This is the boat my son is on! Thank you so very much for posting this! He has been on the river over 23 years. We are so proud of him. The American Heritage is beautiful going up the mighty Mississippi! You posted this on crew change day.

I just got off that boat! I was the assistant engineer on there for a year and a half. That boat is a beast! 10,500 horsepower makes that thing scream.

Just when I think I've seen at least a sample of everything that KZfaq has to offer, I stumble upon something like this. Very nicely done. Not much smoke for something working that hard.

BOWZER thankyou for videoing the American Heritage. Beautiful..😊 Captain and I spoke many times on chat page He has pushed as many as 64 .He is truly a Gentlmen. Awesome camera tour of his Tow Boat. Please let me thank you again. Always watch..... I wish you all, " Peace and Wellness."

Great production! Excellent cinematography. OMG, I can't believe I spelled cinematography right. Lol! Thanks bowzer. Have yourself a very nice weekend.

One of the beasts of the River, a triple screw, smoke rolling from the stacks hard pushing Beast with 14 loads and 24 empty's against the current Northbound..... how awesome can you get? Thanks and welcome back and you sure have not lost any of your artful flying skills since coming back.

This is fascinating. I never knew a towboat could push that many barges. I live in Quincy, IL and never have noticed that many barges being towed. Thanks for posting.

Awesome video. I really enjoy these types of videos!

Awesome drone work and what a beautiful towboat. Wishing Captain Harned well.

Took another look because I so enjoy watching and listening to the sound awesome , thanks Bowzer ... on Feb. 14 Captain Hubert Harned starts his 50th yr. On the river. This is his wheelhouse his Towboat. I want to wish him a Happy Birthday. and Congratulations.

Had to look one more time beautiful love the sound with my earbuds . Feel the engines in my chest love it hahaha thanks again Bowzer the towboat is looking so good Captain told us on chat up north here that they were painting and it wasn't finished. So maybe we will get a picture of her or video again some time thanks again be safe stay healthy. Bye bye.

You were at my back door. Literally! Great video by the way.

Thanks for the video Bowzer, making up for lost time this week. Appreciate it. Capt is pushing a heck of lot of barges there! Aint his first rodeo.....

Fantastic Drone Footage! ALMOST makes me be missing my days on the M/V Barbara Brent on the river so many years ago. Thank You!

Morning Bowzer,enjoy looking at the fields around and long the shore of the river... from the sky/drone beautiful views.... and everytime one goes back to look again you always see something new hahaha thankyou again...maybe some day you well fly the St Clair River...with your drone.. thank you

Well gosh, thank you to KZfaq's almighty algorithm for suggesting this to me. What a GORGEOUS video, and a humbling experience to imagine all that power, mass, momentum, value, commerce... what that river has meant for the history of the midwest... all of it! Cheers from the state of the headwaters of the Mississippi! ◡̈

HAPPY NEW YEAR 2023. BLESSINGS TO ALL WHO RIDE, DRIVE, AND CARE FOR HER.

Back in the 70's, 80's and 90's 42 barge tows were quite common. A large number of boats from Federal Barge, ACBL, and several other companies had from 9,600 to10,500 HP. Most were powered by three 16 cyl EMD engines. I worked for Helena Marine Service at the time at the fuel dock that sat right under the Helena, AR bridge on the MIssissippi River. We fueled a lot of the big boats, but my favorites were the M/V America and M/V United States. They had 4 Cooper-Bessemer reversing engines for a total of 9,000HP. Whose big slow turning engines would rattle every window in the building when they would "come ahead" as they cleared the bridge........ great memories!

WOW, Fantastic views!!!!🤩 Thank you!!

You are a very smooth operator ! Keep up the excellent vids ! Thank you !!!

that intro shot was awesome

Glad to see you are back making videos. You have been missed . Keep up the good work.

Thank You for your quality videos. I appreciate your videography and beauty of your captures. I wish I had your skills Look forward to each new video.

another good video thx

That American Heritage is a beast. Looks good with the fresh paint. Assuming it is not quiet complete. Great Video. Thank you Sir!

Excellent video. Thanks for uploading! 😀👍

Just look at all those "Rooster Tails"...starting about 11:30, that's a lot of horsepower, keep'em rolling!

