I rented one of those at Home Depot when I put in my only ground rod. It was
relatively easy in our hard Rocky Mountain soil. If I had to do again, I
would figure out a way to keep the tip of the ground rod from deforming
with the jackhammer effect.
Hank/ke0cu
On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 4:00 PM, Patrick Barkey <n9rvee@gmail.com> wrote:
> Has anyone on this list ever tried installing ground rods in rocky soil
> with
> a big jack hammer drill? What I had in mind was replacing the big with the
> ground rod and driving it in. Having zero luck in this rocky stuff called
> soil in western Montana.
>
> I am thinking of one of those big Hilti things with a jack hammer setting:
>
>
> http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0036SCVSM/ref=asc_df_B0036SCVSM1071795?smid=A1QNWKKF9WDH43
>
> - Pat
> N9RV
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