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Re: [TowerTalk] Sinking ground rods

To: britech@earthlink.net,"'Tower Talk Reflector'" <towertalk@contesting.com>
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Sinking ground rods
From: Jim Lux <jimlux@earthlink.net>
Date: Mon, 14 Aug 2006 07:09:12 -0700
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At 10:32 PM 8/13/2006, Allen R. Brier wrote:
>What is the best/easiest method to sink ground rods? I know the trick of
>using water to fill the hole several times to make it easy, but I have also
>heard that the ground contact is not as good using this method vs. pounding
>the rod in the hard way, in dry ground. Which is best?

Rent, or borrow, a rotary percussion hammer with the ground rod driving 
attachment. The latter is a little thing that looks kind of like a standard 
socket for a 1/2" drive socket, except it's smooth inside and fits right 
over the end of the rod.  The one I rented had a sort of twist-lock/camming 
action to grab the rod (or, more likely, to release the rod when you were 
done).


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