3 Towboats Southbound Illinois River Onto Mississippi River in the Ice.

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  • Опубликовано: 7 окт 2024
  • Three towboats making their way thru the Ice down the Illinois River and onto the Mississippi River are the M/V's Victoria Pasentine, Sugarland, and the Britney Lee. With temps in the mid to upper 20's at the time of this video sure felt great with the sunshine after such a long cold week. At the 16:00 you can see the confluence of the Mississippi and Illinois Rivers. On the left the Mississippi which hasn't seen any boats in over a month and on the right the Illinois River where there has been lots of traffic. The audio is from all three boats and when you do hear real audio it is from the boat your watching.

Комментарии • 91

  • @artsnook7107
    @artsnook7107 3 года назад +5

    You are a devoted man to get out in this freezing weather and capture these great scenes, a lot of time and money spent. Thanks again Bowzer, much appreciated.

  • @WhereAreTheTrains
    @WhereAreTheTrains 3 года назад +3

    Fantastic! I live in the St. Louis area and am very familiar with the Great River Road from Alton to Grafton. I enjoy watching barge traffic but have never seen it like this! Good stuff :-)

  • @James-ns9pn
    @James-ns9pn 3 года назад +2

    The Sugarland has always been one of may favs from way back to Chotin days.

  • @RVJimD
    @RVJimD 3 года назад +9

    I am so sick of winter already, I’m ready for a nice warm up!

  • @kingtut8381
    @kingtut8381 3 года назад

    BOWZER, THANX SO MUCH FOR ALLL OF YOUR VIDS. AWESOME. ALWAYS WANTED TO BE A RIVER PILOT BUT BECAME A HIGH RISE CONSTRUCTION IRONWORKER IN chicago, THE MURDER CAPITAL OF OUR DYING NATION

  • @jmiller8391
    @jmiller8391 3 года назад +2

    Enjoying the vids. The Victoria and Sugarland is two of our boats. 👍👍

  • @marlanscott2508
    @marlanscott2508 Год назад

    I've seen tow boats in the tulsa Oklahoma area many times . They are so interesting to watch them at work. Great 👍review.

  • @barrybailey9238
    @barrybailey9238 8 месяцев назад

    Great videos!!! Been watching the ice ones all afternoon.

  • @chiefjohnsonBR549
    @chiefjohnsonBR549 3 года назад +1

    Really feel for those crews , that's some of the worst working conditions there is . People have no idea how much Noise ice adds to simple fact of Living on a Towboat. Good job Bowzer.

  • @leahwatson4109
    @leahwatson4109 3 года назад

    I love 💘 all your video's & look forward to the new ones!

  • @DonReynolds-p7o
    @DonReynolds-p7o Год назад

    Nice job captain. The drone is really a nice tool to use and great video, good job!

  • @leslie476
    @leslie476 3 года назад

    Great video. Boy this brings back memories of working on the Illinois River in the early 70's. I worked one year for a barge recovery service. The winters, flood season, and the low water levels in the hot summer were no joke.

  • @TheMrdavidlangley
    @TheMrdavidlangley 3 года назад +3

    I see your channel is doing pretty darn well. Holy moly, you're really raking in the views!!!!
    Thankyou for producing such fine videos. Have yourself a very nice evening.

  • @wc878
    @wc878 Месяц назад

    This is a really cool concept you just flying drones around getting pictures of the river and boats and stuff this is really cool I'm a subscriber now

  • @lancedibble6220
    @lancedibble6220 3 года назад

    Right on Mr Bowzer... these awsome snippets of yours hit closer to home more then you shall know. During 1985 to 1989 i went to college in Elsah Illinois. The campus sits high on the buffs behind the town. It's called Principia College. These videos keep bringing back very fond memories for me. Please keep them coming!!😃😥❤👍

  • @MrBoxer1200
    @MrBoxer1200 3 года назад +2

    Great vide. I like the time lapse action, you can really see them doing their thing.

  • @jimnash526
    @jimnash526 3 года назад

    Just excellent ! Thanks for sharing !!!

  • @MrGeroth
    @MrGeroth 3 года назад +3

    That’s awesome I never knew these guys struggled so much in winter.

  • @deanlamberth0sbcglob
    @deanlamberth0sbcglob 3 года назад +1

    I love watching your videos, keep up the good work. Old river rat myself, Osceola and Memphis areas is my watching areas and fishing.

