Ground Rod Hammer Drill

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Ground rod hammer drill.

Pull the drill out and just drop the ground rod in. It only takes a minute of two to get the hang of it. August 15 2016 on rod 11 the driving head just snapped off and i came very close to impaling myself on that ground rod since i was over it. At the electrician i worked for we had a spline drive rotary hammer drill that we used to drive ground rods.

I drove in 5 rods in 2015 and in august 2016 was putting in 14 more. I have had this for about for over a year using it with my dewalt sds max hammer drill driving in 5 8 ground rods. You need to drive your rod all the way into the ground. When driving ground rods i ve gotten lucky with one of the lighter duty tools.

Forcing the drill can plug the end or in some cases bend the conduit. The drill is the way to go. I highly recommend it. The dewalt ground rod driver sds max shank features fully hardened steel body for durability.

It takes longer to roll out the cord and set up the hammer than it takes to drive the rod. Using your hammer drill or driving tool gradually drive the rod vertically into the ground. I m sure the drill couldn t take much of that abuse but it was over 90 degrees at the time. All except the last can be picked up with one hand.

It did not have any bits to do this. From then on you can drill an eight foot hole in about a minute to two minutes. It is ideal for installing ground rods parking bumper stakes. The electrical code states that it must have 8 feet 2 4 m of contact with the ground so you need to drive it all the way down.

The drilling action of a hammer drill or rotary hammer buys you nothing. My average time is less. The rod just drops right out of site with water gushing into the air. I could have never completed this job without the bosch rh432vcq 1 1 4 inch sds plus rotary.

This is compatible with sds max demolition hammers and rotary hammers with chipping function. Note that because it s just a smooth pointed rod a ground rod doesn t need to be rotated. As someone who has sunk them both manually and with the hammer drill. It took longer than with the big roto hammer but less effort than swinging a sledge hammer.

The hammer drill could not be set to hammer only so it tried to spin the rod some. I have a makita demolition hammer with a ground rod driver attachment. The demo hammer almost always works. This was a pretty tough install with all the rock i encountered.

Driving a ground rod into the ground can take a long time and can.