[Towertalk] Power ground rod driver

[Hisashi T Fujinaka]

Has anyone driven ground rods through concrete rubble? I've found a lot of
fill where I tried to drive some rods.

On Thu, 28 Nov 2002, Pete Smith wrote:

>
> >
> >Here in northern New England the ground is full of rocks.  I've had
> >_great_ difficulty driving ground rods.  I need to drive more of
> >them.  What should I do?  An impact device _much_ more potent than a
> >manually operated 20-lb. "fence post driver" or hammer is required to bust
> >through this stuff.
> >
>
> You can rent hammer drills with the appropriate attachment that will do
> this job pretty well.  But if your rock is hard, which I suspect, you may
> need something that comes on a flatbed trailer.
>
>
> 73, Pete N4ZR
> Sometimes a tower is just a tower
>
>
>
>
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