Fellow Tower Talkians: In the October issue of "Electric Contracting Products" page 26 is a product announcement of a new ground rod driving tool "The Sluggo-Ox" from Sluggo Ox Corp. As a note I have
A local electrician I use had a tool for driving ground rods that his father made. He got some Well Pipe, welded a piece on top and welded two handles on it. It drove an 8' ground rod into what's lau
Did he use it to POUND the rod into the ground or did it SCREW or TWIST it into the ground? I have used a post pile driver with two handles and you pound down with it. == K8JHR == welded a piece on t
Fellow Tower Talkians: I just checked their web site and the MSRP is $119.95 which does make it a bit pricey. Tom, WW5L PS: But again I just passed the idea along. ___________________________________
Fellow Tower Talkians: I just checked their web site and the MSRP is $119.95 which does make it a bit pricey. Tom, WW5L PS: But again I just passed the idea along. Sounds like a good club purchase fo
WHEW! That puppy is $119.95 plus shipping! Pretty rich for something that will only be used for (as a rule) one or two installation times. Appreciate the info though...Always good to see new products
I bought a 6 in. length of 1 in. pipe and a cap at Home Depot which has worked fine for me at a cost of less than $5.00. I figure that after a dozen or so ground rods I might have to replace the cap
Find the largest sledge hammer you can pick up. Knock out the wooden handle, weld in place 3 or 4 feet of 1' pipe. On ground rod day, slide pipe over rod, stand vertical,in the 1 foot hole you dug, p
I use my 1" rotary impact drill. I sharpen the end of the ground rod on my grinder, then chuck it up and off I go! 8 feet in less than a minute. And here in Reno, we are 80% rocks...BIG rocks, and th
Harbor Freidht frequently has a 1 inch rotary drill/driver on sale for about $69 or so. I hear those also work pretty well. Tom, WW5L PS: the reference earlier was strictly an FYI on something I had
A much cheaper alternative is the Cadweld B-137-16 ground rod sleeve: http://www.hol4g.com/ac/product.aspx?number=CAD-B-137-16&p=172141&sc=0 I got one 11 years ago from The RF Connection for $16. Sli
Sometimes it seems we stray from the list topic, but strays such as this thread have been a real information source. Thanks to all for the great ideas and addresses for some specialized tools for gro
You are describing the basic "fence post driver" used on farms for years. Depending on how much weight you can handle the faster you can drive posts. Of course you need to be in really good shape for
I am happy for it because I will be doing this several times in the coming weeks. Besides it is really on topic. Towers need ground rods... which need to be pounded in the ground. As topical as discu
Amen, Bruddah! That is what I have used... you can get a light weight one at Lowes Home Depot Shack or the like foir about $15, but I rented a really heavy one for an hour once to pound in five rods
If you want a 1" hammer drill, check with Harbor Freight on line or your local store. They often have them for around $69.00 on sale or with an online coupon. To get the online coupon you have to sig
The link below is just one of several commercial adapters for ground rod to Hammer drill connection. These are on ebay as well. http://www.equipment2u.com/family/Ground_Rod_Driver_3_4IN_3_4_Hex/37090
Rich didn't say they did, but just to be clear..... The ground rod driver bit shown in the link will NOT fit the Harbor Freight hammer drills. I have yet to be able to find one that would. The Harbor
Harbor Freight seems to just carry chisels and pointed drill bits for the 1" drill driver. Never seen one that will fit grounds. Even looked at the Hitachi drill drivers (a lot more $$$) at Lowe's an