Ground Rod Hammer Drill

When driving ground rods i ve gotten lucky with one of the lighter duty tools.

Ground rod hammer drill.

The hammer drill could not be set to hammer only so it tried to spin the rod some. I highly recommend it. Driving a ground rod into the ground can take a long time and can. The downside is 800 00.

It is ideal for installing ground rods parking bumper stakes. I could have never completed this job without the bosch rh432vcq 1 1 4 inch sds plus rotary. As someone who has sunk them both manually and with the hammer drill. This was a pretty tough install with all the rock i encountered.

Pull the drill out and just drop the ground rod in. We just chucked up the rod like a bit set the drill to hammer only and drove it home. The rod just drops right out of site with water gushing into the air. It took longer than with the big roto hammer but less effort than swinging a sledge hammer.

Forcing the drill can plug the end or in some cases bend the conduit. My average time is less. 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. From then on you can drill an eight foot hole in about a minute to two minutes.

The dewalt ground rod driver sds max shank features fully hardened steel body for durability. I have a makita demolition hammer with a ground rod driver attachment. The hammer weighs around 40lbs and i can drive a ground rod through rock in one minute. I m sure the drill couldn t take much of that abuse but it was over 90 degrees at the time.

You need to drive your rod all the way into the ground. It takes longer to roll out the cord and set up the hammer than it takes to drive the rod. The demo hammer almost always works. This is compatible with sds max demolition hammers and rotary hammers with chipping function.

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. Note that because it s just a smooth pointed rod a ground rod doesn t need to be rotated. Using your hammer drill or driving tool gradually drive the rod vertically into the ground.

It did not have any bits to do this. The drill is the way to go. Milwaukie hammer drill and a hole saw without a pilot bit. The drilling action of a hammer drill or rotary hammer buys you nothing.

All except the last can be picked up with one hand.