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21. Re: [TowerTalk] Sinking ground rods (score: 1): Author: "Tom McAlee" <tom@klient.com>; Date: Mon, 14 Aug 2006 13:36:54 -0400; I have a large Makita hammer drill and a ground rod attachment for it. It does wonders! The ground here is hard clay with a lot of rock mixed in. Using a standard fence post driver, I can't get anyth; /archives//html/Towertalk/2006-08/msg00391.html (8,719 bytes)
22. Re: [TowerTalk] Sinking ground rods (score: 1): Author: "Donald Chester" <k4kyv@hotmail.com>; Date: Mon, 14 Aug 2006 20:33:52 +0000; I've heard the same thing myself. I use a metal fence post driver. It is basically a heavy pipe about 2' long, with one end welded closed and a couple of handles made from rebar welded to the sides.; /archives//html/Towertalk/2006-08/msg00402.html (8,650 bytes)
23. Re: [TowerTalk] Sinking ground rods (score: 1): Author: "JC Smith" <jc-smith@comcast.net>; Date: Mon, 14 Aug 2006 15:01:43 -0700; I just use an appropriately sized socket. It doesn't have to grip the ground rod, just keep the hammer from sliding off. 73 - JC, K0HPS I have a large Makita hammer drill and a ground rod attachment; /archives//html/Towertalk/2006-08/msg00406.html (10,021 bytes)
24. Re: [TowerTalk] Sinking ground rods (score: 1): Author: "AA6DX - Mark" <aa6dx@arrl.net>; Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2006 18:06:34 -0700; Harbor Freight (sigh .. again) has their 1" SDS Rotary Hammer Kit on sale for $59.99 -- extra bit set is $9.99, buy one .. hard to find SDS bits .. cut off a bit to make a blunt end, put a deep well; /archives//html/Towertalk/2006-08/msg01080.html (9,158 bytes)
25. Re: [TowerTalk] Sinking ground rods (score: 1): Author: Ian White GM3SEK <gm3sek@ifwtech.co.uk>; Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2006 07:29:41 +0100; Even betterer, track down an SDS to square-drive adapter, and have a choice of socket sizes. Sorry to hear that SDS tools are still hard to find in the USA. The SDS hammer drill system is truly wonde; /archives//html/Towertalk/2006-08/msg01095.html (8,541 bytes)
26. Re: [TowerTalk] Sinking ground rods (score: 1): Author: ny6dx@aim.com; Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2006 22:18:58 -0400; or buy a ground rod adaptor fo $30 bucks --Original Message-- From: aa6dx@arrl.net To: britech@earthlink.net; towertalk@contesting.com Sent: Tue, 29 Aug 2006 9:06 PM Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Sinking; /archives//html/Towertalk/2006-08/msg01100.html (9,923 bytes)
27. Re: [TowerTalk] Sinking ground rods (score: 1): Author: "W3YY" <w3yy@cox.net>; Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2006 00:57:17 -0000; Got mine today! $40 - what a deal. _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ TowerTalk mailing list TowerTalk@contesting.com http://lists.contest; /archives//html/Towertalk/2006-08/msg01131.html (10,428 bytes)
28. Re: [TowerTalk] Sinking ground rods (score: 1): Author: Bill Coleman <aa4lr@arrl.net>; Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2006 09:55:55 -0400; The best way is to pound them in. Doing that can be tricky. It all depends on the soil. I put a couple of ground rods in at W4AN (SK)'s superstation in Dahlonegah, GA. Soil there was undisturbed fore; /archives//html/Towertalk/2006-10/msg00686.html (7,855 bytes)
29. Re: [TowerTalk] Sinking ground rods (score: 1): Author: Tom Anderson <WW5L@gte.net>; Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2006 09:17:21 -0500; Another way is to use a fence post driver available at many Lowe's and Home Depot store or nearly any farm and ranch supply store. It is a 2-3 foot piece of pipe sealed on one end with handles on the; /archives//html/Towertalk/2006-10/msg00687.html (10,061 bytes)
30. Re: [TowerTalk] Sinking ground rods (score: 1): Author: "Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181" <ooe@odessaoffice.com>; Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2006 08:10:03 -0700; Back in my days as a linesman in the Airforce we had to drive them into coral in Hawaii. VERY hard stuff. The easy way to do it was with a jack hammer. One guy would stand on the hood of a truck and; /archives//html/Towertalk/2006-10/msg00688.html (13,016 bytes)
