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Once again Paul, RIP to your father. I don't think anyone here is any doubt that you'll make a fantastic grandfather. Congratulations to you and yours. 👍

Paul, you never cease to amaze us as you produce an old cherry picker with the passing comment ‘Yes Mr Carlson has a bucket truck’ Thoughts are with you at this time also. You Sir, are truly a Canadian treasure.

Imagine being Paul’s neighbor. Every time you walk outside, something new is going on. Never a dull day.

Congratulations Mr. Carlson. I believe that you will be a fantastic Grandfather.

Very cool old bucket truck. You don’t look old enough to be a grandpa, but I am sure you will do it quite well. Thanks for everything. You certainly are one of the rare gems here on KZfaq.

Hot damn, that's taking the MCL coolness to another level! What else do you have there? An underground missile silo converted to a fully capable base? :D Real deal pro stuff.

Sorry to hear about your father, I lost mine way back in 1996 and think about him nearly every day. He was so responsible for me being able to advance in Radio and Electronics even buying me an HP 35 when I was just a sophomore in high school! His work ethic, wisdom and love for other people was unmatched and guides me to this very day… Also congratulations on being a grandfather; I’m still waiting for that joy! 73 Paul…

Coffee pot repairs to bucket truck inspections (who would have guessed MCL had a NICE bucket truck?) - I like the way you have been mixing it up. I found your discussion of your trucks operation just as interesting and informative as your AM radio alignment discussion - and hearing about your impending grandchild (CONGRATS!!!!!) or even seeing where you dog plays can only give of a fuller view of the man behind the channel ... without tipping the cards to far LOL! LOVE IT!!!

Just imagine the perks of being Mr Carlson's grandson: you get a seesaw to play, all the cool radios and lab stuff to look at, a private bucket truck, and obviously Mr Carlson himself to hang out with. I'm 23 and I would like to be that kid. That said my most sincere congratulation! P.s. don't worry about the yard, nobody here will judge you for it; also grass should grow by itself, and not be something more to care if not for the occasional cut, but even having it a little tall with a more natural look can be nice

This is not a normal "Down to Earth." Saturday morning with Mr Carlson. Not at all. Good work!

Of course you own a bucket truck. You are a unique and brilliant man Mr. C

Your own bucket truck….cool. I had one in our sign shop in Alberta. What a great tool. Gone were ladders for the most part. I would even use the bucket to put an address in a transom window. :) As a grandpa myself, let me tell you, you’re in for a treat. Take heart that your Dad is with you and a part of you. Your grand child will feel his presence through you. As I said, I’m a signmaker. I learn more from your passion and attention to detail than I do from your technical content. I love your delivery style, and commend you on your knowledge. Your priorities are good. Although it is obvious that you love and tend to your home, family comes first. Kudos to you and best wishes as your life evolves.

Carlson your a man of many talents . Like the story about dump trucks ,definitely not a toy.

Hello Paul, I am very excited to hear you will be a grandfather soon. Congratulations! As always, very entertaining and education video, looking forward to the next one. Best regards from one of your Dutch Patreons 🇳🇱👋

I have been considering a bucket truck for use here at the N8UX radio farm. Would love to hear more about your truck, how you found it, maintenance, safety issues, etc. I used to work in the cable television industry, and spent a lot of time in the air.

Hi Paul nice video and first to see a bucket truck. RIP to your father too. best 73s Love your videos

Thank you. Sorry about the loss of your father. Congratulations on becoming a grandfather. Godspeed and good luck. N0QFT, ATH

My son Sam and I thinks that bucket truck tutorial and how you explained it is so awesome! By the way, it may sound weird but, my 8 month old collie Chevy loves your channel. He sits and stares at all of your videos and if the TV says “ are your still watching” he barks and barks ….. I have to go downstairs and press “ yes” so it turns back on. He will not watch anything else but your channel.. it’s SO awesome to see him recognize your voice! Thanks Paul!

