4200 HP Tug Boat Engine Room Tour

[@mikebythesea45]

Great description of what is what and how it’s done. Engines running and no music- perfect! Thank you

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you for watching.

[@jshrawder49]

I love to see a clean well organized engine room!! Great tour. On the boat I worked on we had 2 16V 92 Detroit Diesels and that got the 92 foot catamaran to a cruising speed of 28KTS. They got us back and forth from KeyWest to Ft Myers or Naples FL everyday. I do miss working in that engine room. Have a great day!

[@TimBatSea]

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[@FloridaJack]

Sorry, those folks complaining about "no ear protection" weren't concerned about your health. They are people that attempt to control other people's lives. Enjoyment by typing the negative.... pretty much like what I am doing right now.....literally a waste of time. Enjoy your videos and cool demeanor....keep it up.

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you so much for that! I really appreciate it!

[@DinoNucci]

I came to the comments to write one like this, but you said it perfectly.

[@dough9512]

@mike force He's trying to help keep garbage out of the comments. Take a hint!

[@rexeaston9676]

I realize I'm pretty randomly asking but do anybody know of a good place to watch new movies online?

[@chaseray3592]

@Rex Easton I would suggest Flixzone. Just search on google for it =)

[@wb8ujb]

Thank you for that explanation of the safety chain use. Great information that a land lover would never know. Thanks for sharing Tim...

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you very much for watching and welcome to the channel. CUOTO

[@timsmothers8740]

At the end, Captain , talking about the safety chain and the Boat a😮he barge, going over the waves the word Pitch came to my mind. Thanks for the tour !

[@randyclyde4939]

Captain, another great video! Enjoyed the engine room tour! Also really enjoyed the info re the Texas Bar, donut and the thought process about the winches placed in the center of the tug. The safety chain for the donut makes perfect sense. Thanks so much!

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you for watching Randy. CUOTO

[@smedleyhverovhe8919]

Very professional layout. Clean and orderly. Beautiful.

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you for watching and please consider subscribing if you haven't already. You may like my other engine room videos (see playlist).

[@imskeptic1]

Thank you for what you do. You guys on these tugboats do an amazing service, most people just have no idea. Not just anybody can do this.

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you so much for your kind words and for watching. I really appreciate it.

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you for the kind words and for watching. I really appreciate it.

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you for the kind words and for watching. I really appreciate it.

[@Draxindustries1]

One of the cleanest engine rooms I've ever seen. Very nice.

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you for watching and please consider subscribing. You may like the other engine room tour of our 3000s I post earlier as well.

[@rolanddunk5054]

Great video,as a coming from a retired tug man I thoroughly enjoyed it.Roly🇬🇧

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you for watching and welcome to the channel Roland. Please consider subscribing. I try to post new content every Tuesday. CUOTO

[@bills5621]

Thx Tim for the very informative vids. Oh God how I can relate with your comment about not having the energy to fight and argue anymore. Same boat there brother. Have a great tour.

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you for watching. Be safe out there my brother.

[@jeromepolack2277]

Glad you showed the world what a real tugboat with a real tow machine looks like. Not like that sissy 3000 hp thing you ride around in. Keep up the good work Tim.

[@TimBatSea]

Hahaha. You know Jerry, you were my favorite relief.

[@garbo8962]

Know somebody that worked on tugboat that promised to take me on a tour but never happened. Told me best part they had to feed them free meals every so many hours. Asked him what was the most unusually thing he found in our local river or ocean. Told me boots. What yea they were attached to a pair of legs.Great vid.

[@TimBatSea]

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[@cajunnathan4586]

I Appreciate that you talk on your videos and explain your boats & situations you encounter while pushing, where you are & whats your destination

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you for watching Nathan and welcome to the channel. CUOTO

[@Gankiao]

Very experienced captain! Good tour for us Tim, appreciated!

[@TimBatSea]

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[@Gankiao]

Already subscribed for sure Tim. Why not?

[@bucknibler]

I am a retired mechanic who worked on large Cat and larger engines. Really enjoy looking at tug engines and barge operation. Thanks

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you for watching and welcome to the channel. Please consider subscribing. I try to post new content every Tuesday. CUOTO

[@russelllanglois3712]

A fine looking engine room sir!..As an engineer on several tugs,tour boats and few salvage boats (modified LCM’s and LCU’s)I’m very familiar with the several types of Main,auxiliary and Fire pump engines..Between Cat and EMD I feel they are the best..But I’ve had good luck with Fairbanks and Morris,Detroit(MTU)and Cummins..A good engineer never lets you have to get out and Walk!..lol..Safe sailing Sir!..

