[TowerTalk] Removing ground rods

[Gene Smar]

Pete:

     I'd recommend you use the car jack once again, but this time wrap a
couple of turns of heavy chain around the rod underneath the vice grips and
loop the chain over the jack's hook.  Put wood planking underneath the jack
base to keep it from sinking into the earth and crank the jack.  You may
have to move the vice grip and chain lower after lifting the jack every few
inches.  This approach worked for me when I had to remove my 18AVT vertical
and ground rod to make way for my tower.

     Good luck.


73 de
Gene Smar  AD3F

-----Original Message-----
From: TowerTalk [mailto:towertalk-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Paul
Beckmann
Sent: Tuesday, March 30, 2021 11:07 AM
To: Joseph DeVincentis <jd at ko8v.net>
Cc: TowerTalk <TowerTalk at contesting.com>
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Removing ground rods

The T-post puller that Joe suggests is a great approach. You'll need to
figure out a choker or some other connection to the hook that would normally
hook onto the T-post. If you set up a choker (a wire or chain with a loop on
one end and a slip knot on the other), make it reach ground level when the
handle is fully up. Because the choker will slide down the ground rod on the
upstrokes, you should be able to walk it out of the ground.

--Paul, wa0rse


*Paul Beckmann*
*Vista Meadows Homestead*
*30125 719th Street*
*Lake City, MN 55041*
*wa0rse at gmail.com <wa0rse at gmail.com>*
*612-414-0302 (cell, leave msg)*


On Tue, Mar 30, 2021 at 9:51 AM Joseph DeVincentis <jd at ko8v.net> wrote:

> I've done two things.
>
> 1.  Use a fence post puller similar to this:
> https://amazon.com/T-Post-Puller-Fence-Post-36/dp/B088SV1MPD/ref=sr_1_
> 5?dchild=1&keywords=fence+post+puller&qid=1617115713&sr=8-5
>
> 2.  When that doesn't work, use an angle grinder with a cut off wheel 
> and cut it off about 6" below the surface and abandon it.
>
> Joe,
> KO8V
>
> On Mar 30, 2021, at 10:44, N4ZR 
> <n4zr at comcast.net<mailto:n4zr at comcast.net>>
> wrote:
>
> Anyone got an innovative way of getting 8-foot ground rods out of the 
> ground? I'm taking down my 160M RX and TX setups for the summer and 
> have one stubborn one.  I've tried the visegrips and even tried to use 
> my car jack to press against the visegrips, but the ground is too soft 
> and uneven for that to work.
>
> --
> 73, Pete N4ZR
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