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.
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 👀
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.
To work on a towboat all you have to do is be a US citizen get a TWIC and find a company to hire you. Ships are a little different but still need a TWIC
@@Hallstop_hangout Thank you for the information! What is the salary on towboat, what position can they take me to if my profession is a captain - mechanic of the river fleet?
Probably an engineer but not sure, most companies like you to be a deckhand for a little while to learn the ropes. As far as money it just depends you can move up enough to make over 100k Year but it takes awhile.
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
Thank you and thanks for watching 👀
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.
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 👀
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.
That's awesome it's really cool how they build these things. Glad no one tried to catch that plate lol.
@@Hallstop_hangout your channel is great I’m really looking forward to watching more.
Thank you really appreciated!
Awesome! Thanks again for saving my bacon in Terre Haute, IN!!!
Anytime glad to help! Thanks for watching 👀!
That is very cool. Never had a tour on of of these before. Very nice. Lynn and Danny
Thanks for watching 👀 .. Hope it gives you a little insight to what it looks like.
Damn Good Boat...I worked Asst Engineer a long while back...Has since been re powered and refurbished...
Yes sir !
I'm with Ingram myself. Been towboatin 18 years. Getting on my first Ingram boat after orientation next week or so
Cool, that's the company that my brother works for, good luck
Can you tell me which boat this is and how do you get on with the Ingram company, l would appreciate it
Read my message below thank you
I like how the captains lounge is set up on those boats 👍🏼
It's pretty nice to have exercise equipment to try and stay another shape than round lol... thanks for watching 👀
@@Hallstop_hangout just showing some brotherly love,
Zach
@@ZHolifield didn't know it was you lol
@@Hallstop_hangout yeah, just started this channel, figured I’d jump on the TH-cam wagon and see how it goes.
@@ZHolifield good luck .. just subscribed .. you should do pretty well with towboat stuff
I start out as a deck hand on that boat.
Gean Waller an Carlos bland , was the captain
Johnny Robinson was my mate.
None of them are on that boat anymore. Carlos retired and Gene/Johnny are on the Heavy Lane
Is this the Joseph merrit jones? My uncle was captain on there for years John Allred
It is the Joseph Merrick Jones ... I can't say that I have herd of him ..
He retired back in 2000
That was before I started with Canal
How to get a job, on a ship, what is needed for this?
To work on a towboat all you have to do is be a US citizen get a TWIC and find a company to hire you. Ships are a little different but still need a TWIC
@@Hallstop_hangout Thank you for the information! What is the salary on towboat, what position can they take me to if my profession is a captain - mechanic of the river fleet?
Probably an engineer but not sure, most companies like you to be a deckhand for a little while to learn the ropes. As far as money it just depends you can move up enough to make over 100k Year but it takes awhile.
@@Hallstop_hangout OK, thanks! Can you tell me the minimum wage?What year was the towboat built?
@user-tw5dp8uo5e a new deckhand makes around $30k a year ... the boat I normally ride was built in 81