[TowerTalk] Tools for Installing Ground Rod?

[Tom Anderson]

Harbor Freight carries a 1" rotary hammer that one member of TowerTalk 
recommended some time back.  They often have it on sale for $60-$70.  It 
is also avaiilable in their stores.  Can't testify to quality, but it 
sppears identical in build to the Bosch, etc. 
 http://www.harborfreightusa.com

Never have seen the bit though that fits a ground rod.


Tom, WW5L





Jim Lux wrote:

>At 04:52 PM 1/23/2006, Dr. Howard S. White wrote:
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>>My soil is very, very hard clay which makes it a perfect tower base... in 
>>fact we had to jack hammer it out to build the base...
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>>... Strong constructions workers hitting the top of the 8' ground rods 
>>with Sledge Hammers they were able to drive 1 in about 4 feet and one 
>>about 5 feet...  neither is deep enough....
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>>Any suggestions on what mechanical or power tool to use to drive ground 
>>rods further into the ground.  Plus I want to put in a few more....
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>you might want to look for what's called a rotary hammer (Bosch makes a 
>nice one).. your local tool rental place will have them.  The trick is in 
>finding the nifty little adapter that goes on the top of the rod and into 
>the socket on the hammer.
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>The other thing is just to use twice as many rods, half as deep. Space them 
>more than a rods length. Or, bury the rod horizontally.  The idea is to get 
>ground contact area, not necessarily to drive a conductor through the crust 
>into the mantle.
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