Miss my time on the river. Best part of my life in the 80s. Thanks Capt.
@Mach11976 Жыл бұрын
It's like a slow freight train on water, ya just don't stop on a dime. Stay Safe Capt.🤙🇺🇸
@williambillwaynerobertson930 Жыл бұрын
I work in Quincy Illinois every few months. Love taking lunch on the river bank and watching you guys. Appears to be a pretty busy area on the river. Awesome video Captain!
@dannyspiker1549 Жыл бұрын
Good morning a good friend of mine works the back watch on the Viking Queen as a pilot. He's been at it a long time.
@MICHAELVOSS-oi8xe Жыл бұрын
Hello Captain Kyle. What you consider rambling is educational and interesting to me. In my opinion you can never ramble to much. Explaining what you do and why you do it most likely helps Captions with less experience then you. Thank you for taking the time to make, edit and post your videos. We do understand your day job is top priority. Please don't edit out your struggles it would be very interesting to see how you remedy the situation with your skill and knowledge. Another Awesome video Captain Kyle 💙 we really appreciate you taking time to show us your profession 🤎🤎💙🙂👍👍
@catt7475 Жыл бұрын
Thank you, Catt
@marktwained Жыл бұрын
I vacation in Trempealeau Wi. and love watching you guys lock through. Love the on board perspective, thanks! (BTW, when I learned to run steam locomotives back in the 70s an old hogger taught me " the larger the machine the lighter the touch it takes to operate it")
@poowg2657 Жыл бұрын
In 70s and 80s I would go stay on barge with my dad he was a dragline operator for Atlas construction it was in Vidalia La but closed my brother ran dragline then trackhoe till he retired at Pine Bluff sand and gravel
@MrBayoubig Жыл бұрын
Thanks Captain.
@CatarineausArmory Жыл бұрын
Born and raised in Memphis... always looked for you guys down on the river... props to what you folks do! I've always wanted to run some in the river!
@jacobharris2542 Жыл бұрын
I live on the upper Mississippi at nauvoo Illinois I often sit on my front porch and watch river traffic going up and down and wonder if you’re piloting the barge I’ve been watching your videos for sometime I love them good job.
@tomthomas6066 Жыл бұрын
I am definitely enjoying the hell out of your channel Captain awesome job sir
@Myamericanlife61 Жыл бұрын
Thank you.
@marktwained Жыл бұрын
Great video Captain. Your channel.is growing steady.
@beckyumphrey2626 Жыл бұрын
Captain Kyle I enjoy watching your videos. I'm glad I found your Channel. Stay safe
@vickietaylor3535 Жыл бұрын
Thanks, you too!
@marktwained Жыл бұрын
Love seeing this Mississippi is getting so much water back in it not from around here so this is all fun for me
@garygatto3410 Жыл бұрын
GRA 8 , ONE AS ALWAYS. THANX 4 UR PERSONAL INSIGHT. WE ALL APPRECIATE UR SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE
@kingtut8381 Жыл бұрын
Nice video cap…this has been a great trip to ride along with you on! What’s the name of the vessel you’re on right now?
@braddetring5919 Жыл бұрын
Very cool sir! Your channel is awesome. 😎👍🏻🎥💯
@brandonreeves5979 Жыл бұрын
I grew up in Dubuque and also lived in Bellevue for a while loved watching the barges go through the locks.
@jimj1889 Жыл бұрын
Explain some of the terminology to people that are watching because they don't understand the one whistle or two whistle valve or Stern forward or aft
@davidkeeling4074 Жыл бұрын
I guess there is such a thing as Double, Triple and Quadruple Parking on the Water. People with your Office don’t complain much about their surroundings. 😬👍
@kens.3729 Жыл бұрын
THANKS!
@MySORRELL Жыл бұрын
I worked for artco about 25 years ago. Primary boat was cooperative venture. Also rode the cooperative mariner, and new dawn
@damionbeanstormchasing9892 Жыл бұрын
I rode ambassador and crimson glory 30 yrs ago
@scottallred3941 Жыл бұрын
I found this channel by accident and I love it. Stay safe Capt' .
