Ok all you fancy sled jockeys see if you can match the maneuver this guy in his Duckworth (camouflaged as a tug boat) did. See the address below.

http://www.graddon.net/towboat/towboat.htm

Beezer, thanks that was great!

"I think I just messed my pants"
"maybe we will get luckier and the boss wont find out".
" the bridge was up.thats my story and I'm stickin to it"
"awesome ride dude" lets go back and try it again"

great pics thanks

I just saw the video of the tug and the bridge last week at my 100 ton Coast Guard Class, it totally blew us all away that the tug righted itself and was running after going under the bridge. He hooked up the barge and continued like nothing happened; of course they didn’t show any shots of the back of his pants afterwards, he probably could have filled up another barge himself.

unbelievable!!! I've been working on tugs for over20 years and this just blew me away. I find it hard to understand why the guy ih the wheelhouse didnt jump for the bridge when the boat went in irons against it. He had no way of knowing if the damned thing was going to come up. I am going to pass this on to the boys in the fleet.
P.S. Those coonass boys are a whole different breed of tugboaters!