblem or boat name showing.

A Beast

what this cargo coal iron trash lid

I guess it's like a sailboat. Long hrs of bordom, interuped by short sperts of TERRIOR.

Awesome !111

I know that tug is extremely powerful but, I don't see how it can control that much.

Is that 12,000 HP Total?

Cool!