@Terk131 Жыл бұрын
It was no accident. 😉👍🏻
@marktwained Жыл бұрын
@@marktwained Well either way I dig it. My great grandfather was a captain all around the world. I have mad respect for that profession and great lakes captions.
@Terk131 Жыл бұрын
Good work Capt! 👌🏼
@thetowboater Жыл бұрын
That's a family tradition type of job.
@jaysmoke1984 Жыл бұрын
Our Great Lakes Freighters have bow thrusters. Is there any bow thruster on the front of your barge or does the tug do all the twisting left & right? How many crew?
@deans178 Жыл бұрын
There's no propulsion on any of the barges that I know of. It's all the tow boat.
@jukebox_heroperson3994 Жыл бұрын
@@jukebox_heroperson3994 Thanks!
@deans178 Жыл бұрын
Still waiting for that offer on my bucket list to ride up and down the mess with you if lodging is a problem I’ll just sleep on one of the barges
@garygatto3410 Жыл бұрын
I was fortunate to ride a tug boat and a large supply/grocery boat up/down the Amazon River in Peru. My dad was working with Bechtel, Inc. I rode each boat for about 1 week on each trip, pushing large barges of pipe. Bud Davis was the captain, my dad liked him and Bud offered to my dad to take me along, which he agreed. What a great experience. The last night on the tug boat, I had too many Pilsner cervezas playing cards with the crew. Woke up the next morning, walked out of the captain's cabin, puked all over the deck below, the crew laughed and washed the deck, that happened twice. I radioed my dad on the shortwave, he had a twin otter on floats land on the Amazon, pick me up to return me to the OU9, as jungle work camp on the banks of the Amazon. With the Bell 206, 205 and 214, the twin otter and tug boat trips, you couldn't pay for a trip like that... I'd love a captain's job on a tug. Great vid... Thanks
@roostercogburn809 Жыл бұрын
Capt. how do you turn the barges-
@freedom35pedrick4 ай бұрын
I do have a question. All pilots seem to run for a company, are they any pilots that free Lance?, or do they even alow for that to happen?
@roynichols4745 Жыл бұрын
I work for a company now, kinda, but tripped around for years. Most are regular employees, but there are trip guys.
@marktwained Жыл бұрын
i enjoy them never mind the order
@craigpalmer9196 Жыл бұрын
Why are they called tow boats and not push boats?
@jmarsh3347 Жыл бұрын
Ya certainly make it look easy , what and adventure it must be.
@dennishalbert3041 Жыл бұрын
Thank you. Yes, it’s not the normal type deal. 👍🏻👍🏻
@marktwained Жыл бұрын
Can you show the tug taking a barge out & moving it around? Enjoy your videos!
@halmiller6834 Жыл бұрын
An articl Anar tic😅 Your good! You can grasped the power of the river on your total hall,Square footage. As You drive🤔!As a pilot you need to out maneuver the currents🤓 they call it the “Mighty Mississippi “ for a reason.
@arneservatius1982 Жыл бұрын
Saw a tow get crossed up at Louis and Clark Park. Needed help.
@jamiewilhelmy9990 Жыл бұрын
Viking queen is a big ole unit aint she lol.
@Straighttrash Жыл бұрын
She’s a beautiful river beast. 👍🏻
@marktwained Жыл бұрын
i would love for you to film you doing barge changing sometime even if you put the camera on a still
@bradbuck7139 Жыл бұрын
What does "on the one" mean? I've heard it used several times by you and in other towboat videos. Just curious.
@mrsbigbug Жыл бұрын
it refers to horn signals. one t port and 2 to starboard. if you arent on a radio you blow the horn to signal intention. you blow 1 to signal that you are passing with your port to the other vessel
@larrythomas1065 Жыл бұрын
On the one or one Whistle means there Connally pass on the port side on the 2 or 2 whistle is starboard side
@buddysibley3886 Жыл бұрын
@@larrythomas1065 Thanks much for the explanation.