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you for watching Russell..If you are new to the channel, Welcome. Please consider subscribing. I try to post new content every Tuesday. CUOTO

[@patrickcraig6032]

Hi Tim,thanks for the tour,nice clean engine room.Saw the weights and on the tug I was on.We lifted on standby time as well.

[@TimBatSea]

Yes, unfortunately those weights are lifted by the younger crew much more that I get a chance. Well, I have plenty of chances just not the energy. Lol. Thank you for watching.

[@garybradley8798]

Tim like your content. Very informative thanks a lot. Be safe looking forward to the next one.

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you for watching Gary and welcome aboard. Please consider subscribing if you haven't already. I try to post new content every Tuesday. CUOTO

[@Big_Red_Wade]

Another fantastic video mate. Thanks for showing us another tug and explaining the difference between the two. I’m gonna learn how that hydraulic brake system works, im very interested in that. I’m a Interstate truck driver and used to drive some of the bigger trucks so I like to see all the different methods of moving freight. Some people don’t realise there is a few key jobs and if theses few decided to stop nearly every other place cannot function for very long.

[@TimBatSea]

Exactly. Hey. Have you every used a Jake Brake? I believe our hydraulic shaft brakes works in a similar manner, except instead of valving off exhaust gas, it works by valving off hydraulic fluid used in the reverse gear. Thanks again my Brother.

[@Big_Red_Wade]

TimBatSea yes I’m very familiar with jake brakes, ahh ok I get you. It is amazing the things we have now compared to only 20-25 years ago. I never thought about them texas bars and why the winch is always so close to the middle, your explanation made me understand instantly how it helps steering. Never even crossed my mind but it makes perfect sense that anything pining you down from the rear is going to want to send you straight

[@TimBatSea]

@@Big_Red_Wade That's it exactly!

[@James-seafan]

interesting 4200hp engine room tour and a winch tour thank you tim

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you James. CUOTO

[@kieronbower8549]

Thankyou for that. Beautiful engine room. I love tugs

[@TimBatSea]

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[@steverowe1728]

Great great video Tim. Love all your content. Be safe out there my friend.

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you for watching Steve. CUOTO

[@frfrpr]

Tugboats are packing man. All of those horses on that little boat! Seems like a lot of the boat is actually under water. Thanks for posting. Loved the video

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you for watching and please consider subscribing. We draw about 14' fully loaded.

[@davidwarren4569]

I worked for Ingram contractors from the US on a Derrick barge building oil rigs in bass straight Australia many years ago. We had a tug in attendance called the Eileen B which would tow us around out of the ferocious weather and move all our breast anchors. I just love seeing all this stuff. Brings back memories.

[@TimBatSea]

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[@davidwarren4569]

TimBatSea . Subscribed. Retired now but a skipper on the local volunteer rescue vessel. Good stuff Tim.

[@TimBatSea]

@@davidwarren4569 Thank you very much David!

[@jacebigelow]

That was great Tim, thank you !!! Love seeing the diesel engines and all the support equipment engineered in to make them last many decades. Makes sense to have the winch mid deck like that, similar to how a pickup truck will pull better with a gooseneck/5th wheel hitch vs a "bumper pull" tow hitch. Be safe, stay healthy. Im healthy but I've canceled my upcoming cruise out of NYC due to Coronavirus and/or the fear of possibly being quarantined someplace against my will, should things turn bad.

[@TimBatSea]

Good thinking. If you haven't seen it, you may also like my video of a 3000 hp Tugboat. Thank you for watching and please consider subscribing if you haven't already.

[@aggabus]

@@TimBatSea I go look your 3000 HP what displacement .. I had a calculated guess 75lt liter .. but based on a miss number.

[@jaywill6724]

Not sure if anyone has answered yet but a "suitcase" drum is the same as an "anchor" drum. They're used for running anchors on offshore Derek barges, lay barges, handling anchors for dive boats ECT. It's a smaller wire that connects to the larger anchor wire. Allowing you to pull it on deck and shackle in the main pinet wire.

[@TimBatSea]

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[@skunkjobb]

Ok but that doesn't explain why it's called something with suitcase. Edit: I see that Carmel Pule' a few posts down had a plausible explanation for the origin of the name.

