June 8th 2013 Making St. Louis bridges northbound with St. Louis gage at 37' and change.
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Thanks for the videos. I decked when I was a kid on the Arkansas and Mississippi. Worked for some good ones and some really bad ones. The good ones made hard work satisfactory. The bad ones made life on the river miserable. In the 70s the little line boats on the Arkansas just did not have enough power for any margins at all coming through the maze at Little Rock in high water and you never knew when the RR was going to drop the span on you.
@sequoyah596 жыл бұрын
Do you have a video S/bound making those same bridges ( high water ) pushing loads ? Btw, I love how calm you are and walking in and out wheelhouse...etc... When I make bridges , my azz is glued to my chair sweating bullets until I'm clear !!!.. And I'm on my 3rd issue !!!.. I DON'T Panic, But I'd be a liar if I said I was anywhere near as calm as you my friend and most I ever pushed was 6 !!!!... You make an EXCELLENT teacher and thanks for the extra knowledge you put out there !!!... Idk if your retired yet or not... But if you make a vid explanation how you steer the bridges with reputations... That would be awesome to watch , especially for the ones who are recently cut loose or never ran those bridges b4 !!.. I was fortunate to have several different Captains show me how to run the Morgan City bridges , via Port Allen Route N & S/B with Loads and mty's... Because without that knowledge and experience.... The human mind would definitely wanna run those much different and ( NOT GOOD RESULTS ).... Great Job el Kap-A-Tan... 😁
@deefree95704 жыл бұрын
Great job capt!!
@RustyShacklefordlivefreeordie3 жыл бұрын
Awesome job navigating those bridges
@keithbrekeen39175 жыл бұрын
Samuel Clemens would be amazed.
@exilfromsanity8 жыл бұрын
I just discovered your videos. I had to comment on this one because I knew the "Gregory David". I work for the Corps of Engineers in Huntington WV, processing and analyzing the Waterborne Commerce Data. Awesome viewing of your steering!
@melaniereynolds27618 жыл бұрын
Ride quite a few trips on that vessel. She's a dandy vessel.
@marktwained8 жыл бұрын
I made a drinking game out of this video!!every time he says ANYWAY take a drink…dam we got hammered…
@fergieferguson24572 жыл бұрын
What do you think of the Missouri River and running it? I grew up in St. Louis in North County and spent my childhood 1962-73 on Pelican Island 25 miles or so from the confluence with The Mississippi. I loved both rivers and knew the St. Louis waterfront well. Nice to see it from your vantage point. You are a good pilot! While I loved the river, and still do, I ended up as an airline pilot. I would see my 2 favor rivers from 37,000 feet.
@MrSuzuki11875 жыл бұрын
MrSuzuki1187 Haha, yes Sir, Same here. I ran Cranes in the Rock Quarries In Miami early 70s, also some Tugboats pushing Rock barges so thought to do This, But somehow I ended up flying cargo all over the World 🌎 ✈️ 👨✈️ 😎
@robfraley42104 жыл бұрын
Nice video, thank you. I will have to visit and see for myself someday : )
@aggievillalobos64815 жыл бұрын
We were fairly confident we had clearance, but knew it was close. We measured 3 times
@marktwained11 жыл бұрын
Measure twice, cut once.
@gardnersmith35804 жыл бұрын
I was in St.Louis on the shore taking a video of a barge going under the Eads Bridge back then. I’ll have to find it and see the name of the boat. I remember it was pretty tight clearance. My hometown, but I don’t get back there very often anymore.
@vintageradio38163 жыл бұрын
Where can I get on a job with a river boat.
@aaaricmondroofing17033 жыл бұрын
Close one great video especially when your outside and i can hear those EMD's screamn you should put the camera on the stack and leave it
@skipbradfield333410 жыл бұрын
St. Louis is on the left, west side of the river so I assume we're northbound, upstream against the current.
@ralphaverill20016 жыл бұрын
Wow! Which was closer from above, the Eads Bridge, Martin Luther King Bridge or the Mckinley?
@billr22203 жыл бұрын
Merchants and McKinley are the lowest ones.
