Rich didn't say they did, but just to be clear..... The ground rod driver
bit shown in the link will NOT fit the Harbor Freight hammer drills. I have
yet to be able to find one that would. The Harbor Freight drills use SDS
(not SDS Max) bits. What I ended up doing was taking one of the fat concrete
chipper bits that came with the hammer drill and cutting off the tip with an
angle grinder. I then slipped a piece of heater hose over the bit, extending
it about 4 inches beyond the end of the tip, and held it in place with a
hose clamp. The heater hose does a fair job of keeping the ground rod from
slipping off the modified hammer drill bit. This setup is not as elegant as
a commercial bit, but it's a heck of a lot cheaper than the SDS Max bits,
which don't fit the drill anyway.
Larry K5RK
-----Original Message-----
From: towertalk-bounces@contesting.com
[mailto:towertalk-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Rich Hallman - N7TR
Sent: Friday, October 17, 2008 9:30 AM
To: towertalk@contesting.com
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] "Sluggo" Ground Rod driver
The link below is just one of several commercial adapters for ground rod to
Hammer drill connection. These are on ebay as well.
http://www.equipment2u.com/family/Ground_Rod_Driver_3_4IN_3_4_Hex/37090?
trk=frgl
-----Original Message-----
From: towertalk-bounces@contesting.com
[mailto:towertalk-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Tom Anderson
Sent: Friday, October 17, 2008 6:39 AM
To: Roger (K8RI); Richards
Cc: towertalk@contesting.com; RICHARD SOLOMON
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] "Sluggo" Ground Rod driver
If you want a 1" hammer drill, check with Harbor Freight on line or your
local store. They often have them for around $69.00 on sale or with an
online coupon. To get the online coupon you have to sign up (at least I
did) for their online weekly ads. Then you need a special bit where the rod
will slip inside the bit to "drive" it properly. Haven't seen the bit at
Harbor Freight, but they are available.
Tom, WW5L
--- On Fri, 10/17/08, Richards <jruing@ameritech.net> wrote:
> From: Richards <jruing@ameritech.net>
> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] "Sluggo" Ground Rod driver
> To: "Roger (K8RI)" <K8RI-on-TowerTalk@tm.net>
> Cc: towertalk@contesting.com, "RICHARD SOLOMON" <w1ksz@q.com>
> Date: Friday, October 17, 2008, 6:59 AM Amen, Bruddah!
> That is what I have used... you can get a light weight one at Lowes
> Home Depot Shack or the like foir about $15, but I rented a really
> heavy one for an hour once to pound in five rods at my QTH.
> Just picking it up and letting it fall was real work, but they all
> went in quickly enough.
>
> I am liking the hammer drill idea this year...
>
> ================== K8JHR ===================
>
> Roger (K8RI) wrote:
> >
> > You are describing the basic "fence post
> driver" used on farms
>
> One of
> > those will give you shoulders and arms like a body
> builder<:-))
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