It is a fence post driver....You need to go to a farm supply hardware
store....
They are for driving metal fence posts into the ground (that you put around
your horse pasture with barbed wire on them).
73
Jim W7RY
-----Original Message-----
From: Guy Olinger, K2AV <k2av@contesting.com>
To: ae4mr@arrl.org <ae4mr@arrl.org>; Avila, Edward <EAvila@caiso.com>; 'Pete
Smith' <n4zr@contesting.com>; towertalk@contesting.com
<towertalk@contesting.com>
To: <towertalk@contesting.com>
Date: Saturday, January 20, 2001 8:40 PM
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Ground rod drivers.
>My Ace Hardware guy never heard of a stake driver. You got a brand/model
>number so I can have him look it up?
>
>Thanks & 73, Guy
>-----------------
>
>Guy Olinger, K2AV
>Apex, NC, USA
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: Dave Armbrust <ae4mr@arrl.org>
>To: Avila, Edward <EAvila@caiso.com>; 'Pete Smith'
><n4zr@contesting.com>; <towertalk@contesting.com>
>Sent: Friday, January 19, 2001 12:43 PM
>Subject: RE: [TowerTalk] Ground rod drivers.
>
>
>> Well it all depends.
>>
>> If you are like me and have gone out and bought 1 1/2" ID water pipe
>> thinking that I can be used as a mast!
>>
>> Seriously I have not priced these but $15 does seem like a bargain.
>And it
>> really does work great. And you do not have the problem with the cap
>> unscrewing.
>>
>> Please try this first before you try ANY other method even if you
>think your
>> ground is too hard you will really be surprised how well this works.
>Plus
>> if you buy it from Home Depot they will be happy to take it back if it
>does
>> not work (or if it does).
>>
>> 73--
>> Dave Armbrust - AE4MR
>> ARRL WCF Section Manager
>> (941)378-1701 Fax: (941)929-0040
>>
>>
>> > -----Original Message-----
>> > From: owner-towertalk@contesting.com
>> > [mailto:owner-towertalk@contesting.com]On Behalf Of Avila, Edward
>> > Sent: Thursday, January 18, 2001 11:48 AM
>> > To: 'Pete Smith'; 'towertalk@contesting.com'
>> > Subject: RE: [TowerTalk] Ground rod drivers.
>> >
>> >
>> > DAMN guys.....I just bought a stake driver at ACE Hardware in town
>for $15
>> > brand new......may be I could .....I can't image metal pipe and a
>cap
>> > costing much less? HI
>> >
>> > k6sdw
>> >
>> > -----Original Message-----
>> > From: Pete Smith [mailto:n4zr@contesting.com]
>> > Sent: Thursday, January 18, 2001 7:55 AM
>> > To: towertalk@contesting.com
>> > Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Ground rod drivers.
>> >
>> >
>> > At 11:30 PM 1/17/01 +0000, t colbert wrote:
>> > >
>> > >I've had the screw-on pipe caps come off when driving ground rods.
>The
>> > >threads
>> > >
>> > >cut into the pipe weaken it such that the metal gives way.
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >Rod drivers can be rented, or if you are frugal like me, weld a
>strap
>> > >over the
>> > >
>> > >cap and on to the body of the driver.
>> >
>> > Or borrow one from a local farmer. For that matter, they only cost
>~$15
>> > for a real one.
>> >
>> > 73, Pete N4ZR
>> > Contesting is!
>> >
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>> > is waiting for your input at
>> > http://www.qsl.net/n4zr
>> >
>> >
>> >
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