[TowerTalk] Driving ground rods in rocky soil

[David Gilbert]

I'm not sure I'd want to soak the roots of a 100 year old oak tree with 
a heavy salt solution ...

Dave  AB7E


jeremy-ca wrote:
> If it MUST absolutely have a ground rod, which I dont understand why, then 
> drilling is one option it seems. You can rent air or electric impact drills 
> and extensions. You may want to treat the soil down the hole with a saline 
> solution and salt crystals as it appears that you wont get much ground 
> conductivity with just the rod.
>
>
> Carl
> KM1H
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Peter Dougherty" <w2irt at comcast.net>
> To: <towertalk at contesting.com>
> Sent: Thursday, May 24, 2007 3:57 PM
> Subject: [TowerTalk] Driving ground rods in rocky soil
>
>
>   
>> Hi
>>
>> 4 hours of back-breaking labour has resulted in my being able to get
>> a ground rod down 14" using a 10# hand sledge. My soil is extremely
>> rocky and this rod MUST go in within a foot of a 100+ year old oak
>> (for a K9AY loop - Gary sez it must be right at the base). I don't
>> know if I'm hitting roots or rock, but I can tell you I'll do
>> anything or pay anything to get this driven in, no questions asked.
>> I've tried 6 tool rental places, Home Depots, etc, and nobody rents
>> ground rod driving tools in this part of the state (no idea why, they
>> just don't).
>>
>> I've come this close to hospitalizing myself over this project and
>> don't know where to turn. I've run the hose for two hours and it
>> loosens up that top foot of earth real easy. I've tried driving it
>> within about a 2' circle and the best I can do anywhere else is about
>> 6: before hitting something.
>>
>> Is there a trick to getting this done that I can try, or am I looking
>> at hiring a heavy construction firm for thousands of dollars?
>>
>>
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Peter,
>> W2IRT
>>
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