There is another good video and it is with the 65-foot Venture of Flemming Yachts. The travel all over the world, but they crossed the Columbia River Bar and went to Lewiston and then returned through the Bar.
OMG, I have wanted to ride on a tugboat/barge my whole life, watching them as a lttle girl then growing up in Idaho and now at 65 back in the gorge, my home , still love them. TY TY, you gave me that ride of a lifetime, woohoo!!!
I live on the mighty Columbia ! I spend much time paddli g my canoe and fishing. Awsome place with a rich history. Ever changing ! But powerful none the less!
My dad was a captain on the Columbia for almost 40 years. He would tell me stories of going down the river in a snowstorm with his head buried in the radar screen for six hours straight. I'm know he enjoyed the nice times to.😊
East coaster here. I've lived part time in the Lewiston/ Clarkston area and would see the barges leave port heading for the Pacific everytime I was down by the water. Awesome to see how those barges make the trip. Stunning video. Absolutely stunning.
That is some remarkable footage ! America is pure and beautiful when gazed upon as a natural wonder rather than a socio-political quagmire that it currently is.
This is one awesome video. Born and raised in Eastern Washington and the Snake and Columbia Rivers were my fishing waters along with the Yakima River. I sure do miss fishing there but retired now and residing in central Arizona. Like to see more of these videos of Eastern Washington. Thank you.
That one view, nearing the end I believe it was, that showed the Seven Sisters like a neon sign, absolutely blew me away! The number of “shooting stars” was interesting also!
great video, extrucker that has traveled thru the area many times both on the WA side on hight 14 and the OR side on I-84. Such a beautiful area. The Palouse area always made me think that someone thru out a huge army blanket over the area making the hills and valleys
Last couple of years I've been making the drive back and forth from Portland to Umatilla and Richland often on 84 or 14... we've probably passed each other once or twice.
I like following the Great Lake Freighters but THIS is one COOL video! You should make more!! I noticed that some of the barges are tracked on Marine Traffic: Global Ship Tracking. Thanks again for posting this.
Hello Recraft Creative, This is one of the better videos I have seen. I watched it four times to study your video. Just sorry the weather did not work out at Portland.
If Congress was really adamant about an infrastructure program, then every lock on every waterway in the United States needs to be lengthened and widen to accommodate longer and wider barges. That being said, I wouldn't hold my breath.
Sadly I could not watch this beautiful footage of a beautiful region since the time-lapse jiggling was too disturbing dang it, surprised the heck out of me that I couldn't tolerate it! - will check around on the channel just to see if you cut the footage differently for another video.
Beautiful video! The scenery just spectacular especially at night seeing all the stars. The only thing I would like is to slow down the video speed a little.
Beautiful video! I push tows on the Lower and Upper Miss R., the Tenn Tom, Ohio R and Intracoastal. I’m curious, are the wheelhouse pay rates similar on The Columbia River to what we make out here? Given the much higher cost of living out west, I would assume not? I lived in Astoria and Warrenton back in the 80’s...might be nice to move my family back there....
Glad you enjoyed it! As a native North Westerner, I can't speak to pay scales. But I do know that the river crews are very well taken care of by the two major operators on the Columbia/Snake: Shaver and Tidewater. Give them a call and see if they are hiring! I know that most of the guys on the tugs live in the Portland/Vancouver area, which is not particularly cheap.
Dang, it ended when it got to where I wanted to see. I live next to Vancouver Wa and really wanted to watch the part from hood river to astoria as I've made that trip a few times.
Sorry about that! It was nighttime on the lower river, plus there was a big rainstorm that made leaving the time-lapse cameras out in the open pretty risky. I hope to try again soon to get the entire Lewiston-to-Portland time lapse.
I totally understand! The rain was so heavy in the lower gorge that it was impossible to get a usable shot in the final hours of the trip. When we got to Portland, visibility was awful and it was the middle of the night. The RUclips version of the time lapse cuts off right before the footage becomes unwatchable. I plan to film this same trip again in the future and hope to catch Vancouver/Portland in daylight.
They go empty back up the river. As a result, they ride about 10ft higher in the water and get tossed around by the wind! They run much more stable when full and headed downstream.
What's the name of the soundtrack you put together in this video? By the way awesome video. When I went to Job Corps in Astoria I would always see these tugs go up and down the Columbia everyday.
Close call at 6:09! See that a lot on the upper Miss when the weather is nice. Cool video! Curious what license is required to steer out there. Mine is endorsed 'Western Rivers' but the Snake is WAY further west than I can run!
Why is it that only the pacific northwest has the "roof" style barges. On the Mississippi, they have the "arch" style. IDK, just a random question as to why the standardization stopped at the rockies
Great question, and I wish I had a solid answer. The best guess I can give is that the midwest river system is much larger and has more options for manufacturing. The Columbia/Snake fleet is aging and hasn't changed much in decades. Just my guess.