[@jaywill6724]

It's not as easy to explain as it would be why port is on the left and starboard (steeringboard) on the right. But when running anchors the bouy has to be decked and secured it is often times refered to the suitcase wire of the buoy. One winch grabs the bouy the other, the anchor. Anchor drum....suitcase drum

[@sergten]

So nice and clean. Great job maintaining it.

[@TimBatSea]

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[@jackvandongen463]

HI TIM we had our furst REINTJES reducten gears in 1965 never had problems , infact the the most reducten gear in the NETHERLANDS IS REINTJES TUGS, BIG RIJN BARJES THE LOT about 75% works whit REINTJES , Tanks man and a lot of greetings from Rotterdam captain jack .

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you very much for watching and welcome to the channel Captain Jack. CUOTO

[@mellissadalby1402]

Hi Captain Tim, I know what Kort nozzles are because I watched your video that explains them. Thanks. Keep up the good work. Ha! In a later video you explain why that 2nd winch is called a "suitcase drum". I forget the details myself, I guess I need to find your video again and watch it again.

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you for watching Mellissa. Tye first ones were developed in the Gulf of Mexico. There was an add on winch like a suitcase. CUOTO

[@nickeng5618]

Your channel is very well congrats !!!! I am chief eng and sailing during 26 years in vessel tankers,vessel containers and tug boat.

[@TimBatSea]

Hello Chief Nick. Thank you for watching. Be safe out there my brother.

[@mohdhakimbinabdghani5062]

Hello chief, stop show off

[@TimBatSea]

@@mohdhakimbinabdghani5062 hahaha got to have thick skin to be a sailor. Lol

[@justinaubin5174]

I work on a 3400 HP tug in Southeast Alaska that runs 2 Cat 3516 series. Its amazing how much horsepower can be squeezed out of those engines in different configurations.

[@TimBatSea]

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[@powderflint]

Thank you for another great video ! Florida !! What a wonderful place to be for a few days this time of year !!

[@TimBatSea]

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[@kevinlawrence7623]

Great videos and thanks for explaining the Texas Bar!

[@TimBatSea]

I'm sure there is s much more fun place called a Texas Bar complete with a steer's head on the wall, but not on this boat. Lol. Thank you for watching and please consider subscribing if you haven't already.

[@saabjunkieSPG]

Awesome. I personally like the engine room narration with the engines humming in the background. Subbed.

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you for watching and subscribing,.

[@billjames3148]

Great video. Saw that engine room I thought I was back in the navy....shine it must work it might..Not your tug. Looks fresh from the yard.Tell your Engineers good job on the ship shape clean engine room. Miss some of it not the 14 day tow , over and back.

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you for watching Bill. Please consider subscribing. I try to post new content every Tuesday. That's the way we try to keep all the Tug's in the fleet. CUOTO

[@jasonwells7737]

I love how some people are experts and think they know your job better than you do. Unscescribe or don’t watch the video if you don’t like what he has to say. You need to be wearing gloves so you don’t get dirty, safety glasses so a kamikaze fly doesn’t dive bomb your eyes, no safety life vest or harness, a gust of wind could take you off the boat. I Enjoy your videos, I always enjoy the water, just never lived near a port or ocean.

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you for watching and I appreciate your support more than you know.

[@stevekomorous3864]

I'd love to see the wheels of a 4200. Your reconditioning of your 3000 Tug was fascinating in dry dock. I just love the you explain things. I’m learning a lot…..for what? I have no idea. However, it will make me a better Barbara Ann Captain, our 51' Riviera. I really look forward to your Tuesday videos. Thank you Tim.

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you so much. I may do a future video on court nozzles. That will have a lot of 4200 wheels in it. Thank you again for watching!

[@stevekomorous3864]

@@TimBatSeaSafe travels and Voyages. God Bless.

[@TheCaptainjz]

@@TimBatSea Note: "Kort" spelling. Great videos. Thank you.

[@TimBatSea]

@@TheCaptainjz you are correct!

[@ryanbraund9461]

Awesome video! Thanks for sharing Tim!

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you for watching Ryan. Please consider subscribing if you haven't already. I have an earlier engine room tour video of our 3000 HP tugs as well.

[@mond000]

Awesome video and thanks for posting this!

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you for watching Simeon. If you are new to the channel, Welcome. Please consider subscribing. I try to post new content every Tuesday. CUOTO

[@mond000]

@@TimBatSea Subscribed! I'm curious...what does CUOTO mean, sir?

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you very much for subscribing. It is secret code for "C U on the one"

[@martinmaloney7294]

Another great video . Like to see that tow wire in action in a rough sea .

