Tugboat Tour 

I was a certified welder in a railroad repair shop for 41 years, and the docents remark about changing a connecting rod reminds me of a repair I had to do two or three times over the years on these EMD (Electro-Motive Division of General Motors) engines in locomotives. The counterweights on the crankshafts of these engines had the odd design of being narrowed between the counterweight and the actual crankshaft. Occasionally, when a connecting rod failed and flailed around inside the engine, they would get wedged between one of the counterweights and the engine block and break the counterweight off of the crankshaft at that narrowed place! The cylinder walls were typically damaged also, but each cylinder (called “power assemblies”) is a massive steel casting that’s relatively easily replaced, the crankshaft - not so much! The engine blocks on EMD’s being fabricated plate steel, we’d take a torch and cut a temporary access opening big enough to get at the crankshaft, prep the counterweight and crankshaft by grinding bevels, and weld the counterweight back onto the crankshaft! Then weld the plate back in place that we cut out of the block. If you’re ever looking at an EMD engine and see where a large square weld is present on the lower part of the block, there’s a good chance that the same repair has been done to it! As an afterthought, I never had one to fail after being welded back onto the crankshaft, even after years of service!

I can't get over the cleanliness of the boat. Even the shackles are painted

I worked Harbor tugs for a short period of time but then switched over and went to sea for four plus years. Even though I ended up in the military and made a career out of it, I will always miss being on boats and ships. It was definitely in my blood

Thank you for this very THOROUGH tour of this FINE old Tugboat. KUDUS to all those hands who "spruced HIM up" smartly ! So GLAD "he" is now a museum, & not an underwater playground for the fishies.....

Great video! Thanks for the post! I ove these tow boats!

I love tugboats though I don't work on one I enjoy seeing many variates of makes and models I raise my glass to the captains and crew members CHEERS!!💖♥️

Awesome.....…….. I always love the tugs...…………..

I love this old Typ of a Tug since i was a small Boy in Bathroom 😄 i have to built my Revell Modell soon

Now that's a boat.

Detroit 2 stroke Screaming jimmy's and EMD 567 2 strokes. Sounds like home.

The people on the tour look like they are going to prison for the first time. They don't seem interested one bit 😕

class vid thanks would make a cool home

Dude I didn’t know that Zorran literally pulled tours

If you see those big knife handle switches that's DC power

Interested