I don't know about the cost per ton. But it's cheaper than rail and far cheaper than truck. One river captain told me that its the equivalent of pushing a four-door sedan down the road with an electric mixer motor.
@@recraftcreative Given that it takes longer to get to Portland than train, how can it be cheaper? Costs to maintain the locks through 8 dams (Even though the cost is subsidized) and, the barges go back empty, I still don'e see how it could be cheaper than a unit train who can get it to market faster. Beautiful video, just wonder about the true costs.
@@susanscully4929 excellent question! It all comes down to fuel efficiency. The amount of fuel used to move a ton of grain via boat vs train is substantial. Just like the difference in fuel economy between truck and train is huge as well. But nothing beats water travel in terms of cost per ton and impact on the climate. If you factor in the costs of maintaining the dams and locks, obviously the cost goes up. But dam maintenance is not only for navigation - it's also for hydropower, flood control, and irrigation. Which means there are economies of scale. To be fair, you should also factor in the cost of constructing and maintaining rail corridors, which is not nothing. All transportation has its costs: both economic and environmental. If you believe that man-made climate change is real (like I do), you have to consider the low carbon footprint of water travel as a win.
@@recraftcreative You commented, "To be fair, you should also factor in the cost of constructing and maintaining rail corridors, which is not nothing." That's already factored into the railroads' costs. They get no subsidies like highways and airports do, and the value of the western railroad land grants was paid back well before the end of WW II.
Great video excellent example of why Jay Inslee and his wackadoodles minyans need to forget the 4 lower Snake River Dams. I live Pasco Wa those dams are not bad money spent, Power, transportation of goods + tourism on large vessels in the summer time and recreation and finally irrigation. Those dams are fairly unique in scope of use. Most dams impound water for 1 to 2 reasons, power generation and flood control verse at least 4 main jobs the 4 LSRD's provide. Besides let's be real wind energy is constant or cheep and lack's any recycling most of the wind-turbine structure tower, blades and turbine housing. That means landfills the people pushing dam removal and the Green New Deal won't that fact, it's not convenient for their line of bull the truth never is for them it just gets in the way. This bares repeating often because decisions made hastily may not be able to be reversed in time when it's to be wrong move for from the beginning. Kenneth Boren is responsible this reminder. Save Our Dams.
appreciate the great footage of such an amazing waterway and of the fantastic job the barge drivers do
I live in Portland and am in love with local geology. That was one of the most beautiful videos of this region I’ve ever seen. Great job!
Glad you enjoyed it! PNW geology is AMAZING.
There is another good video and it is with the 65-foot Venture of Flemming Yachts. The travel all over the world, but they crossed the Columbia River Bar and went to Lewiston and then returned through the Bar.
OMG, I have wanted to ride on a tugboat/barge my whole life, watching them as a lttle girl then growing up in Idaho and now at 65 back in the gorge, my home , still love them. TY TY, you gave me that ride of a lifetime, woohoo!!!
I'm so glad!!!
a never ending source of fascination for me. Watching these rigs ply the mighty Columbia from the River Lodge in Boardman is truly rewarding.
I live on the mighty Columbia !
I spend much time paddli g my canoe and fishing.
Awsome place with a rich history.
Ever changing !
But powerful none the less!
My dad was a captain on the Columbia for almost 40 years. He would tell me stories of going down the river in a snowstorm with his head buried in the radar screen for six hours straight. I'm know he enjoyed the nice times to.😊
I'm camped on the shore of Monument Dam and I wanted to know more about the river. So glad I came across this beautifully shot video.
OMG, this has got to be one of the most amazing videos I've seen in a very long time. Loved it!!!!
Glad you enjoyed it!
East coaster here. I've lived part time in the Lewiston/ Clarkston area and would see the barges leave port heading for the Pacific everytime I was down by the water. Awesome to see how those barges make the trip. Stunning video. Absolutely stunning.
That is some remarkable footage ! America is pure and beautiful when gazed upon as a natural wonder rather than a socio-political quagmire that it currently is.
The number of stars in the night sky is astounding to this light polluted guy from southern NY State! Beautiful 😍
Wow😮…
what beautiful footage
I just applied for a position there
I’d be a lucky man if I got the job
Thanks for the video
This is one awesome video. Born and raised in Eastern Washington and the Snake and Columbia Rivers were my fishing waters along with the Yakima River. I sure do miss fishing there but retired now and residing in central Arizona. Like to see more of these videos of Eastern Washington. Thank you.
I have traveled this route by car many times. Thank you for the view from the river I always wondered. Beautiful video
Our country is badass.
I live in Vancouver WA, that was a great ride along. Thanks Capt'n! 👍
Thanks for posting this. I love the night sequences.
