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Re: [TowerTalk] Tools for Installing Ground Rod?

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Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Tools for Installing Ground Rod?
From: "John." <johne@tds.net>
Date: Mon, 23 Jan 2006 17:35:10 -0600
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Use water, Take a pipe the length of your ground rod and use your water 
hose. Run the pipe down with the water running.
Pull the water pipe out then put the ground rod down with salt around it 
and pack in soil.
Some may flip over this but it will work.
GL de John KØCQW

>At 04:52 PM 1/23/2006, Dr. Howard S. White wrote:
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>>My soil is very, very hard clay which makes it a perfect tower base... in 
>>fact we had to jack hammer it out to build the base...
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>>... Strong constructions workers hitting the top of the 8' ground rods 
>>with Sledge Hammers they were able to drive 1 in about 4 feet and one 
>>about 5 feet...  neither is deep enough....
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>>Any suggestions on what mechanical or power tool to use to drive ground 
>>rods further into the ground.  Plus I want to put in a few more....
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