Makita's ground rod attachment was $20 at a local mom-and-pop hardware
store. Lowe's didn't carry it, but the people working there at least knew
enough about what I wanted to send me to the right place.
It sinks 8' rods into hard clay with plenty of rocks with almost no
mushroom-heading. If you encounter a house-sized boulder (plenty of those
around here!) you're in trouble, but I guess you would be no matter what.
Rental places gave me a puzzled look when I asked about ground rod
attachments. My plan was to by the attachment myself and rent the hammer
drill. But, I ended up just buying both. The Makita unit is quite capable
for this purpose and was under $600 new.
73,
Tom, NI1N
----- Original Message -----
From: <WarrenWolff@aol.com>
To: <towertalk@contesting.com>
Sent: Thursday, August 31, 2006 1:40 AM
Subject: [TowerTalk] Rotohammers and ground rods
>
> The electrician who is going to do my radials at Lake Havasu City AZ made
> a
> comment in reference to the difficulties driving ground rods.
>
> "I have Bosch's largest rotohammer and can tell you what the other guy
> did
> wrong. He did not use the ground rod driver attachment for the tools he
> used.
> If he had, he would not have ended up with mushroomed heads on the ground
> rods needing to be cut off. The attachment is about $50.00 and I have
> never seen
> one for rent."
>
>
> Just for TTalker info.
>
> Regards, Warren; W7WY
>
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