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1. [TowerTalk] Removing ground rods (score: 1): Author: N4ZR <n4zr@comcast.net>; Date: Tue, 30 Mar 2021 10:44:16 -0400; Anyone got an innovative way of getting 8-foot ground rods out of the ground? I'm taking down my 160M RX and TX setups for the summer and have one stubborn one. I've tried the visegrips and even tri; /archives//html/Towertalk/2021-03/msg00326.html (7,541 bytes)
2. Re: [TowerTalk] Removing ground rods (score: 1): Author: John Simmons <jasimmons@pinewooddata.com>; Date: Tue, 30 Mar 2021 09:48:06 -0500; Sawzall! N4ZR wrote on 3/30/2021 9:44 AM: Anyone got an innovative way of getting 8-foot ground rods out of the ground? I'm taking down my 160M RX and TX setups for the summer and have one stubborn o; /archives//html/Towertalk/2021-03/msg00327.html (7,692 bytes)
3. Re: [TowerTalk] Removing ground rods (score: 1): Author: Joseph DeVincentis <jd@ko8v.net>; Date: Tue, 30 Mar 2021 14:51:20 +0000; I've done two things. 1. Use a fence post puller similar to this: https://amazon.com/T-Post-Puller-Fence-Post-36/dp/B088SV1MPD/ref=sr_1_5?dchild=1&keywords=fence+post+puller&qid=1617115713&sr=8-5 2.; /archives//html/Towertalk/2021-03/msg00328.html (7,877 bytes)
4. Re: [TowerTalk] Removing ground rods (score: 1): Author: Paul Beckmann <wa0rse@gmail.com>; Date: Tue, 30 Mar 2021 10:06:45 -0500; The T-post puller that Joe suggests is a great approach. You'll need to figure out a choker or some other connection to the hook that would normally hook onto the T-post. If you set up a choker (a wi; /archives//html/Towertalk/2021-03/msg00329.html (10,032 bytes)
5. Re: [TowerTalk] Removing ground rods (score: 1): Author: Gene Smar via TowerTalk <towertalk@contesting.com>; Date: Tue, 30 Mar 2021 12:35:32 -0400; Pete: I'd recommend you use the car jack once again, but this time wrap a couple of turns of heavy chain around the rod underneath the vice grips and loop the chain over the jack's hook. Put wood pla; /archives//html/Towertalk/2021-03/msg00334.html (11,391 bytes)
6. Re: [TowerTalk] Removing ground rods (score: 1): Author: John Simmons <jasimmons@pinewooddata.com>; Date: Tue, 30 Mar 2021 12:04:19 -0500; I saw a backhoe pull out a stubborn ground rod and it came out shaped like a giant corkscrew. It wasn't much good after that. -de John NI0K Gene Smar via TowerTalk wrote on 3/30/2021 11:35 AM: Pete:; /archives//html/Towertalk/2021-03/msg00335.html (12,212 bytes)
7. Re: [TowerTalk] Removing ground rods (score: 1): Author: Jim Kinney <jimkinney@bellsouth.net>; Date: Tue, 30 Mar 2021 13:16:33 -0400; Here in FL near the beach, we don't have to remove them, they disintegrate from the saltwater bath. After 5 ish years an 8 foot rod is only 3 feet long and pull out easily. I do have to replace them; /archives//html/Towertalk/2021-03/msg00336.html (14,716 bytes)
8. Re: [TowerTalk] Removing ground rods (score: 1): Author: J Chaloupka via TowerTalk <towertalk@contesting.com>; Date: Tue, 30 Mar 2021 17:41:21 +0000 (UTC); Chuck up the rod in the same hammer drill used for installation. Run it briefly as though going deeper in. That loosens the holding power of corrosion etc. Next, use a T post puller or clamp viseg; /archives//html/Towertalk/2021-03/msg00337.html (9,248 bytes)
9. Re: [TowerTalk] Removing ground rods (score: 1): Author: "Mike Smith VE9AA" <ve9aa@nbnet.nb.ca>; Date: Tue, 30 Mar 2021 18:01:17 -0300; Pete, I've never pulled out a ground rod, but I've pulled stubborn trees with what I would call a "Jack-All" (Farmers jack, 4x4 Off Roaders Jack) You see them strapped to oversized Jeeps & other SUV'; /archives//html/Towertalk/2021-03/msg00339.html (8,613 bytes)
10. Re: [TowerTalk] Removing ground rods (score: 1): Author: Brian Amos <bamos1@gmail.com>; Date: Tue, 30 Mar 2021 21:56:26 -0600; Ive been doing this for years for work applications. I use vice grips or a pipe wrench, depending on rod thickness, and a hydraulic automotive jack sitting on an 8 long 2x6. Sometimes using 2 pipe wr; /archives//html/Towertalk/2021-03/msg00343.html (9,270 bytes)
11. Re: [TowerTalk] Removing ground rods (score: 1): Author: Rob Atkinson <ranchorobbo@gmail.com>; Date: Wed, 31 Mar 2021 05:27:08 -0500; This method is what I use and it works FB. Keep in mind that once the rod is halfway out, it gets a lot easier and eventually you can pull it by hand. Only use copper clad rods. The galvanized ones d; /archives//html/Towertalk/2021-03/msg00344.html (8,742 bytes)

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