[TowerTalk] "Sluggo" Ground Rod driver

[John Elsik]

I got a quote from Hilti for the 5/8" driver.  I can not find it at the moment. If I remember correctly it was around $80.
I rented a Hilti hammer drill and the adaptor for a little over $60.  The trip to the rental place and back took longer than it did to drive 30 ground rods.  If I had to install ground rods more than once or twice, I would buy the adaptor.  You can always rent the drill, but not always find the driver.
 
http://www.us.hilti.com/holus/modules/prcat/prca_navigation.jsp?OID=-13341
 
John wa5zup
> From: wi5a at sbcglobal.net> To: towertalk at contesting.com> Date: Fri, 17 Oct 2008 09:46:45 -0500> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] "Sluggo" Ground Rod driver> > > Rich didn't say they did, but just to be clear..... The ground rod driver> bit shown in the link will NOT fit the Harbor Freight hammer drills. I have> yet to be able to find one that would. The Harbor Freight drills use SDS> (not SDS Max) bits. What I ended up doing was taking one of the fat concrete> chipper bits that came with the hammer drill and cutting off the tip with an> angle grinder. I then slipped a piece of heater hose over the bit, extending> it about 4 inches beyond the end of the tip, and held it in place with a> hose clamp. The heater hose does a fair job of keeping the ground rod from> slipping off the modified hammer drill bit. This setup is not as elegant as> a commercial bit, but it's a heck of a lot cheaper than the SDS Max bits,> which don't fit the drill anyway. > > Larry K5RK> > > -----Original Message-----> From: towertalk-bounces at contesting.com> [mailto:towertalk-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Rich Hallman - N7TR> Sent: Friday, October 17, 2008 9:30 AM> To: towertalk at contesting.com> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] "Sluggo" Ground Rod driver> > The link below is just one of several commercial adapters for ground rod to> Hammer drill connection. These are on ebay as well.> > http://www.equipment2u.com/family/Ground_Rod_Driver_3_4IN_3_4_Hex/37090?> trk=frgl> > > -----Original Message-----> From: towertalk-bounces at contesting.com> [mailto:towertalk-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Tom Anderson> Sent: Friday, October 17, 2008 6:39 AM> To: Roger (K8RI); Richards> Cc: towertalk at contesting.com; RICHARD SOLOMON> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] "Sluggo" Ground Rod driver> > If you want a 1" hammer drill, check with Harbor Freight on line or your> local store. They often have them for around $69.00 on sale or with an> online coupon. To get the online coupon you have to sign up (at least I> did) for their online weekly ads. Then you need a special bit where the rod> will slip inside the bit to "drive" it properly. Haven't seen the bit at> Harbor Freight, but they are available.> > Tom, WW5L> > > > > --- On Fri, 10/17/08, Richards <jruing at ameritech.net> wrote:> > > From: Richards <jruing at ameritech.net>> > Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] "Sluggo" Ground Rod driver> > To: "Roger (K8RI)" <K8RI-on-TowerTalk at tm.net>> > Cc: towertalk at contesting.com, "RICHARD SOLOMON" <w1ksz at q.com>> > Date: Friday, October 17, 2008, 6:59 AM Amen, Bruddah!> > That is what I have used... you can get a light weight one at Lowes > > Home Depot Shack or the like foir about $15, but I rented a really > > heavy one for an hour once to pound in five rods at my QTH.> > Just picking it up and letting it fall was real work, but they all > > went in quickly enough.> > > > I am liking the hammer drill idea this year...> > > > ================== K8JHR ===================> > > > Roger (K8RI) wrote:> > > > > > You are describing the basic "fence post> > driver" used on farms> > > > One of> > > those will give you shoulders and arms like a body> > builder<:-))> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------> -----------------> > _______________________________________________> > > > > > > > _______________________________________________> > TowerTalk mailing list> > TowerTalk at contesting.com> > http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/towertalk> _______________________________________________> > > > _______________________________________________> TowerTalk mailing list> TowerTalk at contesting.com> http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/towertalk> _______________________________________________> > > > _______________________________________________> TowerTalk mailing list> TowerTalk at contesting.com> http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/towertalk> > _______________________________________________> > > > _______________________________________________> TowerTalk mailing list> TowerTalk at contesting.com> http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/towertalk