[TowerTalk] ground rod depth problem due to rocky soil -- solutions?

[n8de at thepoint.net]

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Quoting EZ Rhino <EZRhino at fastmovers.biz>:

> If that's the case, why bother with the rods at all?  Just lay *a   
> lot* of copper strap in a trench as deep as practical and call it   
> good?  2" wide strap is the same as the circumference of a 5/8"   
> ground rod, but has twice the surface area because there are two   
> sides to the strap.
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> Chris
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> On Nov 12, 2012, at 16:10 , n8de at thepoint.net wrote:
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> Ground rods  to NOT have to be driven VERTICALLY DOWNWARD ... just   
> INTO the soil.
> 73
> Don
> N8DE
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> Quoting Mat Eshpeter <kk1c at live.com>:
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>> I am finally getting around to putting up my 60' AN Wireless tower   
>>  on top of a rocky ridge in WV. I rented a Hilti demo hammer and  
>> got   about 1/3 of my rods in to the ground at least 4' -- but the   
>>  majority are only 2 or 3 feet deep because of the rocks/ledges. I   
>>  don't think I have much of a choice other than to cut the rods off  
>>   and drive the remnants into the ground field and exothermically   
>> weld  my 20 gauge copper strap to all of these shallow rods.
>> Other than paying big money for a well drilling rig to drill some    
>> deep 6" holes and filling them with bentonite (which may not be    
>> possible given the slope of the land and the fact that I now have 8  
>>   trenches running 75' out from the tower pad) do I have any other   
>>  practical alternatives?
>> tnx,Matkk1c
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