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you for watching. I'll see if I can put something together for you, but the official answer is "We don't go out in rough weather". Lol

[@tomsummers1137]

That Intercon winch. is a classic double drum winch, with, in this case, the port drum is being used as a suitcase drum, as opposed to towing a second barge (tandem towing)). As to the origin of the term....I do not know.

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you for watching.

[@tomsummers1137]

I did ask another old timer who told me he thought the term came from looping a mooring buoy or something like that with the bitter end of the suitcase wire and bringing it back aboard. Then moving it to another location and dropping the bitter end of the suitcase wire and letting it run free. Thus you could drop something off like a “suitcase”.

[@TimBatSea]

@@tomsummers1137 interesting. I haven't heard that before. Thank you brother.

[@akimbojimbo3763]

Great tour. Looked like you're in the Port of Tampa? Looked like the USS Victory right behind you at 4:00. Always nice to see well maintained machinery. Also cool to see Basler generator controllers being used in the marine field.

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you for watching James. If you are new to the channel, Welcome. Please consider subscribing. I try to post new content every Tuesday. CUOTO

[@craighebert4655]

Ahoy Capt. Tim. Great video. I am a new subscriber & a Capt. on an OSV. We’ve got 16 cylinder EMD’s.

[@TimBatSea]

Welcome to the channel Craig and thank you for subscribing. CUOTO

[@gwalker173]

When I was on my companies off shore tug we used Norman pins and a safety chain to keep the wire down and about mid stern of the boat. It seems like a Texas bar is less dangerous than trying to put on chaffing gear when the weather gets rough

[@TimBatSea]

I think you are correct, but I have never used them myself. Thank you for watching and please consider subscribing if you haven't already.

[@mhansl]

Thanks for the tour, Skipper.

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you for watching.

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you for watching.

[@jhogan1960]

I work at a 5MGD Reverse Osmosis Water Treatment Plant. We have to wear hearing protection, too. I figured you had the little foam ear plugs. Nice videos.

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you for watching James. CUOTO

[@lloydholt6511]

Great explanation of the Texas bar!

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you Lloyd.

[@johnleach7879]

Yes, I, too like to see a clean, well-run engine room. In fact, I had one in Talofa, my 30-ft schooner (it had a 15-hp Norge fishing boat engine and was located just under the ladder to the galley).

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you for watching John. You may like my other channel, SV Paquita. It is a bit different. Cone along as I try to change from a professional mariner into a sailor. CUOTO

[@mustralineabsorbine5082]

Great information. How about some video of what it is like in weather conditions? Great videos.

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you for watching. There are at least two reasons why filming what you ask will be difficult. The camera never shows the waves as they are and during tough times, videoing is very low on my priority list. Then there is the issue that employers might not like emoloyees posting less than positive and high drama on social media. But I guess the easiest thing to say is that we don't see alot of bad or interesting weather because safety of life and cargo we move. Thank you for watching and please consider subscribing if you haven't already.

[@mustralineabsorbine5082]

@@TimBatSea I see your point. Have you considered mounted Go=Pro cameras on the windshield, or on the walls on the outside? You could narrate after the event? Just a thoutht. :)

[@TimBatSea]

@@mustralineabsorbine5082 I'll see what I can do.

[@TimsBitsnPieces]

Another great video.. Now I know what you call them.. a Texas bar... we call them bridles here in Melbourne Australia.. well that's what I've always heard them called and call them... as I was reffering to in another one of your videos earlier today ... yes I'm binging your vids.. ~;0) .. great stuff.

[@TimBatSea]

So pleased that you are enjoying them Tim. CUOTO

[@cadlejustin]

Why do I feel like every video I watch lately the person is starting the video by defending themselves from the keyboard warriors? Good grief people, worry about yourselves!

[@TimBatSea]

Lol. True. Thank you for watching Justin, and please consider subscribing if you haven't already.

[@ericerto8250]

I know it's stupid. And people will call OSHA and his boss

[@jadams736]

I love them big engines

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you for watching. CUOTO

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you for watching. CUOTO

[@pondbearflyer1193]

In farming we use the foam ear plugs too, thanks, for the tour,

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you for watching and welcome to the channel. Please consider Subscribing if you haven't already. I try to post new content every Tuesday. CUOTO

[@bustanlau2020]

Wow big engine for tug boat..thanks for inspiring n education..

