Harbor Freidht frequently has a 1 inch rotary drill/driver on sale for about
$69 or so. I hear those also work pretty well.
Tom, WW5L
PS: the reference earlier was strictly an FYI on something I had found in
Electrical Products News magazine.
--- On Thu, 10/16/08, WA6RKN <WA6RKN@ARRL.net> wrote:
> From: WA6RKN <WA6RKN@ARRL.net>
> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] "Sluggo" Ground Rod driver
> To: "Tower Talk" <towertalk@contesting.com>
> Date: Thursday, October 16, 2008, 5:26 PM
> I use my 1" rotary impact drill. I sharpen the end of
> the ground rod on my
> grinder, then chuck it up and off I go! 8 feet in less
> than a minute. And
> here in Reno, we are 80% rocks...BIG rocks, and the rest is
> dirt.
>
> I wonder how it would work in the caliche of Tucson?? I
> know that stuff is
> murder...grew up there...my step-dad built our house there
> back in the early
> 50's...wanted to put in some trees, I kid you not, he
> had to dynamite the
> holes in the ground.
>
> Joe Wolfe
> WA6RKN
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Robert Morris" <robrk@nidhog.net>
> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] "Sluggo" Ground Rod
> driver
>
>
> > Find the largest sledge hammer you can pick up. Knock
> out the wooden
> > handle, weld in place 3 or 4 feet of 1' pipe. On
> ground rod day, slide
> > pipe over rod, stand vertical,in the 1 foot hole you
> dug, push up on
> > pipe, then let go.
> > Repeat until rod is 2 feet tall. Tap in with hammer
> end. No ladders,
> > busted fingers or toes.
>
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