@mrsbigbug Жыл бұрын
@everettthompson8301 I'm not sure don't really know the Sibley side
@buddysibley3886 Жыл бұрын
It all goes back to Paul Revere when he was in the old north church in Boston 1 if by land 2 if by sea so in towboats terms 1 is Port side 2 is starboard and in lock and dam terms if a dam has 2 chambers 1 chamber would be closest to the bank of the river and the 2 chamber would be farther out in the river
@keithswindell2812 Жыл бұрын
How far north on the Mississippi do you travel?
@donmiller9441 Жыл бұрын
I have run all way to St. Paul. We will probably turn at St. Louis.. this time of year, and this vessel usually don’t run past St. Louis.
@marktwained Жыл бұрын
@marktwained Thanks for taking time to answer! I grew up on the Mississippi river at Keokuk Iowa and own a river view cabin in Lagrange MO. Was asking wondering if we would see you pass through our bend in the river.
@donmiller9441 Жыл бұрын
@@marktwained When you go to St. Louis harbor, tell Pete Logan said hey
@jukebox_heroperson3994 Жыл бұрын
A live everyday for a short 3-5 or 5-10 minutes would also log date and time.
@The101stEagle Жыл бұрын
Capt. Kyle how long you been a capt
@jacobharville6138 Жыл бұрын
1999 got my first issue license
@marktwained Жыл бұрын
I wish you had time to fly a drone to take video with so we could see the set up as a whole Love your channel
@writechrisonline Жыл бұрын
I have some drone footage posted from a few years ago, on my channel. I don’t have it catalogued very well, but I have over 1,000 videos. I traded my DJI Mavic Pro to a cheif engineer for a Brietling watch. 🤷🏼♂️
@marktwained Жыл бұрын
@@marktwained LoL Ok cool thanks for the response
@writechrisonline Жыл бұрын
What’s happening from Michigan, I always luv the water the perfect place to be for me , much respect to ya
@watson4204 Жыл бұрын
Obviously I’m just kidding
@garygatto3410 Жыл бұрын
Do you know Bobbie Thompson?
@garydorsey6769 Жыл бұрын
Name sounds familiar (though common name), but can’t really place it.
@marktwained Жыл бұрын
Capitão o m/v Martha Ingram e maior que o m/v Viking Queen
@antoniarondon1814 Жыл бұрын
They are about same size vessels, I’m thinking. 👍🏻
@marktwained Жыл бұрын
Martha is 200'. V Queen 190' Both 10,500hp. Not much difference; 10 feet...
@eddieroberts3402 Жыл бұрын
Pretty bad when you need binoculars to see the bow. Lol
@grasscutter88 Жыл бұрын
Depends on what you see. 👍🏻
@marktwained Жыл бұрын
Why are you waiting?
@patricklorio7657 Жыл бұрын
Dropping barges
@marktwained Жыл бұрын
Why do some boats push and others pull barges
@thepubliceye Жыл бұрын
Boats designed for different situations, I guess.
@marktwained Жыл бұрын
I see you got some of that good community coffee
@Leebeaux1 Жыл бұрын
You can definitely get a good clue as to what part of country someone is from by the coffee preferences. 🤷🏼♂️👍🏻
@marktwained Жыл бұрын
I’m one scoop Folgers, one scoop community 👍🏻👍🏻
@marktwained Жыл бұрын
If I could swim 🏊♀️ I woulda loved to do that instead of loosing my ass growing the shit that fills em and buying the shit that comes out em
@SouthernFarmingTV Жыл бұрын
We don’t swim. You are dead usually if you fall into river down here.
@marktwained Жыл бұрын
There are quite a few days I miss driving in a field with am radio in a dusty cab of a tractor. I’m always gonna be a farm boy at heart. 👍🏻
Miss my time on the river. Best part of my life in the 80s. Thanks Capt.
It's like a slow freight train on water, ya just don't stop on a dime. Stay Safe Capt.🤙🇺🇸
I work in Quincy Illinois every few months. Love taking lunch on the river bank and watching you guys. Appears to be a pretty busy area on the river. Awesome video Captain!
