[TowerTalk] Getting ground rods OUT

[Buck - N4PGW]

What I do is clamp a hose clamp on the rod near the ground.  Place a brick
next to it and place the blade of a shovel on the brick and under the hose
clamp.  Press down on the handle and the rod rises.

There is a lot of leverage in that little arrangement.

Good luck
Buck


> -----Original Message-----
> From: towertalk-bounces at contesting.com [mailto:towertalk-
> bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Jim Jarvis
> Sent: Sunday, June 12, 2005 1:03 PM
> To: towertalk at contesting.com
> Subject: [TowerTalk] Getting ground rods OUT
> 
> 
> As we work on relocation, I have to strike the last vestiges
> of my antenna system.  There are two 8' ground rods, each sticking
> out by something less than a foot.
> 
> I'd just pound 'em further in, but they won't budge.  Similarly,
> I can't get enough purchase on them to manually extract them.
> Possibly a tripod & come-along would help...if I could rig some
> sort of chinese finger puzzle linkage.
> 
> any thoughts?
> 
> 
> n2ea
> jimjarvis at ieee.org
> 
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