[TowerTalk] "Sluggo" Ground Rod driver

[WA6RKN]

I use my 1" rotary impact drill.  I sharpen the end of the ground rod on my 
grinder, then chuck it up and off I go!  8 feet in less than a minute.  And 
here in Reno, we are 80% rocks...BIG rocks, and the rest is dirt.

I wonder how it would work in the caliche of Tucson??  I know that stuff is 
murder...grew up there...my step-dad built our house there back in the early 
50's...wanted to put in some trees, I kid you not, he had to dynamite the 
holes in the ground.

Joe Wolfe
WA6RKN

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Robert Morris" <robrk at nidhog.net>
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] "Sluggo" Ground Rod driver


> Find the largest sledge hammer you can pick up. Knock out the wooden
> handle, weld in place  3 or 4 feet of 1' pipe. On ground rod day, slide
> pipe over rod, stand vertical,in the 1 foot hole you dug, push up on
> pipe, then let go.
> Repeat until rod is 2 feet tall. Tap in with hammer end. No ladders,
> busted fingers or toes.