  • @jdiet-z4734
    @jdiet-z4734 3 года назад +1

    Been across that ferry many times when I lived in Elsah. Love the videos.

  • @rexyaw6473
    @rexyaw6473 3 года назад

    Good Content. Watching from Philippines here

  • @bateauboy1
    @bateauboy1 3 года назад

    Outstanding! Best Drone video photography I've ever seen.

  • @scottsmart6222
    @scottsmart6222 3 года назад

    Hey man I just got off the Illinois I was on the cooperative mariner and that sugarland much respect to her and her crew did a great job of getting boats unstuck

  • @CarNutCass1
    @CarNutCass1 3 года назад

    Great day to be outside. We ate BBQ from the Portage VFW by the Eagle at PoleStar today. Appreciate your vids.

  • @robertstark9454
    @robertstark9454 3 года назад +2

    Cool, good soundtrack

  • @trainman071
    @trainman071 3 года назад

    nice work i love the music in this, very relaxing while making it very interesting

  • @corgraveland4874
    @corgraveland4874 3 года назад

    Amazing footage, what a struggle to get through the ice. But they manage very well these strong vessels!

  • @craigpalmer9196
    @craigpalmer9196 3 года назад +2

    a tour of the cliff face might a cool idea, just thinking out of thte box, last shot was awsome

    • @dondroc1
      @dondroc1 3 года назад +1

      I agree

    • @scottscouter1065
      @scottscouter1065 3 года назад

      I don't know the area, and on Google satellite it's all summer green! Where are those cliffs at 20:21 in relation to a town or a ferry crossing or better yet geo-coordinates.

  • @jeffdeppe7032
    @jeffdeppe7032 3 года назад

    Interesting channel, I worked for Wisconsin Barge line during the 80s. The Prarie Dawn, (seen in a previous video) was one of the tow boats owned by Wisconsin at that time. I worked at Reidy Terminal, saw a lot of tow boats come to the dock.

  • @TacoStacks
    @TacoStacks 3 года назад +1

    This is awesome !

  • @stephenhawkins5696
    @stephenhawkins5696 3 года назад

    Skipper that’s some good video with the drone !!! Come on !!!

  • @xCoolBreezex
    @xCoolBreezex 3 года назад

    Drone skills are on point

  • @kayakchrispy
    @kayakchrispy 3 года назад +2

    One gallon two gallon three gallon four....
    That’s a lot of power and a lot of pushin

  • @actemple3282
    @actemple3282 3 года назад

    Great video

  • @johnmanthey6034
    @johnmanthey6034 3 года назад

    In the summer that is a beautiful drive along the bluffs.

  • @jserkiz06
    @jserkiz06 3 года назад

    good drone video, nice channel, subbed.

  • @nightengale7163
    @nightengale7163 3 года назад +1

    Amazing footage 🌊💦

  • @joshuawilson8182
    @joshuawilson8182 3 года назад

    Super cool 🤙😎

  • @thedude7083
    @thedude7083 3 года назад

    TY AGAIN !!!!!

  • @TheMrdavidlangley
    @TheMrdavidlangley 3 года назад +1

    Shared to facebook!!!

  • @craigpalmer9196
    @craigpalmer9196 3 года назад

    someone loves this nation

  • @russellscarbury6029
    @russellscarbury6029 2 года назад

    We we're on the Donna Rushing and flew down with 6 loads carving a path.

  • @williamgarden3209
    @williamgarden3209 3 года назад

    Great video! New camera? @ 23:00 wonderful shot !

  • @AJmx2702001
    @AJmx2702001 3 года назад

    Looks like it was the Western Rivers Boats all paddling down together makes me wonder if Fellow tubber Captain Kyle was at the helm of any of those

  • @bradleycarver8642
    @bradleycarver8642 3 года назад

    Hello sir I am a follower and I would like to know how do you see the boats on the AIS system where could I find it like yours

  • @rml3wood
    @rml3wood 2 года назад

    Your drone videos are amazing! How do you manage battery life and getting where you need to be?

  • @fatroth
    @fatroth 3 года назад

    I left them at Lagrange 5 days ago and already in cario with a north bound tow

  • @lancedibble6220
    @lancedibble6220 3 года назад +1

    Oh yea.. forgot to ask. Please take your drone n do a fly over of the College Campus for me. Thanks

  • @romanmaimo1468
    @romanmaimo1468 3 года назад

    Wow that’s why I live in Florida

  • @indigobr33ze56
    @indigobr33ze56 3 года назад

    I'm wondering why we don't hear the drone more often. I heard a drone briefly near the beginning of this video but I can't remember hearing it in any other video.