I love Astronomy and Boats and this has both. The stars you captured were amazing.
That one view, nearing the end I believe it was, that showed the Seven Sisters like a neon sign, absolutely blew me away! The number of “shooting stars” was interesting also!
I run the Mississippi River and I gotta say that is the most beautiful river I’ve ever seen
Terrific video. Love the night shots and the canals!
Fantastic video.
Amazing 🥰🥰
When I lived in Portland, Washington state.I was amazed at the Columbia river and Mt.St.Helens,I still wish I was there.
Really a pleasure to watch.
Fantastic video. Thank you for this.
great video, extrucker that has traveled thru the area many times both on the WA side on hight 14 and the OR side on I-84. Such a beautiful area. The Palouse area always made me think that someone thru out a huge army blanket over the area making the hills and valleys
this is awesome i love it!!
Last couple of years I've been making the drive back and forth from Portland to Umatilla and Richland often on 84 or 14... we've probably passed each other once or twice.
Fascinating to see.I have made the trip a couple or three times and often wondered how navigation worked on the rivers.Well done
Pretty cool, never been on a ride quite like this . Thanks for the video
Wow, that was awesome! Great job!
The night time shots are beautiful
FASCINATING ! SIMPLY FASCINATING !
I like following the Great Lake Freighters but THIS is one COOL video! You should make more!! I noticed that some of the barges are tracked on Marine Traffic: Global Ship Tracking. Thanks again for posting this.
Hello Recraft Creative,
This is one of the better videos I have seen. I watched it four times to study your video. Just sorry the weather did not work out at Portland.
Thanks so much! Hopefully I'll have better weather next time. :-)
If Congress was really adamant about an infrastructure program, then every lock on every waterway in the United States needs to be lengthened and widen to accommodate longer and wider barges. That being said, I wouldn't hold my breath.
See them fishing every weekend at the damns and have to get out of the way for them.
Wunderschön made. :-)
Excellent video. These huge rivers how much of the water is sweet water and salt water. Fantastic engineering work.
Had a uncle and aunt live there .green grass right to edge of columbia. Golf course ish. Lot o water .
This makes me want to move out west and get a job as a deckhand on that water system
Sadly I could not watch this beautiful footage of a beautiful region since the time-lapse jiggling was too disturbing dang it, surprised the heck out of me that I couldn't tolerate it! - will check around on the channel just to see if you cut the footage differently for another video.
Damn I didn’t know they had Marine highways out west! I wouldn’t mind moving out west with the same career I love so much. Awesome video!
Talk to Shaver or Tidewater, the two operators on the Columbia/Snake system. :-)
What river do you work out of now?
Recraft Creative LLC right now I work at a fleet on the Arkansas River but I been on the lmr,upr,Ohio,Illinois and the new Cumberland river
Fantastic video, what camera did you use?
Beautiful video! The scenery just spectacular especially at night seeing all the stars. The only thing I would like is to slow down the video speed a little.
This is very interesting. Must be such an unique experience to work on such a place. I am curious how fast was the barge cruising?
Beautiful video! I push tows on the Lower and Upper Miss R., the Tenn Tom, Ohio R and Intracoastal. I’m curious, are the wheelhouse pay rates similar on The Columbia River to what we make out here? Given the much higher cost of living out west, I would assume not? I lived in Astoria and Warrenton back in the 80’s...might be nice to move my family back there....
Glad you enjoyed it! As a native North Westerner, I can't speak to pay scales. But I do know that the river crews are very well taken care of by the two major operators on the Columbia/Snake: Shaver and Tidewater. Give them a call and see if they are hiring!
I know that most of the guys on the tugs live in the Portland/Vancouver area, which is not particularly cheap.
I love this video, great photography and editing. Would you share the name of songs & artists used as the soundtrack? Thanks
Dang, it ended when it got to where I wanted to see.
I live next to Vancouver Wa and really wanted to watch the part from hood river to astoria as I've made that trip a few times.
Sorry about that! It was nighttime on the lower river, plus there was a big rainstorm that made leaving the time-lapse cameras out in the open pretty risky. I hope to try again soon to get the entire Lewiston-to-Portland time lapse.
No worries! It's hard to film at night. I'll keep watching!
Awesome video! I'm a Captain at Shaver. Who do you know over here?
😍😍😍
You must be a fan of Professor Nick Zetner from WSU. He has a RUclips channel. He's the best.
This is crazy, but do you have video of the final push into portland? would be interested to see that
I totally understand! The rain was so heavy in the lower gorge that it was impossible to get a usable shot in the final hours of the trip. When we got to Portland, visibility was awful and it was the middle of the night. The RUclips version of the time lapse cuts off right before the footage becomes unwatchable.
I plan to film this same trip again in the future and hope to catch Vancouver/Portland in daylight.
Do these barges travel back empty or do they load them with something else for the return trip? Love the video.