31. Re: [TowerTalk] Sinking ground rods (score: 1): Author: "Dale Martin" <kg5u@hal-pc.org>; Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2006 10:28:47 -0500; Before I found the one-gallon-of-water-method, I took an empty one-gallon paint can, a two-and-a-half foot length of water pipe, a water pipe tee and some concrete. I attached the tee to the pipe, s; /archives//html/Towertalk/2006-10/msg00689.html (7,843 bytes)
32. Re: [TowerTalk] Sinking ground rods (score: 1): Author: "K8RI on TowerTalk" <K8RI-on-TowerTalk@tm.net>; Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2006 14:45:18 -0400; It depends on the soil. Here in central Michigan we have a mix, sand, sand lome, clay, clay lome, or in my yard it's about a foot of top soil covering alternating layers of pure clay and pure sand.; /archives//html/Towertalk/2006-10/msg00692.html (10,435 bytes)
33. Re: [TowerTalk] Sinking ground rods (score: 1): Author: "NI7T" <ni7t@preciscom.net>; Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2006 20:12:49 -0000; the easiest tool for ground rods is a medium sized hammer drill and a ground rod bit made for the purpose..I rent them from my local tool rental shop..I have seen them at Home Depot tool rental as we; /archives//html/Towertalk/2006-10/msg00693.html (9,082 bytes)
34. Re: [TowerTalk] Sinking ground rods (score: 1): Author: Bill Coleman <aa4lr@arrl.net>; Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2006 22:39:36 -0400; Dumbell collars -- from the weight set. These are old and have a setscrew. Newer ones have a lever or knob. Bill Coleman, AA4LR, PP-ASEL Mail: aa4lr@arrl.net Quote: "Not within a thousand years will; /archives//html/Towertalk/2006-10/msg00699.html (7,905 bytes)
35. Re: [TowerTalk] Sinking ground rods (score: 1): Author: "Orcena Lyle" <olyle@usfamily.net>; Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2006 09:12:05 -0500; What were the collars like and how did you attach them? 73 de Orcy WØQT -- Original Message -- From: Bill Coleman To: britech@earthlink.net Cc: 'Tower Talk Reflector' Sent: Wednesday, October; /archives//html/Towertalk/2006-10/msg00700.html (10,409 bytes)
36. Re: [TowerTalk] Sinking ground rods (score: 1): Author: "Orcena Lyle" <olyle@usfamily.net>; Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2006 21:55:14 -0500; Tnx! Actually, I have it easy here (Minnesota). I've put down a bunch of ground rods in two different locales. 18 in. of loam, then sand all the way down to bedrock, wherever it may be. I run the hos; /archives//html/Towertalk/2006-10/msg00701.html (10,527 bytes)
37. Re: [TowerTalk] Sinking Ground Rods (score: 1): Author: "Dr M J DiGirolamo" <DrD@2020.com>; Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2006 23:23:46 -0400; This summer I sank around 20 or so 8' x 5/8" rods. It was a TOUGH JOB. I have fundamentally clay soil here in Central Virginia. No amount of pounding with a sledge hammer helped me after 2-3 feet. So; /archives//html/Towertalk/2006-10/msg00702.html (9,483 bytes)
38. Re: [TowerTalk] Sinking ground rods (score: 1): Author: Bill Turner <dezrat@copper.net>; Date: Sun, 29 Oct 2006 10:11:59 -0800; ORIGINAL MESSAGE: -- REPLY FOLLOWS -- Agreed, but not with a hammer. Buy or rent an electric hammer drill and you will find it becomes incredibly easy. Here in the desert there is a layer of caliche,; /archives//html/Towertalk/2006-10/msg00770.html (8,689 bytes)
39. Re: [TowerTalk] Sinking ground rods (score: 1): Author: "Dick Green WC1M" <wc1m@msn.com>; Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2006 00:48:43 -0500; When this thread started, I meant to add my observations -- but I got too busy working on my tower project! Anyway, here in West Central New Hampshire, we have a mixture of soil, rocks, and even a li; /archives//html/Towertalk/2006-10/msg00792.html (11,666 bytes)
40. Re: [TowerTalk] Sinking ground rods (score: 1): Author: "K8RI on TowerTalk" <K8RI-on-TowerTalk@tm.net>; Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2006 03:46:58 -0500; During the last period of glaciation Michigan was covered with ice up to two miles thick. There is a diagonal hinge line that runs from some where around Alpena on the upper NE side of the lower peni; /archives//html/Towertalk/2006-10/msg00793.html (11,648 bytes)

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