I work on the lower Mississippi and see these boats all the time. Myself I push no more than 6 barges (I tried the big tows once but was a wreck after and said never again). It takes skill and guts to drive one of these big boats with their extremely large tows up and down the river. I remember when I first started out delivering fuel to this boat. Over 10000 gallons if i remember right. The operators of these boats have my respect and admiration. But I will stick to my small tows.

You have a very cool hobby.

Years ago my wife was the reporter in the twin city area for the Waterways Journal. She loved the river then and still does.We think your videos are great.keep it up.

That is a Nice big pretty boat, five stories high, plenty of Room in the rooms of that beast with three wheels Pushing forty two (42) barges 😱 Northbound against the current, 😳 Six wind and Seven barges long 😎👍✅

Amazing piece of machinery

Fast forward to today and we’re saying look at all that water!

Excellent channel! Subbed. Watching from Louisville, Kentucky!

Awesome stuff My Dad was a Captain for 25+ years worked for Wisconsin Barge Line, Conti carriers and More ! He passed away in his Room just outside of Louisville on the Ohio. I worked for ACBL, Conti carriers and ADM !

Nice work, friend.

HOLY TRIPLE SMOKESTACK BATMAN! I had not seen a triple screw. Love the footage.

Captain thankyou for telling us about your prize Towboat. 🥰

It give one a perspective. Good job on the photography Bowser. Thanks to Capt. Harned.

She a big boat. For a moment there I thought she had her own mailbox, (the blue thing) Thanks for the upload.

You have excellent technique in framing those shots where you hold on one location. It gives me a chance to look around and see all the details. The sound of the engine is great. Stay well. Your towboat vids are a cut above.

Enjoyed, as always. 👍🏻👍🏻

Now that is impressive! I grew up on the Ohio river and the biggest tow I can remember was 3 wide 5 long.I can't imagine piloting that in a high wind situation.

😃looking again haha Thanks , Merry Christmas ...Bowzer and everyone else, stay safe

Super cool great video

Super video! A good thought! Nucu from Dristor DC Romania!

I was in the USCG out of Memphis, appx 1962-63. The 2 biggest boats then were the, America and the United States, both painted yellow w/black trim, appx 9,000 hp. I have seen them with similar tows up bound, loaded on the Mississippi.

Well Sir I'm back again just love watching this video .. think about it some have trouble parking there car. KEEPING it between the lines ..... an hour drive , tired them out... try moving 8 acres for six hours.... love love watching just a beautiful .. Captain H. H. Thankyou for showing US. how it's done....... .. .. .. Thankyou Bowzer for sharing.......

Thanks Bowzer 👍 aways love this.....

Great river, amazing view❤️

now that is a great piece of filming, well done.

Made several supply deliveries and crew changes for that tow down here on the Lower; 363LMR. Fine tow. Stennis as well. I think I've got the world record pics and vids of tows. Perks of the job. Midstreamer. Everything I do is on-the-fly. I catch their speed, ease over to midship and let the screw suction bring me in. They pull me along as we offload. Breaking loose from the suction can be.....fun if your crazy. I'm the Skipper of the 28 footer with 500hp which I use all of. Lol! Enjoy you vids...

Excellent work with the video camera on that drone.

Now that is one badass display of power.

Bowzer, Captain is slip sliding,and gliding with 40 barges ,... eating strawberry ice cream. Hahaha got to love.... thank Bowzer hope you well.

👍👍 Thanks!!!

Cada vez que vejo teus vídeo Bowzer fico inprecionada como vc filma ótimo vc é muito detalhista Bowzer vc é muito profissional parabéns

I used to watch these guys at Lock & Dam 12 Belview Iowa. there is nothing more impressive that a tug pushing a loaded double stack into a lock upstream and breaking it apart while in the action of reversing out to let the doors close. The one that impressed me the most is when he was pushing Anhydrous Ammonia fertilizer and had 3" of clearance from the rope bumpers on both sides and they never touched the walls of the lock.

Now THAT is a river pilot !!!

