Scanned this in out of a magazine I was reading this morning. It's a ground rod driver that runs off a little propane bottle for each "shot" Looks pretty neat:
For that much money, wouldn't it be much better to buy both a rotary hammer with rod driving bit and a generator? Both of those two products could be used for MANY other things.
For that much money, wouldn't it be much better to buy both a rotary hammer with rod driving bit and a generator? Both of those two products could be used for MANY other things.
Yeah, that's what I'm saying. I wouldn't spend 2 grand on one either without some other compelling reason, but it is pretty neat. It might be good for some of the long sectional rods that you have to drive dozens of for a cell phone tower.
One thing about this contraption is that you should be able to reach it from the ground when driving an 8 foot rod.
I remember seeing guys too lazy to get a ladder tape the trigger on a $900 Bosch rotary hammer and put it on top of the ground rod and then swing the rod up in the air. After the tool came down and narrowly missed his head and smashed on the nearby concrete slab, he got his check.
Around here you'd be in trouble. I have had ground rods refuse to go all the way in even after using the 30# demo hammer on them for several minutes. They just hit a rock and flat ass stop. That's when the vertical rod adjustment tool comes out.
I will tell a brief version of my favorite ground rod story.
A POCO inspector on a resi service upgrade thought that the rods had been cut and wouldn't sign off unless Steven installed new ones. (He had seen some short pieces of 1/2" copper pipe in the dumpster)
Steven showed him the demo hammer/driver and retrieved the copper pipe but the inspector stood firm and wouldn't sign off for a reconnect.
Homeowners went to a hotel for a couple days and the inspector came back with a line crew and pulled the first 8' rod out. He then pulled the second 8' rod out. He then told Steven to reinstall them and he would sign off. Steven laughed and the line crew had to pound them in with a small sledge hammer.
POCO sent a check to cover the added expenses.
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