Hi Paul, glad to see you're back. My lab buddy, Westinghouse, can't wait to see "Charlie the Wonder Dog". I can also attest that being a Grandpa is AWESOME. We just had our first grandson. Please, take care my friend.

Congratulions that you will soon be a grandfather Paul, even if you look very young to be a grandhather already :) . I got my first child, a boy, when I was 44 and my daughter was borned four years later, and in December she will be 18 years old. Sorry to hear that your father died, and it is very sad that he didn't live a little bit longer so he could be a great grandfather. Take care - 73 LB5JG.

What a treat!!! Takes me back to my childhood antenna --- out my bedroom window and over to the garage.

I don't really use boom trucks, but I do perform inspections, maintenance and dielectric testing on them. Yours is really nice as far as they go. I've seen trucks still in active service that are much worse. Nice paint. They must not salt the roads much in you part of Canada. Those red hydraulic lines are pretty expensive. They're non-conductive. Use aramid fibers I think instead of steel

My dad used to work for a plant hire company, so I've had the opportunity to drive quite a few different pieces of equipment. Lifts and 'Cherry pickers' were always a favourite.

Congrats for becoming a grandfather! That's wonderful news, and you'll be an amazing Granddad. As for the video, the first-party GoPro view was pretty awesome. I've seen a bucket truck before, but never in operation. (Turns out they don't like kids milling about when there's kilovolt-range wiring above. Who knew? 😁) The sound was (not surprisingly) well-managed, knowing how loud commercial diesels can be. Looking forward to meeting Charlie, too! 👍

Basic lab equipment for an 'amateur' radio enthusiast: Mr. Carlson owns a bucket truck... I am not surprised! 👍🙂🤣

It’s great to visit Mr. Carlson’s neighborhood! Very cool video, Paul. And…. Congratulations!

I have had 3 bucket trucks over the years.... you become real popular with friends and family real quick.

My greatest condolences to your family. Thank you for the video. Always fun up in a bucket truck. 73!

I never imagined learning the use of a bucket truck on this electronics channel! Thank you:)😊

Great video Paul & sending my condolences for your father & may he RIP. Congratulations on becoming a grandfather. Can't say I've ever been up in a bucket truck & exciting, fantastic view. Lovely antenna!

Thank-you I find your videos very interesting please keep them coming. Thanks.

You have a very lovely property and great shop area. Love your creativity with the bucket truck.

Congratulations on the grandchild "Poppa Paul"! 😉My first grandchild was born 2 years ago and it's amazing. I've been following you for a few years and love to hear both the technical and enough of the personal side of things so I can be a good student and find out how things are for my favorite teachers.

Nice truck! Just subscribed on Patreon love the video and can't wait to dig into the member content. Congrats on becoming a grandfather!

This was really neat. Thanks for taking us along, and congrats on the new addition to your family!

Paul - congratulations on your future grandchild and sorry to read about your loss. Thoughts and prayers for your family. Best, Don

Wow, Mr. Carlson makes a bucket truck video and its great. Congrats on the upcoming grandchild and I'm sure a lot of us want to meet Charlie.

Paul! I have watched you for so many years now, I've had 3 channels 2 gone & you young Sir! have always!! been 1st back on my subscription page list. I can sit and watch your superior long restorations for hours/days. I have to admit I'm a big! fan of Green eyes and Green LEDs you are the inspiration behind my collecting, modifying. 😊👍

Hi Paul, first of all congratulations for being a grandad. Great view from the top of the "Cherry Picker" as we call it here in the UK, the antena is holding very well. Great job.

Paul, I did my share of work for a local electric provider, and bucket trucks like yours have fiberglass booms and non-metalic hydraulic hoses. No surprise, the companies that trim trees around overhead utilities also have this technology. It's called "cheap insurance."

