Towboat Walk through/ The vessel I work on/ 6000hp boat

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@captainrayry Жыл бұрын

I'm a 80 yr.ritired capt.on them , brings back good memories. Very good video, you did a great job of putting it real. Capt.Ray Gardner Jr

@Hallstop_hangout Жыл бұрын

Thank you and thanks for watching 👀

@arenddekoninggans4163 11 ай бұрын

Love it. Never had a look inside American inland shipping before. Im from the netherlands, we do inland shipping a little bit different here. But i love to see how it works in different countries.

@Hallstop_hangout 11 ай бұрын

It's amazing how county's do things differently. The way the boats are built is significantly different as well from what I have seen. Thanks for watching 👀

@TheTowboater1981 Жыл бұрын

I'm with Ingram myself. Been towboatin 18 years. Getting on my first Ingram boat after orientation next week or so

@Hallstop_hangout Жыл бұрын

Cool, that's the company that my brother works for, good luck

@odbwt1096 Жыл бұрын

Can you tell me which boat this is and how do you get on with the Ingram company, l would appreciate it

@odbwt1096 Жыл бұрын

Read my message below thank you

@sbrunner69 11 ай бұрын

In high school and college I worked at a shipyard in Houma, Louisiana where we built 2 large towboats like this. Some interesting notes from those vessels: - the hull was built upside down in a huge shed. It was so flat on the bottom almost all of it was welded with track welders. - all of the curved chine and stern pieces arrived at the yard pre-rolled in 3 dimensions. - the hull thickness in the stern above the kort nozzles was around 1”. That also has a concave shape to the hull above the nozzles. When we fit the 6’ x 6’ x 1” plate to that area it was not rolled right and we had to pull it into shape from inside with quite a few come alongs. We got it fitted and tacked in place and the welders were to weld it up the next morning. In the morning it was laying on the concrete next the the upside down hull it had literally sprang loose and went flying. - the entire drive system (engine beds, stuffing boxes, struts, and kort nozzles) were all aligned using a single tiny wire stretched super tight from the forward engine room bulkhead to a bracket hung off the stern. (Through a hole in the hull where the stuffing box would end up) They would take it on and off to slide more components in place. - the superstructure was aluminum and was joined to the steel deck with what was at the time a new technology - A strip of steel and a strip of aluminum bonded together through explosive pressure. They welded the steel side to the deck and the then the superstructure to the aluminum. - the superstructure was fully kitted (cabinets, furniture, walls, everything) before it was lifted into place. I learned a lot about large river boats then it was a great time.

@Hallstop_hangout 11 ай бұрын

That's awesome it's really cool how they build these things. Glad no one tried to catch that plate lol.

@sbrunner69 11 ай бұрын

@@Hallstop_hangout your channel is great I’m really looking forward to watching more.

@Hallstop_hangout 11 ай бұрын

Thank you really appreciated!