Is this considered as an outboard or !/O powered?

[dwco5051]

314K views · 2K reactions | This is one of the greatest things I’ve seen on our trip. Sitting on deck traveling up the Mekong and I see this barge with a backhoe on it. It looks strange and I think it cannot be doing what I think it is. I look closer

This is one of the greatest things I’ve seen on our trip. Sitting on deck traveling up the Mekong and I see this barge with a backhoe on it. It looks strange and I think it cannot be doing what I...

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[Scott Danforth]

Paddle wheel

 

[FLATHEAD]

That’s wild! Zoomed in Looks like his long tail mud motor has a busted prop.

 

[kenny nunez]

The ones I remember had a 6-71 Detroit coupled to a stern drive. 2 of them could actually plane off a barge. Most times they were welded on. Usually they would power a barge with supplies and then swapped over to an empty barge to return on. I knew a guy who was involved doing that.
I was in the Mekong in 69 on LST#1123 and saw them often.