  • @craigpalmer9196
    @craigpalmer9196 3 года назад +1

    marktwainned still on the Brtiny Lee?

  • @McdougaldM
    @McdougaldM 2 года назад

    How many truckloads or railcars worth of material is each one of these moving?

  • @shanedirden6206
    @shanedirden6206 3 года назад

    Evening Sir, Anna Illinois here.

    • @jeffrichardson5828
      @jeffrichardson5828 3 года назад

      Is there ice in the Mississippi all the way up north to Chicago Illinois

  • @boatmanboatman7448
    @boatmanboatman7448 3 года назад

    ⚓ on the thumbs 👍

  • @wc878
    @wc878 Месяц назад

    I never knew they had an ice crusher boat

  • @Noone-rt6pw
    @Noone-rt6pw 3 года назад

    If ice were a problem in the south, southerners would make a short barge with a V bow and hull so designed to throw the ice to the side.
    For regular barges, a V would be mounted to the front of the barge to break the ice.😂

  • @smfield
    @smfield 3 года назад +1

    Looks like you got ’bout 8k horsepower?

  • @olegoleg1215
    @olegoleg1215 Год назад

    Добрый день! Скажите пожалуйста, какие мощности ваших буксиров?

  • @walkertongdee
    @walkertongdee 3 года назад

    so do they run icebreakers or do these boats do the icebreaking? No ice ever in my country.

    • @captain__devin
      @captain__devin 3 года назад

      There are no dedicated Icebreakers on the Upper Mississippi. When the ice is thick like this we kill out all headway, un-face the boat, and break our own path. If the ice is thick enough the tow won't move very far if at all. When cleared face up and hammers down.

  • @sabretom7594
    @sabretom7594 3 года назад

    How many acres of solar panel does it take to power one of those things?

  • @beaver528
    @beaver528 3 года назад

    Are these tows jet drives or propellers?

  • @hopehartsook4235
    @hopehartsook4235 3 года назад

    May I ask what kind of drone you use?

  • @markmerkousko2719
    @markmerkousko2719 3 года назад

    What are they hauling

  • @segamegadr
    @segamegadr 5 месяцев назад

    👍🔥🇺🇸

  • @georgesmith8113
    @georgesmith8113 3 года назад

    👍👍😎

  • @jeffrichardson5828
    @jeffrichardson5828 3 года назад

    Is their ice in the Mississippi River all the way to Chicago Illinois

  • @patpetersen7645
    @patpetersen7645 3 года назад

    anybody remember Federal barge line, Ohio river co.?

  • @deanbauer7486
    @deanbauer7486 3 года назад

    Please include closed captioning so the deaf can enjoy your video’s as well, thank you!

  • @stephenhawkins5696
    @stephenhawkins5696 3 года назад

    At 5:25 in the video he had that ol girl hooked up once he faced up and started to shove ...

  • @smfield
    @smfield 3 года назад

    You might be limited to 5k horsepower?

  • @rogervondach1238
    @rogervondach1238 3 года назад

    Can anybody tell me why they call these Towboats? They are pushing not towing. They could not tow even if they wanted to!

  • @markmerkousko2719
    @markmerkousko2719 3 года назад

    Would love to work on 1

    • @scottsmart6222
      @scottsmart6222 3 года назад +1

      Start by getting your twic card almost every towboat company is hireing

    • @markmerkousko2719
      @markmerkousko2719 3 года назад +1

      @@scottsmart6222 already have twic card from georgia

    • @scottsmart6222
      @scottsmart6222 3 года назад

      @@markmerkousko2719 try inland marine or western rivers good starter companys or acbl

  • @TheSaltblock
    @TheSaltblock 3 года назад

    Saw an asian carp jump.

  • @jserkiz06
    @jserkiz06 3 года назад

    Dang! beware the critter that lives in that cave, end of your vid.

  • @H4rleyBoy
    @H4rleyBoy 3 года назад

    Pretty boring once hooked up.

  • @CurtisJines-su4kk
    @CurtisJines-su4kk 5 месяцев назад

    You can hear that ice getting chopped up in those wheels

  • @CurtisJines-su4kk
    @CurtisJines-su4kk 5 месяцев назад

    Old boat right there