Here in FL near the beach, we don't have to remove them, they disintegrate from
the saltwater bath. After 5 ish years an 8 foot rod is only 3 feet long and
pull out easily.
I do have to replace them often and an SPS hammer drill makes it easy.
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On Mar 30, 2021, 1:05 PM, at 1:05 PM, John Simmons <jasimmons@pinewooddata.com>
wrote:
>I saw a backhoe pull out a stubborn ground rod and it came out shaped
>like a giant corkscrew. It wasn't much good after that.
>
>-de John NI0K
>
>Gene Smar via TowerTalk wrote on 3/30/2021 11:35 AM:
>> Pete:
>>
>> I'd recommend you use the car jack once again, but this time
>wrap a
>> couple of turns of heavy chain around the rod underneath the vice
>grips and
>> loop the chain over the jack's hook. Put wood planking underneath
>the jack
>> base to keep it from sinking into the earth and crank the jack. You
>may
>> have to move the vice grip and chain lower after lifting the jack
>every few
>> inches. This approach worked for me when I had to remove my 18AVT
>vertical
>> and ground rod to make way for my tower.
>>
>> Good luck.
>>
>>
>> 73 de
>> Gene Smar AD3F
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: TowerTalk [mailto:towertalk-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf
>Of Paul
>> Beckmann
>> Sent: Tuesday, March 30, 2021 11:07 AM
>> To: Joseph DeVincentis <jd@ko8v.net>
>> Cc: TowerTalk <TowerTalk@contesting.com>
>> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Removing ground rods
>>
>> The T-post puller that Joe suggests is a great approach. You'll need
>to
>> figure out a choker or some other connection to the hook that would
>normally
>> hook onto the T-post. If you set up a choker (a wire or chain with a
>loop on
>> one end and a slip knot on the other), make it reach ground level
>when the
>> handle is fully up. Because the choker will slide down the ground rod
>on the
>> upstrokes, you should be able to walk it out of the ground.
>>
>> --Paul, wa0rse
>>
>>
>> *Paul Beckmann*
>> *Vista Meadows Homestead*
>> *30125 719th Street*
>> *Lake City, MN 55041*
>> *wa0rse@gmail.com <wa0rse@gmail.com>*
>> *612-414-0302 (cell, leave msg)*
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Mar 30, 2021 at 9:51 AM Joseph DeVincentis <jd@ko8v.net>
>wrote:
>>
>>> I've done two things.
>>>
>>> 1. Use a fence post puller similar to this:
>>>
>https://amazon.com/T-Post-Puller-Fence-Post-36/dp/B088SV1MPD/ref=sr_1_
>>> 5?dchild=1&keywords=fence+post+puller&qid=1617115713&sr=8-5
>>>
>>> 2. When that doesn't work, use an angle grinder with a cut off
>wheel
>>> and cut it off about 6" below the surface and abandon it.
>>>
>>> Joe,
>>> KO8V
>>>
>>> On Mar 30, 2021, at 10:44, N4ZR
>>> <n4zr@comcast.net<mailto:n4zr@comcast.net>>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Anyone got an innovative way of getting 8-foot ground rods out of
>the
>>> ground? I'm taking down my 160M RX and TX setups for the summer and
>>> have one stubborn one. I've tried the visegrips and even tried to
>use
>>> my car jack to press against the visegrips, but the ground is too
>soft
>>> and uneven for that to work.
>>>
>>> --
>>> 73, Pete N4ZR
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