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Thought I'd take a few pix to show you how I drive ground rods. I got a Hilti 905AVR with two ground rod drivers. Download Video Motogp Indianapolis 2013 Full Race.

This is a beefy machine, and the weight alone will drive the rod. In addition to the 'standard' ground rod driver, I also got a special attachment that prevents me from having to climp a ladder to start driving. The ground rod slides in through the body, and the handle is tightened down on the rod. You can do this anywhere along the rod you want. Stand it up and start driving. When this attachment gets near the ground, loosen it, move everything up, tighten it down again, and continue driving.

When you get near the end, you can 'finish it off' with the 'standard' driver. Even in the most difficult situations, I've never taken more then 2 minutes to drive a rod. I'm sure I've broken a few large rocks below grade with the power this little baby has. ElectricianTalk.com - Are you a Professional Electrical Contractor? If so we invite you to join our community and see what it has to offer. Our site is specifically designed for you and it's the leading place for electricians to meet online.

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Best of all it's totally free! I have a feeling there's more to this story. Local POCO bought a dozen of them for their line crews to use driving rods when they needed to. But someone didn't bother to think they need 'lectrickery to work, and these line crews usually didn't have access to 120v. So after they noticed no one was using them, they just sold them at a loss to get rid of them.

My neighbor is one of those linemen, so he told me about them. After looking up the price on the 'net, I jumped at it. As Paul Harvey would say.' And now you know the rest of the story.'

Someday I'll tell you how I got a new Progressive (now Tempo) Electronics 2003 Cable Fault Locator for $128. I have the 18v Milwaukee 1' sds hammer drill, the biggest hole I drill a lot is only 1/2' for drop ins and the occasional 7/8' hole to run EMT through. I drill a boat load of 1/4' holes constantly.But it has been doing great. My boss insists on cordless so I have the 18v hatchet, 1/2' driver/hammer drill, 1/2' right angle, all Milwk. I have some off beat 18v bandsaw.