Hard couple of years for sure, take care and thank you

That truck is on my bucket list

A bucket truck !!! 😮 you've got all the best man toys,,, every single one is necessary of course 🤓🛠👍

Back in the day I had a mate like you and he wanted me to help him put up a 60meter high groundplain his place had plenty of room and on a helpful slope and his idea was to use 3 sets of control wires from 3 dead points to get this thing up - Insane - so after each stage we had 3 wires to dead points in 3 directions and this thing came up in figure 8's - at 45 degs it was going all 5 dimensions including time and space - I was seeing a GP acting like a ballerina doing circles at times close to the ground - by 60deg's I thought we had it Then everything went sweet - we had a mast like an "S" but we could control the S and made a C then an I and after a few hours of total panic there stood a 60meter high GP and it even worked. He had to disconnect when there was lightening around - we used to watch the static on the plug end - your antenna is a lot smaller

I'm a grandfather also, so congrats. I love the old radio stuff. I have been doing antennas since I was 10, in 1953. Now that you have the guy wires up you don't even need the bucket truck to get at your wires, just put an extender rope on the ends and run them down and up .

Paul, you are a lucky man with a big house and a large garden, large enough for wire antennas. If your house and garden was located in the Netherlands, then you needed a bank account with a minimum of 6 zero's

Your neighbors must love you, lol. Keep up the great work Paul!

Thank you for the 4k video! I know its more work, but I enjoyed being able to see the rust on the wire as you described it.

Hello Paul!! Congratulations on being a future Grandfather!! Your bucket truck reminds me of some of my work at IBM East Fishkill N.Y. in Dutchess county. We had A JLG manlift capable of 65 feet max height. Don't get me wrong on this but I loved using it while doing my job responsibility but driving it to a particular location was not enjoyable because we had to drive it from within the bucket!! while the boom was collapsed down to its 32.5 foot shortness, the amount of movement of the boom was magnified when starting or stopping the machine on the road either the machine would throw you to the back of the bucket when starting, or it would want to EJECT you out of the bucket towards the front when STOPPING! So wearing the 5 point body harness was absolutely required to keep you IN the bucket with the safety strap. (I tended to get slightly motion sick while driving this machine from the bucket!!) It had the feature of being a 4 wheel drive hydraulic system. Each wheel had its own hydraulic motor with a planetary drive HUB assembly. We used this vehicle to maintain parking lot and road lights on site as well as maintaining the overhead utility system for heating , airconditioning, electrical, chemical, solvent and gas supply overhead feed line to all major buildings on site. This was all contained in a steel trestle that held all the overhead services needed for the buildings and chip production areas!! Thanks for a GREAT video as always!! 73's from KC2UVN

As I said on Patreon condolences to you and your family on the loss of your father. My mom had some major health issues earlier this year that I was convinced was most likely cancer as it runs in the family. Thankfully it was something very treatable and after two weeks in the hospital it's like it never happened which I'm grateful for. Scared the hell of me to think I may be losing her while we were in the ER. Congrats on the future grandchild. No kids myself but having a 6 year old nephew is a lot of fun because like grandkids I can have fun and spoil him a bit then when he gets cranky I can send him home to his dad and let my brother deal with him. :P

Thanks Paul...nice paint job!

I was just asking myself if we were gonna get another 369 video 💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖

I had to get in a bucket truck in the rain the first time ouside the collier county jail to a pole with a camera with a need for adjustment looking at the roof of the jail, had to stand in 6 in of water in the bucket, thay said it didnt have drain hole's becuse the water mignt contact ground and defiet the HV insulation from ground. The most exciting service call. Although being in the jail for cameras was depressing esp the cockroches in the camera houseing esp in the drunk tank cell. Thanks for the memories.

Thanks Paul. I just love antenna work! I'm at my happiest up a ladder, on the roof, and, oh my goodness, that lift truck your have there....... If my wife saw me watching this video she'd drag me away from the PC! How about opening up your place as a kind of ham's/tec's playground? I'd pay good money to come and play... Maybe twice a week, and all the way from the UK too! Great work Paul, keep it up, Paul, you're loved throughout the world of radio and electronics. Oh, and, good luck with the lawn, you'll need it!

