[TowerTalk] "Sluggo" Ground Rod driver

[Kim Elmore]

Links to the actual adapters are very helpful. Where I am in 
Oklahoma, we have a soft sandstone down about 3-4 ft or so. I've bent 
5/8" ground rods trying to drive them through that with a fence-post 
driver.  The ground rods simply begin to buckle under the pounding 
and, once that happens, it's pretty much over.

The electric company drives then with a hydraulic rig and the 
electricians use an adapter. The ones I saw were home-made, but I 
don't have the welding equipment needed to make one. One of these 
will be great! I'll happily rent the electric jack hammer.

Kim Elmore, N5OP

At 01:16 PM 10/17/2008, Perry - K4PWO wrote:
>Try 
>http://www.defusco.com/Drill-Bits-Rotohammer-Chisels-&-Ground-Rod-Ground-Rod-Drivers/c65_70_279/index.html?osCsid=8q972bvs7jtintgv4btgec59q7
>or http://tinyurl.com/6bzgv3 if the link gets mangled.
>They list spline as well as SDS-MAX shank ground rod drivers for 
>5/8" and 3/4" rods.
>
>73 de Perry - K4PWO
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Tom Anderson" <andersonww5l at sbcglobal.net>
>To: <towertalk at contesting.com>
>Sent: Friday, October 17, 2008 10:02 AM
>Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] "Sluggo" Ground Rod driver
>
>
> >
> >
> >
> > Harbor Freight seems to just carry chisels and pointed drill
> > bits for the 1" drill driver.  Never seen one that will
> > fit grounds.  Even looked at the Hitachi drill drivers (a
> > lot more $$$) at Lowe's and they don't seem to have
> > one either, at least in the display at the Lowe's
> > I've been in.
> >
> > Tom, WW5L
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > --- On Fri, 10/17/08, Larry Burke
> >> <wi5a at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> >>
> >> > From: Larry Burke <wi5a at sbcglobal.net>
> >> > Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] "Sluggo" Ground Rod
> >> driver
> >> > To: towertalk at contesting.com
> >> > Date: Friday, October 17, 2008, 9:46 AM
> >> > 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
> >> >
> >> >
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