@marktwained3 жыл бұрын
i need a job as a deckhand i would love to wrk withh yall
@MrBikerboy012910 жыл бұрын
Wow. How do you do this in the middle of the night?
@billr22203 жыл бұрын
Experience and use of e-charts, radar, and such.
@marktwained3 жыл бұрын
That was close and that gets the heart rate up just a little bit dont it kyle LOL
@MrEasymoney911 жыл бұрын
Sitting that close to a radar antenna isn't that healthy!
@hmausfr6 жыл бұрын
The puzzling wax apically pack because salt neuroanatomically spill an a murky cycle. next, pastoral sheet
Thanks for the videos. I decked when I was a kid on the Arkansas and Mississippi. Worked for some good ones and some really bad ones. The good ones made hard work satisfactory. The bad ones made life on the river miserable. In the 70s the little line boats on the Arkansas just did not have enough power for any margins at all coming through the maze at Little Rock in high water and you never knew when the RR was going to drop the span on you.
Do you have a video S/bound making those same bridges ( high water ) pushing loads ? Btw, I love how calm you are and walking in and out wheelhouse...etc... When I make bridges , my azz is glued to my chair sweating bullets until I'm clear !!!.. And I'm on my 3rd issue !!!.. I DON'T Panic, But I'd be a liar if I said I was anywhere near as calm as you my friend and most I ever pushed was 6 !!!!... You make an EXCELLENT teacher and thanks for the extra knowledge you put out there !!!... Idk if your retired yet or not... But if you make a vid explanation how you steer the bridges with reputations... That would be awesome to watch , especially for the ones who are recently cut loose or never ran those bridges b4 !!.. I was fortunate to have several different Captains show me how to run the Morgan City bridges , via Port Allen Route N & S/B with Loads and mty's... Because without that knowledge and experience.... The human mind would definitely wanna run those much different and ( NOT GOOD RESULTS ).... Great Job el Kap-A-Tan... 😁
Great job capt!!
Awesome job navigating those bridges
Samuel Clemens would be amazed.
I just discovered your videos. I had to comment on this one because I knew the "Gregory David". I work for the Corps of Engineers in Huntington WV, processing and analyzing the Waterborne Commerce Data. Awesome viewing of your steering!
Ride quite a few trips on that vessel. She's a dandy vessel.
I made a drinking game out of this video!!every time he says ANYWAY take a drink…dam we got hammered…
What do you think of the Missouri River and running it? I grew up in St. Louis in North County and spent my childhood 1962-73 on Pelican Island 25 miles or so from the confluence with The Mississippi. I loved both rivers and knew the St. Louis waterfront well. Nice to see it from your vantage point. You are a good pilot! While I loved the river, and still do, I ended up as an airline pilot. I would see my 2 favor rivers from 37,000 feet.
MrSuzuki1187 Haha, yes Sir, Same here. I ran Cranes in the Rock Quarries In Miami early 70s, also some Tugboats pushing Rock barges so thought to do This, But somehow I ended up flying cargo all over the World 🌎 ✈️ 👨✈️ 😎
Nice video, thank you. I will have to visit and see for myself someday : )
We were fairly confident we had clearance, but knew it was close. We measured 3 times
Measure twice, cut once.
I was in St.Louis on the shore taking a video of a barge going under the Eads Bridge back then. I’ll have to find it and see the name of the boat. I remember it was pretty tight clearance. My hometown, but I don’t get back there very often anymore.
Where can I get on a job with a river boat.
Close one great video especially when your outside and i can hear those EMD's screamn you should put the camera on the stack and leave it
St. Louis is on the left, west side of the river so I assume we're northbound, upstream against the current.
Wow! Which was closer from above, the Eads Bridge, Martin Luther King Bridge or the Mckinley?
Merchants and McKinley are the lowest ones.
i need a job as a deckhand i would love to wrk withh yall
Wow. How do you do this in the middle of the night?
Experience and use of e-charts, radar, and such.
That was close and that gets the heart rate up just a little bit dont it kyle LOL
Sitting that close to a radar antenna isn't that healthy!
The puzzling wax apically pack because salt neuroanatomically spill an a murky cycle. next, pastoral sheet