[TowerTalk] Install ground rod

[Mike Lyon]

You can usually rent the demo hammer at your local tool rental company. Some Home Depots even have tool rental now.

-Mike, KE6MRE

> On Mar 26, 2025, at 14:07, Jack Brindle via TowerTalk <towertalk at contesting.com> wrote:
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> Home Depot sells one made my Milwaukee for both the SDS-Plus and SDS-Max. Depending on your soil type and condition, it is a life-saver. As I have told others, here in SW Louisiana, I get down about three feet and stop with a fence pounder. The hammer drill keeps going, just works a little harder until it gets through that layer. It really makes installing ground rods fun.
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> The hammer drill is one of “those” tools that you start looking for things to do with it. It does fairly large holes incredibly well!
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> 73,
> Jack, W6FB
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>> On Mar 26, 2025, at 2:29 PM, Mike Fatchett W0MU <w0mu at w0mu.com> wrote:
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>> I have had really good luck with a post pounder for T posts and then turning it upside down to get it to ground level.  We have mostly sandy soil with some clay.  Hammer drill seems like the way to go.  I have one but not the attachment.  I guess I should look for one.
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>> W0MU
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>>> On 3/26/2025 12:19 PM, William Greaves via TowerTalk wrote:
>>> Agree that bigger is quicker. I've used three different sized rotary hammers into clay soil with about 45 min for the smallest hammer to 5-7 min for the largest. Largest size might be available for rent locally and will be a definite time-saver.Bill K9GN
>>> -------- Original message --------From: Jack Brindle via TowerTalk <towertalk at contesting.com> Date: 3/26/25  11:37 AM  (GMT-06:00) To: Tim Vandagriff <wa5yom at swbell.net> Cc: towertalk at contesting.com Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Install ground rod SDS hammer drill with the ground rod bit. Either Plus or Max version of the drill will work. After I got an SDS-Plus, the time for installing ground rods went from an appreciable portionof an hour to just a few minutes.73,Jack, W6FB> On Mar 26, 2025, at 11:12 AM, Tim Vandagriff <wa5yom at swbell.net> wrote:> > Any suggestions on the best ground rod installation tool?Thanks TimWa5yom> > > Sent from AT&T Yahoo Mail for iPhone> _______________________________________________> > > > _______________________________________________> TowerTalk mailing list> TowerTalk at contesting.com> http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/towertalk______________________________________________________________________________________________TowerTalk mailing listTowerTalk at contesting.comhttp://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/towertalk
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