There is a "ground rod driver" made for almost all "roto hammers" I used one
with a Milwaukee brand. It is just a piece of "pipe" welded to the end of a
shaft that fits your particular hammer drill. it does not turn, but has the
jack-hammer effect for sinking ground rods....Works GREAT!
Good luck
Jim W7RY
-----Original Message-----
From: Bill Wall <billwall@bellsouth.net>
To: Bert <k4ar@arrl.net>; towertalk@contesting.com
<towertalk@contesting.com>
To: <towertalk@contesting.com>
Date: Tuesday, December 21, 1999 21:12
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] SDS Pin driver attachment for hammer-drill
>
>Hi everyone and a very good holiday season to you.
>There is an electric impact hammer that is being rented at tool rental
>companies in the Atlanta area. A good friend of mine N4SE Mac is a
>salesman at Northside tool. I rented this hammer and drove 4 two piece
>Ga. power grounds into my granite filled soil in about 6 hrs. The rods
>are 8' long and use threaded couplings. Total rental cost was less than
>$50.00.
>I hope this helps,
> Bill Wall KC4UZ
> Quads are better
>
>Bert wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I was looking at some SDS bit hammer drills and am curious,
>> is there a attachment available for driving ground rods with a SDS
>> type drill ? Bosch makes a 1" tri-mode model for under $250,
>> and that is a attractive compared to spline type models.
>>
>> Thanks, Bert - K4AR
>>
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