Driving them in at a slant is a new twist to me but sounds like a good idea
for rocky land.
I've tried the hammer drills also a "T" post driver which worked pretty
good to about 4 feet. Then had to go to the sledge hammer.
Thanks to all for the input.
I may give the jack hammer a try or the water drill.
Thanks,
Jeff
On Sat, Dec 3, 2016 at 7:09 PM W0MU Mike Fatchett <w0mu@w0mu.com> wrote:
> In known rocky areas I have found that you should drive them in on an
> angle. It gives them a chance to deflect. I found driving them into
> soil filled with river rocks to be much easier when slanted.
>
>
> On 12/3/2016 10:39 AM, Patrick Greenlee wrote:
> > I found that really difficult to drive rods would tend to bend when
> > hit really hard with a sledge so... I cut a couple lengths of tubing,
> > one about a foot and the other a couple feet. They are sized to let
> > the rod go inside easily, a tight fit is not required. With one of
> > these over the ground rod where it would bend it doesn't bend and it
> > keeps the force of the blows aligned with driving the rod, keeping it
> > "in column" and not being wasted flexing or bending the rod.
> >
> > I have also used an electric "demo" (demolition) hammer with a rod
> > driving bit and with patience could drive rods where hammering was
> > nearly impossible. I climb up a ladder to balance the electric demo
> > hammer on the rod. I don't have to support the hammer just balance it
> > and experiment with applying down force or just letting the hammer's
> > weight do the job. Sometimes one works better than the other.
> >
> >
> > Patrick NJ5G
> >
> >
> > On 12/3/2016 11:22 AM, StellarCAT wrote:
> >> I did just that - borrowed a hammer drill - after 30 minutes it got
> >> me maybe, maybe 1/2".... I went back to hammering. It was more
> >> effective. The clay and sandstone here is terrible. More than likely
> >> the one that I borrowed wasn't big enough - although it was pretty
> >> darn substantial.
> >>
> >> Gary
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> -----Original Message----- From: Richard Thorne
> >> Sent: Saturday, December 3, 2016 11:40 AM
> >> To: towertalk@contesting.com
> >> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Station and tower grounding
> >>
> >> Go rent a hammer drill and purchase a ground rod adapter for installing
> >> ground rods.
> >>
> >> Makes quick work of installing an 8' ground rod.
> >>
> >> I had 5 ground rods installed in less than 30 minutes. We have clay and
> >> cliche here in the Amarillo panhandle.
> >>
> >> Rich - N5ZC
> >>
> >> On 12/3/2016 10:07 AM, Jeff Draughn wrote:
> >>> I live in Kansas in an area that has some of the worst clay that I have
> >>> ever had to deal with.
> >>> It's sticky gooey terrible stuff, sticks to everything like epoxy!
> >>> Trying to drive eight-foot ground rods's in the ground is near
> >>> impossible,
> >>> I think the stickiness just builds to a point where it's near
> >>> impossible
> >>> even using a 10 pound sledge.
> >>>
> >>> So my question is would several 4 foot rods placed approximately 4 feet
> >>> apart be satisfactory?
> >>>
> >>> Thanks for your thoughts and inputs.
> >>>
> >>> Regards,
> >>> Jeff
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