Good morning a good friend of mine works the back watch on the Viking Queen as a pilot. He's been at it a long time.
Hello Captain Kyle. What you consider rambling is educational and interesting to me. In my opinion you can never ramble to much. Explaining what you do and why you do it most likely helps Captions with less experience then you. Thank you for taking the time to make, edit and post your videos. We do understand your day job is top priority. Please don't edit out your struggles it would be very interesting to see how you remedy the situation with your skill and knowledge. Another Awesome video Captain Kyle 💙 we really appreciate you taking time to show us your profession 🤎🤎💙🙂👍👍
Thank you, Catt
I vacation in Trempealeau Wi. and love watching you guys lock through. Love the on board perspective, thanks! (BTW, when I learned to run steam locomotives back in the 70s an old hogger taught me " the larger the machine the lighter the touch it takes to operate it")
In 70s and 80s I would go stay on barge with my dad he was a dragline operator for Atlas construction it was in Vidalia La but closed my brother ran dragline then trackhoe till he retired at Pine Bluff sand and gravel
Thanks Captain.
Born and raised in Memphis... always looked for you guys down on the river... props to what you folks do! I've always wanted to run some in the river!
I live on the upper Mississippi at nauvoo Illinois I often sit on my front porch and watch river traffic going up and down and wonder if you’re piloting the barge I’ve been watching your videos for sometime I love them good job.
I am definitely enjoying the hell out of your channel Captain awesome job sir
Thank you.
Great video Captain. Your channel.is growing steady.
Captain Kyle I enjoy watching your videos. I'm glad I found your Channel. Stay safe
Thanks, you too!
Love seeing this Mississippi is getting so much water back in it not from around here so this is all fun for me
GRA 8 , ONE AS ALWAYS. THANX 4 UR PERSONAL INSIGHT. WE ALL APPRECIATE UR SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE
Nice video cap…this has been a great trip to ride along with you on! What’s the name of the vessel you’re on right now?
Very cool sir! Your channel is awesome. 😎👍🏻🎥💯
I grew up in Dubuque and also lived in Bellevue for a while loved watching the barges go through the locks.
Explain some of the terminology to people that are watching because they don't understand the one whistle or two whistle valve or Stern forward or aft
I guess there is such a thing as Double, Triple and Quadruple Parking on the Water. People with your Office don’t complain much about their surroundings. 😬👍
THANKS!
I worked for artco about 25 years ago. Primary boat was cooperative venture. Also rode the cooperative mariner, and new dawn
I rode ambassador and crimson glory 30 yrs ago
I found this channel by accident and I love it. Stay safe Capt' .
It was no accident. 😉👍🏻
@@marktwained Well either way I dig it. My great grandfather was a captain all around the world. I have mad respect for that profession and great lakes captions.
Good work Capt! 👌🏼
That's a family tradition type of job.
Our Great Lakes Freighters have bow thrusters. Is there any bow thruster on the front of your barge or does the tug do all the twisting left & right? How many crew?
There's no propulsion on any of the barges that I know of. It's all the tow boat.
@@jukebox_heroperson3994 Thanks!
Still waiting for that offer on my bucket list to ride up and down the mess with you if lodging is a problem I’ll just sleep on one of the barges
I was fortunate to ride a tug boat and a large supply/grocery boat up/down the Amazon River in Peru. My dad was working with Bechtel, Inc. I rode each boat for about 1 week on each trip, pushing large barges of pipe. Bud Davis was the captain, my dad liked him and Bud offered to my dad to take me along, which he agreed. What a great experience. The last night on the tug boat, I had too many Pilsner cervezas playing cards with the crew. Woke up the next morning, walked out of the captain's cabin, puked all over the deck below, the crew laughed and washed the deck, that happened twice. I radioed my dad on the shortwave, he had a twin otter on floats land on the Amazon, pick me up to return me to the OU9, as jungle work camp on the banks of the Amazon. With the Bell 206, 205 and 214, the twin otter and tug boat trips, you couldn't pay for a trip like that... I'd love a captain's job on a tug. Great vid... Thanks
Capt. how do you turn the barges-
I do have a question. All pilots seem to run for a company, are they any pilots that free Lance?, or do they even alow for that to happen?