They go empty back up the river. As a result, they ride about 10ft higher in the water and get tossed around by the wind! They run much more stable when full and headed downstream.
Very interesting video. Question: Each time the barges drop in the locks, how much elevation is achieved?
It depends on the dam, but maximum lift heights range from 83-113 feet.
About 80 ft on average. John Day is the tallest at around 100ft. Bonneville is the shortest at 65ft.
What's the name of the soundtrack you put together in this video? By the way awesome video. When I went to Job Corps in Astoria I would always see these tugs go up and down the Columbia everyday.
It's a collection of music tracks from various libraries. Glad you liked the video!
Close call at 6:09! See that a lot on the upper Miss when the weather is nice. Cool video! Curious what license is required to steer out there. Mine is endorsed 'Western Rivers' but the Snake is WAY further west than I can run!
Beautiful scenery up there, btw.
It's amazing! There are stretches of the canyon with no visible roads, power lines, or signs of civilization. One of the kind place, for sure.
Driving from Boise to Portland and back more times than I can remember, I've seen the big smilies on these barges many times. What are they for?
I honestly have no idea. The smiley faces are on the barges owned by Tidewater. For this video, we were riding with a different company called Shaver.
@@recraftcreative No problem. Thank you for your reply.
Why is it that only the pacific northwest has the "roof" style barges. On the Mississippi, they have the "arch" style. IDK, just a random question as to why the standardization stopped at the rockies
Great question, and I wish I had a solid answer. The best guess I can give is that the midwest river system is much larger and has more options for manufacturing. The Columbia/Snake fleet is aging and hasn't changed much in decades. Just my guess.
Free the Snake.
Very cool video. Would it be OK if I shared it on a towboat Facebook page?
Of course!
Was this shot on a Gorpro??
How much fuel dose the trip use?
6:15 when I see mcnary I see home. That the dam by my house
You live in near Umatilla?
Break the DAM'S
Removing four carbon free dams would eliminate this. Save our dams.
what is the avg lock depth/change?
He said in another comment that they average 80-85’, but some are over 100’!
@@tomt9543 insanity being that I've only seen the locks on the Ohio
What company is that?
The tug and barge is owned by Shaver
A long-distance just to push a few barges? What doe sit cost per ton to transport?
I don't know about the cost per ton. But it's cheaper than rail and far cheaper than truck. One river captain told me that its the equivalent of pushing a four-door sedan down the road with an electric mixer motor.
@@recraftcreative Given that it takes longer to get to Portland than train, how can it be cheaper? Costs to maintain the locks through 8 dams (Even though the cost is subsidized) and, the barges go back empty, I still don'e see how it could be cheaper than a unit train who can get it to market faster. Beautiful video, just wonder about the true costs.
@@susanscully4929 excellent question! It all comes down to fuel efficiency. The amount of fuel used to move a ton of grain via boat vs train is substantial. Just like the difference in fuel economy between truck and train is huge as well. But nothing beats water travel in terms of cost per ton and impact on the climate.
If you factor in the costs of maintaining the dams and locks, obviously the cost goes up. But dam maintenance is not only for navigation - it's also for hydropower, flood control, and irrigation. Which means there are economies of scale.
To be fair, you should also factor in the cost of constructing and maintaining rail corridors, which is not nothing.
All transportation has its costs: both economic and environmental. If you believe that man-made climate change is real (like I do), you have to consider the low carbon footprint of water travel as a win.
@@recraftcreative You commented, "To be fair, you should also factor in the cost of constructing and maintaining rail corridors, which is not nothing."
That's already factored into the railroads' costs. They get no subsidies like highways and airports do, and the value of the western railroad land grants was paid back well before the end of WW II.
Great video excellent example of why Jay Inslee and his wackadoodles minyans need to forget the 4 lower Snake River Dams. I live Pasco Wa those dams are not bad money spent, Power, transportation of goods + tourism on large vessels in the summer time and recreation and finally irrigation. Those dams are fairly unique in scope of use. Most dams impound water for 1 to 2 reasons, power generation and flood control verse at least 4 main jobs the 4 LSRD's provide. Besides let's be real wind energy is constant or cheep and lack's any recycling most of the wind-turbine structure tower, blades and turbine housing. That means landfills the people pushing dam removal and the Green New Deal won't that fact, it's not convenient for their line of bull the truth never is for them it just gets in the way. This bares repeating often because decisions made hastily may not be able to be reversed in time when it's to be wrong move for from the beginning. Kenneth Boren is responsible this reminder. Save Our Dams.
video started off great then went sour with the time lapse nonsense!
Sorry you feel that way. Would you like to see more real-time video about the grain transportation system?
@@recraftcreative sure
I agree so get all the Dems out of office because they’re accepting BRIBES!
Uh you may be commenting on the wrong video.
Funny