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you for watching and welcome to the channel. CUOTO

[@andrewleatherman4931]

Noisy marine engines are a wonderful sound. Definitely your camera work gets better with each video. I really do love seeing on the engines, mechanicals and general inner workings of a the boats you command.

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you so much Andrew. I really appreciate it. I am trying to get better.

[@andrewleatherman4931]

TimBatSea You’re doing great.

[@smiley800]

Thanks for the tour Tim!!! Maybe one day, I'll get out on the sea.

[@TimBatSea]

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[@smiley800]

@@TimBatSea Already subscribed and have the bell on!

[@TimBatSea]

@@smiley800 Thank you!

[@kiwidiesel]

New watcher and love your videos sir, as a heavy diesel tech this video is tops🙏👍💪

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you for watching and subscribing! Welcome to the channel. CUOTO

[@stanley20th]

Beautiful well maintained very clean 👌.

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you for watching William. If you are new to the channel, welcome. Please consider Subscribing if you haven't already. I try to post new content every Tuesday. CUOTO

[@kenjohnson6338]

Love engine room tours ..

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you for watching Ken. If you are new to the channel, Welcome. Please consider subscribing. I try to post new content every Tuesday. CUOTO

[@richardbohlingsr3490]

That will pull the big boys for sure. Do those tugs pull barges over to the islands or are they just for assisting docking at the ports.

[@TimBatSea]

They are classed to go overseas, but mostly tow anywhere from Maine to Mexico. We have a growing fleet on the west coast and a few boats in the Caribbean, but the vast majority of our boats work in the gulf of Mexico and the Eastern seaboard. Thank you for watching.

[@plain_and_simple]

I wish my house was as neat and clean as that engine room.

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you very much for watching and welcome to the channel. CUOTO

[@sjoormen1]

Quite a ranch, with all those horses.

[@TimBatSea]

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[@sjoormen1]

I enjoy watching, lots to learn. Subcribed. Looking forward to new posts.Greetins from Slovenia.

[@TimBatSea]

@@sjoormen1 Thank you very much. I try to post a new video every Tuesday.

[@jayusa879]

Wow that engine room is so clean you could eat down there haha. Nice.

[@TimBatSea]

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[@rvnmedic1968]

Aye, Captain Tim, me knew a real wench in me younger days. She was big and strong, she was! Anyway, very interesting and I hope you did a vid while down there on that awesome tug. Will check your channel for it. Cheers, Bob

[@TimBatSea]

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[@rvnmedic1968]

@@TimBatSea Already subbed on the last one. Don't want to miss any!

[@KevinHuff23]

Love your videos Tim!

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you Kevin

[@ThatSB]

One thing I have wondered from barge side. Does the offset suitcase drum cause it to handle different when in push gear compared to a centered winch? What about towing? The winch is off to one side rather than in the center. A third question that I dont remember if I asked before, but why is there multiple dohnuts?

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you for watching. Your three questions are all about the same thing. First, there is a donut for each side so when you set up the deck, you can pick up the donut that is easiest. Oddly the offset of two winches doesn't really effect you much. It is rare that the barge will be directly in back of you. The wind or seas usually has it favor one side or the other, so we don't mind the little bit that the offset adds or subtracts. The push gear is a different matter. I worked on a boat where an extra shackle was out on the longer side to even it out, but I always thought it was to much. We can make minor adjustments, but it's usually not nesisary. The difference at the ends of the gear are very minimal.

[@rosswhatley5695]

Thanks so much, well presented cheers Tim.

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you for watching!

[@robfraley4210]

Nice engine room, Tim... The big drum wire is about the size of the drag cable on the Lima 2400 Draglines I ran in the rock quarries in Miami I the early 1970’s... BTW, I never Thought about the turning problem when turning IF the drum is farther aft 😱😳😎👍🤷🏻‍♂️

[@TimBatSea]

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[@TimBatSea]

Thank you so much for watching.

[@willienolegs8928]

Outstanding! Love your channel.

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you so much for watching!

[@andrewriley4990]

Good video great commentary

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you very much for watching Andrew. CUOTO

[@rockadon1977]

Stunning Engine Room. Spik and span engineers dream. I would hazard a guess that its the suitcase all the stuff is packed into. Question do you use a Catenary on some tows.

[@TimBatSea]

Yes. Any time we tow on the wire, some amount a catenary will be in play. The more the heave or swell the more wire we out out to increase the catenary.

[@rockadon1977]

@@TimBatSea Of course, in my limited experience with Fishing vessels we called the weight we added to the center of the towline (short) a catenary.

