As someone who lives in Indiana, is fascinated with the great lake freighters, use to work for a CAT dealer as a power systems tech, and now works for a Cogeneration (CHP) landfill gas generator facility, this is right up my ally.
@mellissadalby140228 күн бұрын
On a self unloader how can you unload the two types of coal separately? Does not the unloading belt go the full length of the hold? For that matter, when loading and unloading the two types of coal, what happens to the trim of the ship?
@mickywanderer8276Ай бұрын
Wish you could buy passage on a laker just to sail and watch like some ocean going freighters allow.
@MrSammyD91Ай бұрын
Any excuse to blow the whistle indeed. 😊
@kathygriffin9465Ай бұрын
I also would rather spend time on a great lakes freighter than a crowded "fancy" cruise ship!
@bartomand3681Ай бұрын
5:24 smoking on deck while loading coal? Seems like that takes a special type of intelligence.
@morganmccarthur1633Ай бұрын
Coal dust can be very flammable, yet the interviewer was smoking a cigarette.
@raymondszybowicz75972 ай бұрын
Thank you so much so interesting and Informative
@raymondszybowicz75972 ай бұрын
Thank you so much so interesting and Informative
@martelldavid3722 ай бұрын
Camera man drunk?what shitty work
@musicstewart97443 ай бұрын
I’m surprised coal dust isn’t a problem.
@nemo2273 ай бұрын
Good. Good. Good video. Years agod (decades past, actually), I had heard about someone who traveled on a freighter. He preferred it to crossing the ocean on a passenger ship.
@JAMaxeRestoration4 ай бұрын
Yikes, all that fast camera movement I felt i was on a rolling ship....🤢
@guyordorff83554 ай бұрын
That would be so cool to experience
@michaeljanallen31244 ай бұрын
Can’t here the conversation.
@seasparrow74276 ай бұрын
They're called "emergency crash back". In Navy we will do these regularly. The propellers are what they call a "CRPP" system(controllable reverse pitch propeller). The ship is "supposed" to be able to go from full throttle forward to full throttle back in 1 1/2 lengths of the ship. I was stationed on a destroyer and we had fun with 80,000 shaft horsepower. We could go from standstill to 35+ nmph in less than 2 minutes and pull a crash back in less than the required length.. Fair winds and happy sailing... USS Conolly DD979 RIP...
@Waterboy8316 ай бұрын
LMFAO!!!! I don't know how many times I've watched this video and always get a laugh! Without a doubt, the PRT is a fav of mine!
@brianrigsby79006 ай бұрын
How much can Paul hold compared to his sister lee?
@davidfeller10216 ай бұрын
This is a treat!
@jetlag47547 ай бұрын
I am pretty sure I passed this ship as it was leaving the Sandusky coal docks!
@user-fl2wn5zr5z7 ай бұрын
always wanted to see the cargo holds close up
@user-fk8ry2cs5c7 ай бұрын
Hi mike. Boy do i remember working on that deck. Me and a fitter set the rails on her
@user-fk8ry2cs5c7 ай бұрын
I was one of many that built your ship. I am pretty sure I burned in all the windows on her.
@jakecollins36697 ай бұрын
Madagascar ship honk
@OrbitFallenAngel7 ай бұрын
That looks awesome!! ❤ I would so love to be able to stay on a Great Laker!! How long can one stay aboard?? I absolutely love how it sounds!🥰 I'd fall asleep so fast aboard any Great Laker!@ Very awesome video!! Thank you so much for sharing! How i would have loved to have been able to stay on the Edmund Fitzgerald!!! ❤❤❤
@Methyl_The_Sneasel7 ай бұрын
Was it 7 tenths of a statute or nautical mile?
@chinoman98617 ай бұрын
I worked on board the PRT for inter-lake steam ship as roving maintenance for the fleet.they did not have any open rooms down below with the crew so i had to stay up in the owners room the best view & the food was awesome while on board
@adamhedge59877 ай бұрын
Who is this woman that is touring you guys? What’s her name? Just curious? Thks in advance
@user-wc1ft6jv8r7 ай бұрын
Thats awesome who said u cant drive a 10 story building down river
@mellissadalby14028 ай бұрын
The Queen of the Lakes
@Local-Of-The-Mitten-State8 ай бұрын
I wanna do that 😭😭😭
@jameshaxby54348 ай бұрын
I am surprised that these ships are so chopped up inside, seems like a lot of doorways and narrow halls to go through in an emergency.
@FLLSpotter898 ай бұрын
0:04
@tomgates33909 ай бұрын
terrible camera work.. hard to watch, and showed little
@kathleenevans12019 ай бұрын
I would love to do this.
@tomtrenter32089 ай бұрын
I was on CGC Morgenthau in the mid 1970's, she had 2 Fairbanks Morse diesels that had 3500shp each and 2 Pratt and Whitney FT 4 gas turbines that had 18000shp each. Morganthau was 378 ft long and weighed about 3000 tons full load. A flank bell on the turbines would give a max available speed of 29 kts. We had 2- 13 ft controllable pitch props and from a flank bell we could stop in about 2 ships lengths, from dead in the water we could get to 29 knots in a just less than a minute. It was fun to watch and experience but it about deafened us in sonar. Like you are doing here we also shook like a wet dawg, fun times!
@trainmaster021710 ай бұрын
Is this a "one way" cruise?
@davidlambert389211 ай бұрын
What does one have to do to be a guest on that ship?
@jasonharper2601 Жыл бұрын
great video thank you
@taofledermaus Жыл бұрын
1000 feet per minute is just over 11 mph.
@leefury7 Жыл бұрын
Get some foam on that microphone!
@JohnEBurns Жыл бұрын
It's So Big, what do l do? Oh my God!
@rodlamont3736 Жыл бұрын
These freighters are simply majestic and in my opinion a huge part of Michigan history. Beautiful ships❤️
@rodlamont3736 Жыл бұрын
I wanna go !!!
@geoffreywallace9432 Жыл бұрын
Captain Timothy Dayton. Respect ✊
@diamend59 ай бұрын
RIP 😢
@geoffreywallace94329 ай бұрын
Chaaa, didn’t know he had passed. Rip 🪦 Captain 👨✈ Dayton @@diamend5
@diamend59 ай бұрын
11/11/23 :( @@geoffreywallace9432
@donaldvincent Жыл бұрын
Wow. I would love to take this ride. It looks very interesting and relaxing at the same time.
@vibewithmike Жыл бұрын
I love the PRT.
@vibewithmike Жыл бұрын
I’ve watched this video dozens of times. Yeah, I love the PRT!⛴️
@aleksander1982 Жыл бұрын
Nice vid and emergency stop test. But I was always wondering what purpose is the long stepladder serves an great lakes bulkers?