Congrats to you! I really enjoy seeing your personal life as well. I used to work on trucks and I've worked on MANY Internationals. The DT466 (assuming that's what it is) is one one the toughest Diesel engines made! You're smart to chock the wheels. Unlike air brake vehicles with spring brake chambers to hold the truck in place, the whole truck is held by ONE set of small shoes and a drum. I know of cases where people have pulled the driveshaft in a shop or side of the road to tow, and the trucks roll away! They've started to put the park brake drum at the rear end instead in later years. Beutiful well designed antenna! Can't wait to hear it on the air. Good luck and God bless you and your family! 73's!

Mr. Carlson had me worried...but it looks like the bucket truck O-ring seals and hydraulic system is in good working condition....just like all the old radios and instruments restored. I just begun to look at all your work and teachings. While it may be an older esposide on - the FET active probe was nice. And it's good you went thru many components on the front end MOSFET...and tried lots..for your goodie box has plenty to choose from. It show patience and methodical work. I seen the dual gates...in mixer circuits. It was interesting the one gate tied to Vcc. Sneaky and simple. I intend to build one... May my little lab...become resurrected soon. Lots of projects to be worked on. Keep up the good work

I too have a bucket truck. Not as big as yours but it's still an awesome tool. I am currently painting my big house with it. Much safer than using a ladder. I enjoy your videos.

Congrats Grandad Carlson 🥳

Hi Paul. This may be a stupid idea, but hey here goes. You said you had trouble with ice on the antenna lines in the winter, well here's an idea that may be useful or not. How would it be to disconnect everything from them and then run a current through them to melt the ice. There may be some way of doing this; that would save you from having too manually separate them. It's just a thought and hey it may not be possible, but i just thought id'e through it out there. Hope your keeping safe and well and thanks for sharing.

I wonder If you used a bucket truck before, maybe at a job, you seem know everything about it. With your skills in areas other than electronics, you are truly a multi crafted Canadian citizen.

Definitely the least rusty boom truck I’ve ever seen. Naturally is belongs to Mr. C.

Hi Mr. Carlson, very nice your antenna systems (and the maintenance truck too). Bye.

Here in Western Australia, to deal with powerlines in residential areas touching each other during windy days (they have 4 lines side by side), our government owned wholesaler (Western Power) put spacers everywhere. They did that a good 15-20yrs ago, prior to that, wind would cause the lines to touch each other. Could be useful in your situation to keep the 3 lines away from each other.

Grandfather… congratulations! I can just see you with your grandson on your lap explaining how to use your capacitance tester. 😝 lol !!

Congratulations! Grandkids are the best!

I have recently become a grandad and it’s fantastic (I’ve even got the teeth marks to prove it). You will have a brilliant time 😍

Hey always a pleasure to share your adventures !

Really enjoyed the video. You amaze me every time I watch one of your videos. I’m sorry for your loss. I know the feeling all too well. Just remember, you have to hurt before you get better. Wishing you and your family health and happiness, 73, Keith Kg2ix

With the 3-6-9 antenna traversing the distance between your house and workshop, it would be amazing if you could set it up to connect from either side, to make use of the antenna in either location. Surprised to learn snow build up on the wires creates a problem. With you being in BC, I wouldn't expect snow and ice to be a concern like it is for us in NE Canada.

Well, the "Bucket Truck" video was something I never thought I'd see on Mr. Carlson's Lab, but hey, your neighbor could let you use that, more down to earth, ladder in his yard to trim that bush before you back the bucket truck in along the shop next time. Definitely a first for your You Tube fans.

You have the lawn of a man who has better things to do than take care of the lawn. Carry on.

He is the ultimate Ham Radio Elmer! Condolences for your family’s loss, but congratulations on your soon to be arrival!

you have got so many toys you can play with ! Crazy !