[@TimBatSea]

@@rockadon1977 I believe that catenary is an adjective and not a noun, but I'm no English major. Lol

[@johnswick4593]

I would like to know what quart nozzles are. I don't understand why people would criticize some one that's been doing this for years?

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you for watching John. I can help with one of your two questions. Court nozzles are like an airplane wing that is wrapped around the propeller. It vectors the trust in one direction and the wing shape adds lift. CUOTO

[@Paul_Au]

Is the main winch on the center line of the boat? That would put the Suitcase Winch to the side as in when one carries a suitcase? Just a thought.

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you for watching. No, the winch is centered with each drum on either side.

[@jerrykinnin7941]

Very cool. Tugs like cranes. It's all about the center of Gravity

[@TimBatSea]

Yes it is. Thank you for watching and please consider subscribing if you haven't already.

[@jamesbuchanan6256]

If you could give some info on how to get a career started in the engine room of a ship(tugboat, cargo ship, cruise liner) I'd sure appreciate it. Is a diesel mechanic program at the local community college a good idea, is that necessary or is their an apprenticeship program? Thanks

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you for watching and please consider subscribing James. A local community college class is always good for you, but will not likely help you in being hired. You need USCG ratings. But if you are interested, check out my video "How to work on a Tugboat". That's where everyone starts that doesn't goto maritime school.

[@joelvale3887]

How much one of those tugboats cost?

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you for watching. I believe at the time of construction, the 4200s were about 10 million and the 3000s were and 5.5. But they would be much moke now with inflation. CUOTO

[@teddbrown4262]

Thanks for the tour, great information....

[@TimBatSea]

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[@rudijoris9555]

Great video Tim! And as far as those keyboard warriors concerned just ignore them. Unhappy people.

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you very much for watching and for the kind words Rudi. If you are new to the channel, Welcome. Please consider subscribing. I try to post new content every Tuesday. CUOTO

[@rayg9069]

One slight suggestion and no offense intended, when you are showing equipment could you pan the camera just a bit slower please, you have some beautiful machinery but it whizzes past so quickly it's gone before it can be appreciated :-)

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you for that. I can totally see what you are saying and will try to do better in the future. Thank you for your input and for watching.

[@nmccw3245]

TimBatSea - fun watching your video production quality improve Tim. Nice voiceover work on the engine room tour.

[@TimBatSea]

@@nmccw3245 Thank you for hanging in there while I try to learn and improve.

[@Paul_Au]

I don't intend any offence to you either Ray G, but though I too felt the panning was quicker than I would have liked, I just used the space bar to pause the video and left arrow key goes back 10 secs.

[@rayg9069]

@@Paul_Au Which is absolutely fine, but how does that help the producer make a better product?

[@philiplindley7384]

You're on KZbin now Tim, you have to get used to the freaking out if ANYONE can EVER find ANY fault in ANYTHING you do??🙄😁

[@TimBatSea]

Agreed. Thank you for watching and please consider subscribing.

[@jacquesblaque7728]

Maybe we'll learn, that there are honest differences of perception/opinion, and it's generally much better to ask than blindly judge & pontificate. Relaxation therapy is a thing.

[@phillange166]

A fascinating tour. re: Texas bar... I wonder how many items of American technology are named after the Lone Star state? For ex., Mark Twain writes about his Mississippi steamboats having a small cabin at the stern called... "the texas". A good folklore dictionary---which I don't have---should have a long list 'texases'.

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you for watching Phil. I was not aware of that. Very cool. Thank you!

[@thelovertunisia]

Tim are these heavy fuel oil engines two stroke diesel or normal diesel 4 stroke? I guess only very large ships use heavy fuel oil

[@TimBatSea]

Our Caterpillar engines are four stroke Diesels (3516) that burn regular diesel fuel. Thank you for watching and please consider subscribing.

[@thelovertunisia]

@@TimBatSea cool your vids. I traveled by ferry a few times across the Mediterranean and Man I love ships since I was a child. I live on the sea here in Tunisia and small fishing boats and speedboats I've been on them all it is fun.

[@TimBatSea]

@@thelovertunisia That's great. Thank you again for watching.

[@thelovertunisia]

@@TimBatSea yep. I love sunsets on the sea nothing but water

[@martiniv8924]

Interesting video, thanks for sharing 👍🏻

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you for watching and please consider subscribing. You may also like my first engine room video of a 3000 hp Tugboat.

