Chuck up the rod in the same hammer drill used for installation. Run it
briefly as though going deeper in. That loosens the holding power of corrosion
etc. Next, use a T post puller or clamp visegrips near top of rod, wrap a
piece of chain around the rod under the visegrips and loop the other end around
a pipe, bar, 2x4 as a lever and pull it out with a lever movement.If you have
to, move the visegrips to a new position lower down on the rod and keep going
until the rod is out.JIM
On Tuesday, March 30, 2021, 10:44:47 AM EDT, N4ZR <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.
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73, Pete N4ZR
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