[TowerTalk] Yanking out ground rods]

[ersmar@comcast.net]

Tom (the one asking the question, not the one answering it):

     Ratchet bumper jacks as decribed by Tom (the one answering your question) also worked for me when I had to remove a ground rod.  Took all of ten seconds after I wrapped the chain around the rod.

73 de
Gene Smar  AD3F





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> Tom:
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> In the past I have seen hams use an old fashioned car jack, not the 
> scissors one that comes in a lot of cars now, but the old bumper jacks. 
>  They take a short piece of chain with links big enough to fit over the 
> ground rod and securely clamp a pair of Vise Grips just above the chain, 
> and then hook a link of the chain to the hook on the bumper jack (where 
> the curved piece of steel would attach that  fits under the bumper, then 
> just jack away.  then move the whole thing down as the rod comes up, 
> repeating as the jacking mechanism reaches the top of the jackstand pillar.
> 
> Tom, WW5L
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> Georgens, Tom wrote:
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> >I have a number of ground rods that I need to pull out of the ground.
> >
> >They are 5/8 inch copper clad steel.  They are about 3.5 feet in the
> >ground with about 6 inches exposed.
> >
> >I cannot pull them out by hand and I have no way to grap them to use
> >some type of mechanical advantage.
> >
> >Any ideas welcome
> >
> >Thanks and 73, Tom W2SC 8P1A
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