From Chester here, I've seen that (or 42 barges) a few times... I'm a local driver for Gilster and cross chester bridge at least 6 times a day

his reminds me of my Uncle Buddy Grimmett who was the Captain of the Bigalo back in the 70's. At the time one of the largest Tugs on the Mississippi river.

nice video man

🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄HAPPY NEW YEAR.

i was on the m/v great america in the 80s we had a tow of 42 also wish i could get back on the big muddy

Yup Bowzer I'm watching again thanks

BOO hahaha just had two 😊 it came up on my monitor, what could I do but WATCH lol thanks Bowzer you know what I think this is a great video hahaha bye bye

The locks hold, If my memory is correct, twelve to 15 barges. These super tugs operate only in no-lock areas of the River. MO on the upper Mississippi. When I graduated from MS State I owed $150.00, the rest paid from working on all the navigable waters of the Mississippi River system. Good experience, good education all without government assistance.

😂😅😁😃😀🙂🤣😂😆I know this Captain, He is the Chatter Hero, kind and educational , only to happy to explain what he does , about the barges and His Twoboat ..... Captain Hubert Harned is retiring in a few days , Bowzer . So wish Him the very Best....

Wow! That's a big tow. In Europe our towboats are shipping with 8 or 12 barges on the Danube river. And 12 is a lot for us.

Most I’ve seen where I work is a 6 pack this is wow! Average is a 4 pack

MAGNIFIQUE CONVOI VUE DE FRANCE ( Bourgogne) très beau pousseur

Man that's a long way from the flags to the pilot house

I'm on the Mississippi up by LaCrosse WI. I don't think we see half that many barges being pushed up here! I believe the largest is three wide and five long. Even at that they have a hard time with the corner at Lansing IA, and have hit the bridge a few times. I don't think the locks at the dams are wide enough either. Awesome footage!

Ugh! Those face wires at four minutes. Beautiful. I miss the river quite a bit. I miss being a deckhand at least. As a pilot, the PAY rocks... but as a deckhand, the WORK rocks. Except painting. FUCK that shit. AWESOME cinematography. Good stuff!

Just saying , thanks Bowzer

Potencia de mais incrivel towboat

It wasn't even turned up. When they do the wheel wash is crazy. And will have waves rolling for a 1/2 -3/4 mile behind hit. Never rode one that big but saw them when working and riding smaller boats.

I can really see the Kahlenberg Q4 up top

What app where you using on the tablet there? The old find ship app doesn't work too great anymore

Lindo de mais

Cool

A Beast

Cpt Harned of this boat is a good freind of mine.

Used to live near kimmswick

bowser, can you get back to the Missouri when it opens again in spring? Love your videos and respect your skills as a drone pilot , this from a retired airline pilot.

overhead electric lines (one for each direction of travel) could power barges and cruise ships on rivers.

Thank had to look again lol

they break this barge apart when it goes thru the locks correct? now if thats true that would be a good video

how come its rare to see crewmen outside during when you film

Amazingy.. This is not possible on the river Rhine in Europe.

CHRISTMAS TREAT TO MYSELF , AMERICAN HERITAGE, IT WVEN SOUNDS , right to the ear. AMERICAN strong and Free.. I'll be ok 😁🤣😆

It's the SD70MAC of the rivers....

Very, very impressive! How much weight om board of these 42 barges to be pushed to contrary river flow? Thought we could see large combinations at river Rhine between Netherlands and Germany. With up to 16,500 tons of coal in 6 barges and with up till 6,000 horsepower with triple screw. But this is even significantly bigger. I think in Europe we learned and largely copied it from the Mississippi practice in around the 50-ties. Great footage!

NIce footage. Might I ask what software that was on your Samsung phone? I live on the Upper Miss, and it would be fun to track boats.

Man hope we can do this on waterway 1 situated on ganga river in india like 250 million people live along it it would be huge booste to economy

Мощно!Восторг вызывает подобное зрелище!😀👍

That captain has got to keep his eyes on the ball!!! Great shots! By the way are there any rules/regulations you have to follow about distance you have to keep with your little “whirly bird” drone?

That's one sweet ass towboat!!!....do you ever come past Louisville?

yup ,hello

What company owns it? I'm from Michigan I've never seen anything like that on the great lakes