[Towertalk] Power ground rod driver

[K7LXC@aol.com]

In a message dated 11/28/02 8:16:12 AM Pacific Standard Time, 
w2up@mindspring.com writes:

> I went through this about a number of years ago. Here' we have a lot of 
>  shale about 4 feet down. I typically use a sledge hammer to get the rods 
>  in. Once, I rented a Bosch electric jack hammer (60 lbs as I recall) and 
>  ground rod driver. Most of them still wouldn't penetrate the rock. So, I 
>  cut them off at ground level with a hack saw, and just put more in the 
>  ground.

    Another thing you can do is to put the ground rods in the ground 
horizontally. You'll still get half of a hemisphere of influence which might 
be better than a short rod. 

Cheers,
Steve    K7LXC
TOWER TECH