Extreme Low Mississippi River Experience 2023 

Love the videos I’m not in your industry , but it’s just fascinating to watch what goes in to moving all that Iron around!

The Master Cap'n Kyle is on the job again!

Mississippi at Cape Girardeau looks like a creek. Hank Williams song may becoming true lol

It is interesting to see how you are dealing with the low water conditions.

Great video Captain. Pucker factor check for sure. Awesome how all the boats assist each other on the river.

Love the video. 😊

I fish on the Ohio just South of Henderson Ky. Barges are stacked against the shore here.

That's crazy close. 😮

Good way to.keep the bottom of the barges and the boat polished up. :)

IT AMAZES ME AS SLOW AS THEM BOATS ARE HOW QUICK YOU WIND UP IN TUNICA FROM NAWLINS!

StL had an almost 2 foot rise, up to about -1.5. Dropping back to -3.5.

We’re on it now. Not many barges.

What’s the lowest the water can be to be able to float them things

You experienced the "squat effect" which actually increases a vessel's draft (your words were sucks us down) when operating in shallow water. Cutting your speed in half reduces the squat effect by a factor of 4.

Do you have sonar on the front barges?

THANX, CAPT. HOW DEEP ARE THE BOW DEPTH SOUNDERS, APPROXIMATELY AS LOW AS THE BOTTOM HULL OF THE BARGE ?

KYLE, HOW MANY HRS DO THEM ENGINES RUN TILL OIL CHANGE? ALSO, HOW MANY HOURS , ROUGHLY, TILL AN OVERHAUL ON ENGINES?

Is the upper Mississippi running low, too?

How much draft are you needing?

What is the name of the boat

When’s the last time you’ve seen a barge stuck?

Did you tell them that half of your barges were loaded? Just askin......

Hello Captain! River Levels are Ridiculous along the Mississippi and several tributaries around St. Louis. 🤔👎

small depth,however

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