I work for a company now, kinda, but tripped around for years. Most are regular employees, but there are trip guys.
i enjoy them never mind the order
Why are they called tow boats and not push boats?
Ya certainly make it look easy , what and adventure it must be.
Thank you. Yes, it’s not the normal type deal. 👍🏻👍🏻
Can you show the tug taking a barge out & moving it around? Enjoy your videos!
An articl Anar tic😅 Your good! You can grasped the power of the river on your total hall,Square footage. As You drive🤔!As a pilot you need to out maneuver the currents🤓 they call it the “Mighty Mississippi “ for a reason.
Saw a tow get crossed up at Louis and Clark Park. Needed help.
Viking queen is a big ole unit aint she lol.
She’s a beautiful river beast. 👍🏻
i would love for you to film you doing barge changing sometime even if you put the camera on a still
What does "on the one" mean? I've heard it used several times by you and in other towboat videos. Just curious.
it refers to horn signals. one t port and 2 to starboard. if you arent on a radio you blow the horn to signal intention. you blow 1 to signal that you are passing with your port to the other vessel
On the one or one Whistle means there Connally pass on the port side on the 2 or 2 whistle is starboard side
@@larrythomas1065 Thanks much for the explanation.
@everettthompson8301 I'm not sure don't really know the Sibley side
It all goes back to Paul Revere when he was in the old north church in Boston 1 if by land 2 if by sea so in towboats terms 1 is Port side 2 is starboard and in lock and dam terms if a dam has 2 chambers 1 chamber would be closest to the bank of the river and the 2 chamber would be farther out in the river
How far north on the Mississippi do you travel?
I have run all way to St. Paul. We will probably turn at St. Louis.. this time of year, and this vessel usually don’t run past St. Louis.
@marktwained Thanks for taking time to answer! I grew up on the Mississippi river at Keokuk Iowa and own a river view cabin in Lagrange MO. Was asking wondering if we would see you pass through our bend in the river.
@@marktwained When you go to St. Louis harbor, tell Pete Logan said hey
A live everyday for a short 3-5 or 5-10 minutes would also log date and time.
Capt. Kyle how long you been a capt
1999 got my first issue license
I wish you had time to fly a drone to take video with so we could see the set up as a whole Love your channel
I have some drone footage posted from a few years ago, on my channel. I don’t have it catalogued very well, but I have over 1,000 videos. I traded my DJI Mavic Pro to a cheif engineer for a Brietling watch. 🤷🏼♂️
@@marktwained LoL Ok cool thanks for the response
What’s happening from Michigan, I always luv the water the perfect place to be for me , much respect to ya
Obviously I’m just kidding
Do you know Bobbie Thompson?
Name sounds familiar (though common name), but can’t really place it.
Capitão o m/v Martha Ingram e maior que o m/v Viking Queen
They are about same size vessels, I’m thinking. 👍🏻
Martha is 200'. V Queen 190' Both 10,500hp. Not much difference; 10 feet...
Pretty bad when you need binoculars to see the bow. Lol
Depends on what you see. 👍🏻
Why are you waiting?
Dropping barges
Why do some boats push and others pull barges
Boats designed for different situations, I guess.
I see you got some of that good community coffee
You can definitely get a good clue as to what part of country someone is from by the coffee preferences. 🤷🏼♂️👍🏻
I’m one scoop Folgers, one scoop community 👍🏻👍🏻
If I could swim 🏊♀️ I woulda loved to do that instead of loosing my ass growing the shit that fills em and buying the shit that comes out em
We don’t swim. You are dead usually if you fall into river down here.
There are quite a few days I miss driving in a field with am radio in a dusty cab of a tractor. I’m always gonna be a farm boy at heart. 👍🏻