Condolences to you and your family. Love watching your videos even though I have a very limited knowledge of electronics and such. I would love to tackle my Rotel 1312 Integrated Amp one day. Still works but should be updated.

It's rare of course. But one winter we had especially sticky snow with zero wind. It built up on wire to about the size of fire hose. As soon as it began warming it fell off but not before a few wires broke. This was a 40m cage dipole.

Jay the Florida pool pump motor repair guy When Service Calls Longwood approved ! that was good info 2 know 👨‍🔧

Wow Paul.... beautiful blue truck you have there....and it can get you high as well? 😄... congratulations on the little one coming. Best wishes for you and all your loved ones.

“Yeah, I own a bucket truck”. Uh? What? Cool! Brilliant!

Nice work Mr C 👍👍 A bucket truck...Really!! I used to climb my Rohn tower all the time, not so much these days. Congrats on the new family member, you're going to have fun..I have 5.

Great video, like the bucket truck,

I was a bit worried when you were up there. So far I had never realised how much I care about your life.

Neat! So, you own your own bucket truck.... kinda reminded me of the "Cool, my own terminator..." line in a popular movie. I fully expect you to pick up your own decommissioned satellite and a parabolic tracking antenna to communicate with it next. Paul, you never cease to amaze me at the all the neat stuff you've collected over the years! More power to you, and I'm sure you'll make a terrific Granddad, especially if he/she turns out to be as interested in radio technology as you are. 73s KD2ORG

When you mentioned your lawn has "0" priority - you had me right then and there. There's nothing better than to have dead grass and dirt. 😂

Congrats on that new journey!

Hi I've never commented on your channel but way way back in time I was into radio and played with some interesting antenna - My first thought with ice/snow build up would be to disconnect from gear and hook it up to a DC of lets make it interesting 200amps for about 4 seconds and see how much of that ice wants to stay on - I'm anticipating the Communication you are going to receive from that iced water is - Ok Ok I've had enough - just give me another 4 seconds to pack my bags - lol tip Ice doesn't have baggage - so in all seriousness you know how much power it needs to clean the wire off in the morning each day right

Congrats Granpa Carlson. Of course, Mr. Carlson owns a bucket truck lmaoooo never doubted it for a second.

Put a counter-twist in the wire. It came off a spool. A wire drawing block/plate will straighten it if you want instead you can make a wood one or buy steel with a ton of different diameter holes. Its basically a little funnel. Put it in a vise, taper the wire so it feeds and yank it though with vise grips. It will be stick straight. Your springs may need to be thicker too to overcome the wire shrinkage. Not necessary more tension but more ridgid. They might be rotating in the cold. Eyes allow nearly 180°'s of rotation too. Hard to see how you set it up. I saw the original build but forgot.

Let me add my condolences on the loss of your Dad. Tough stuff. I really want a bucket truck now. 73, N5UWY/VE2UWY

Nice video. I liked the little bit of change

Could you run a current down the wires to heat them and melt the snow or ice covering them?

Always interesting on Mr. C’s show. Thanks for the how-to with bucket trucks. Neat.

A bucket truck and a giant antenna! I'm hanging around.

paul your videos are awsome keep em coming this is my fav channel on youtube :)

That was very interesting Paul. Thanks very much.

Whaat? Grandpa Carlson? You look like you could be a young(ish) "Dad Carlson"! Thank you very much for sharing your experience in all things electrical. BTW, what is the inductance of those coils in the see-saw?

I'm not afraid of heights at all, but the insulated bucket truck scares the crap out of me. The bucket bounces and sways way more than I'm comfortable with.

The next door neighbor jumped feet first into the CB fad and quite a few times I was treated to "This is Fuzzy Wuzzy on the 10-10" mixed with Jimi Hendrix on my little record player. Something in the stylus must have made a perfect receiver.

Cool video, Congratulations on the addition to the family.

Congratulations Mr. Carlson