[@artmichaelsen416]

Captain Tim, Have you done a video of your wheel house showing how you steer and apply power to control your barge? Have you ever put the camera on your head so we see what you are lookung at? Great videos love them. Were you on the Hudson when the plane landed there?

[@TimBatSea]

Hi Art. I just tried something new tonight. I out my phone in the window and got the GoPro to shoot the rudder angle indicator and throttles and joystick. My plan is to figure out how in my editing software to do a split screen so you can see what is happening out side and what inputs my hands are managing. And no. I was off shore on that day. Very lucky because 9 out 10 days tug and barges are anchored exactly where Sully landed. It really was a miracle.

[@RRlocoENGR]

I used similar engines on locomotives on the railroad, very interesting.

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you for watching. CUOTO

[@keithmckinnon7047]

Does this power like a train? Diesels turn the gen that currents an electric motor or engine to shaft and prop?

[@TimBatSea]

Hello and welcome to the channel Keith. What you are talking about is known as "Diesel-Electric". Some very older tugs had this arrangement, but ours do not.

[@Jonistired]

TimBatSea you’re making me feel “very old”. I worked as a weldor and inspector for GM Electromotive division. We were building locomotive Diesel engines. Not all the engines we built were for locomotives and we were told that many of them were intended for tugboats and that all tugs had diesel electric drives. Then again, that was more than 40 years ago.

[@TimBatSea]

@@Jonistired Thank you for watching John. EMDs are locomotive engines that were very popular, and still are. (But the ones I ran were all 2 stroke, so although I heard they have a 4 stroke engine now, I haven't see one. Oh wait. Yes I have.) But none of them were diesel electric. They all had reverse gears. No electric motors.

[@Jonistired]

TimBatSea here’s another question. I was told by a San Francisco inland boatman that most of the tugs on SF Bay have pod drives that rotate in any direction but your boat obviously has a shaft drive. How common are those pods? Are they a west coast port thing?

[@TimBatSea]

@@Jonistired John. Those are what we call Tractor Tugs and are mostly used for shipdocking. Most of the shipdocking tugs in NYC are Tractor Tugs too. They can tow, but it is a big expense and not needed for towing/pushing tugs.

[@weibmen]

not an new ship by far but the maintenace it amazing so clean everything goodjob

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you for watching. Be sure to check out my other Engine room video (link below). If you are new to the channel, welcome. Please consider subscribing as I try I to post new content every Tuesday. CUOTO kzbin.info/www/bejne/oIiQmHWEe7V4aJI

[@waynecompton7612]

Good morning Tim , thank you for the video and engine room tour, interesting. Get the idea of the doughnuts!! and safety chain. Do you ever use rollers?? Anyway Take Care and catch you next time 👍😎🇬🇧.

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you for watching. I assume you mean the vertical rollers that extend out of the transom on some Tugboats? In that case, no. You see those on anchor handling tugs and offshore, big horse power tugs without a Texas Bar and a wire that is on deck. Cheers.

[@kustom4935]

That engine room is super clean and organized! Love it! I learned so much... winch placement in relation to rudder, Texas bars and donuts, safety chains... Great stuff! Question: The John Deere winch motor... does that power a hydraulic pump which in turn operates the tow winch or is it an electrically powered winch motor? Also, the company you work for... I see their tugs on the Hudson River often. But you're in Florida... This company, are they all up and down the east coast?

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you for watching. The winch is not electric. The one on my usual boat is hydraulic. The ones on the bigger boats have a transmission and a super big chain that goes up to the winch on deck. And yes, the unnamed company I work for has boats on the East coast, gulf of Mexico, Caribbean and the west Coast. Thank you for watching and please consider subscribing if you haven't already.

[@Dinoxt12]

Capt, what kind of nautical miles or gallons per hour does a Tug your on today out at sea pulling a barge consume ? And how many gallons of diesel does she hold and is the diesel a little more heavier grade than on-road highway diesel .

[@TimBatSea]

This boat at %100 holds about 93,000 gallons, but we usually only load her to around 73,000. A general rule of thumb for fuel burn is roughly the horse power in gallons in a 24 hour period towing s loaded barge at full throttle. So we will burn about 4000 gallons a day.

[@fergywurst]

From Pacific Maritime Magazine: The Suitcase Drum packs 150 feet of 1-inch diameter wire rope at the ready for making up tows. It's 28,150 lbs. line pull at 81 feet per minute speed allows the rope to be quickly tensioned once the line is made fast on the tow. The Suitcase Drum functions best with towing alongside making best use of the tugs' ASD's to control tows in heavily-trafficked restricted waters.

