350 HP Truckable Tug Specifications

Vessel Particulars
Dimensions
Length - 25 ft 9 in
Breadth - 13 ft 10 in
Depth - 5 ft 0 in
Horse Power - 350

CONSTRUCTION
All of our vessels are a typical inland push boat of all steel welded construction with raked bow, slab and square stern. The hull is fitted with single plate flanged bulwarks 12 inches high throughout the full perimeter with adequate freeing ports. The bow is fitted with port and starboard push knees. The starboard push knees are fitted with five stand-off rungs for barge access. The Superstructure is of two-tier construction with raised pilot house forward facing with a single course safety rail fitted throughout at full height of the pilothouse access ladder and full perimeter of the aft pilothouse platform. Hull protection is provided by a single course of 6 inch by 1 inch flat bar rub rail extending for walk/work over area above the rudder tillers, jockey bar and hydraulic steering gear.

ARRANGEMENT
All of our vessels hulls are fitted with one transverse forward engine room watertight collision bulkhead with remainder of hull common throughout.

1. The Engine Room is equipped with a 550-gallon aluminum fuel tank forward of main engines on centerline.
2. The Hull is fitted with port and starboard underwater appurtenance stump guards and rudder shoes with rudder support gudgeon bearings.

PILOT HOUSE
The Pilothouse is fitted with four windows set in rudder gaskets, providing 360 degree visibility and 16’ eye level latch weather tight aluminum door with aluminum framed horizontal sliding window aft on centerline. The control console is located forward on the centerline, containing twin engine gauge panels with integral engine alarm panels, engine controls, joystick rudder control, navigation lighting switch/breaker panel variously mounted within operators view and reach.

MACHINERY

Main Propulsion Engines
2 - John Deer 6.8 Liter Power Tech, inline 6-cylinder diesel engines that develop 175-HP each @ 2400-RPM. The Engines are fitted with Twin Disc MG-5019-C marine reduction gears with 3:1 reduction ratio, driving 2 ¼ inch diameter stainless steel propeller shafts each fitted with a 30 inch x 24 inch 4-blade bronze propeller. Engines are electric started and grid cooled. Hydraulic steering service pumps are driven by the port and starboard main engines through the engines auxiliary gear train drive.

Main engine starting batteries are serviced by port/starboard 12 volt alternators.

Engine exhaust systems are insulated dry type with steel with flexible joint and exit above aft engine room deck house at port and starboard sides.

Generator
5,000 watt diesel generator

Auxillary
2 - Rule 1100-gph 12-volt bilge pumps
1 - 12-volt electrical distribution panel and circuit breaker on pilothouse control console port side.
Interior and navigational lighting is 12-volt incandescent type; marine grade wiring.

NAVIGATION AND COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT
1 - Marine electric horn
1 - Vessel with port, starboard, and mast head 360, light towing navigation light fixtures mounted in proper configuration atop pilothouse.
1 - ICON VHF-FM marine radio

DECK FITTINGS
2 - Winch Tech 5-ton manual deck winches, located at port/starboard sides of bow main deck.
2 - Pushknees fitted off centerline toward port/starboard sides with rubber facing fender pads.
2 - 18 inch kevel fitted at port and starboard stern quarters.
2 - 18 inch kevels fitted on aft surface or port and starboard push knees.
4 - 10inch x 4 inch x 1 inch lifting pad eyes fitted one each port and starboard bow and stern quarters.
1 - 6inch x 2 ½ inch x 1 inch towing D-ring fitted 6 inches below main deck on transom centerline.