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you for watching and looking this up, although I believe what you have found is the specs on a suitcase drum on a particular boat. Since posting that video, I have learned that the name comes from the gulf of Mexico where it was common to need an extra winch for certain jobs (anchor handling). But later other boats wanted a second winch and the suitcase was a second winch that could be installed on whichever boat needed it. Like a suitcase.

[@privateer177666]

The Reintjes reduction gears is pronounced as Wrenches reduction gears. Pretty dependable high pressure oil automatic transmission style gearbox.

[@TimBatSea]

Really? Cool. I didn't know that. Thanks man. And thank you for watching.

[@enginemaster01]

Why does your boat have open wheels instead of Kort Nozzles?

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you for watching Yon. The 3000s have open wheels because they rarely tow and only push in the harbor, so a slight decrease in speed while pushing a barge but much better maneuverability for the bunker work they are designed for. The 4200s are wire boats meant to tow off shore and the have court nozzles .

[@mikeswindell762]

Awesome video! Would love to see some action of those vane tugs punching holes in blue water! Do you leave New York much? Get to go up and down the coast any?

[@TimBatSea]

It depends on the boat and the contract it has. I used to run the GOM, the Mississippi River and the East coast. Right now I'm working over on a boat that is in Tampa. Thank you for watching and please consider subscribing if you haven't already.

[@nmccw3245]

Mike Swindell - when you say vane tug do you mean cyclorotor drive?

[@Davidrixmusic]

Excellent! Great Video! I was wondering if you have ever operated a tug with a Voith Schneider Propulsion?

[@TimBatSea]

No, negative. We don't have many in New York. There are many tractor tugs but they use propellers that can rotate°360. Oddly enough, there are some of the big Staten Island ferries that have Voith Schneider drives.

[@mwechtal]

@@TimBatSea interesting! I wouldn't have thought that ferries would need the manuverability. Obviously some do, or they wouldn't buy those expensive drives.

[@TimBatSea]

@@mwechtal I completely agree.

[@Davidrixmusic]

@@TimBatSea Thanks for that interesting info!

[@thegeneral3094]

Voith Schneider propulsion system .great bit of kit copied from nature

[@toddm.galbrecht9848]

Would love to see what the underside looks like (props, stirring etc..) Get to the Mississippi river in Wisconsin and the locks. Being retired Design Engr and photographer big engines, props etc excites.

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you for watching. I think you will like to see my series of us in the shipyard. Check them out. And please consider subscribing.

[@shortribslongbow5312]

Nice tour and video your tug is 100' long and how wide? and what is the length and width of this tug?

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you for watching. This boat is something like 105x36x14x76

[@jamessaunders1926]

Great videos allways.. just block the complaint fella's.. as far as a SUIT CASE WINCH..if i recall correctly. It was originally an " extra " winch that could be moved from vessel to vessel as need. Not entirely sure where it came from but most likely Europe.. just a guess on that though. Not even sure this terminology applies today at all...lol

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you for watching James. Yes. I believe you are correct. CUOTO

[@Chironex_Fleckeri]

Really cool. I can now see why tugboats are so expensive. I noticed there was a kettlebell and a dumbbell sitting next to the winch. Just someone exercising out in the sunshine?

[@TimBatSea]

Yes. Exactly right. This boat is currently"weather bound" meaning we are waiting for conditions offshore to improve before heading out to sea. In the meantime the young AB has been working out enough for all of us. Lol Thank you for watching.

[@barrygoffe]

Another great video, Tim! Thanks!!! Love hearing the details on the winch setup. One question: how is the winch locked down once the tow cable is fully payed out? Is there some kind of braking system or lock mechanism? Finally, i want to second all the positive comments about your demeanor. I come to your channel to sponge up all the fascinating technical details, but i stay here and enjoy it all the more because of your calm and positive approach. Keep up the great work!!!

[@TimBatSea]

Thank you for the kind words and for watching. I really appreciate it.

[@avman2cl]

Bro gave you a canned response

[@TimBatSea]

@@avman2cl that wasn't a canned response.

[@avman2cl]

@@TimBatSea well I'm interested in your answer to his question. I also enjoyed your video.

[@TimBatSea]

Oh shoot! You are correct! I now see what you are talking about and missed answering the question. I'm very sorry. Ok... So the winches (on the 3000s and 4200s) have a huge brake band that goes around the diameter of the winch drum. Both can be "dogged down" too but that is rarely done except in very bad weather.