Ground Rod Hammer Drill

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

Ground rod hammer drill. My average time is less. Pull the drill out and just drop the ground rod in. The rod just drops right out of site with water gushing into the air. As someone who has sunk them both manually and with the hammer drill.

The demo hammer almost always works. At the electrician i worked for we had a spline drive rotary hammer drill that we used to drive ground rods. From then on you can drill an eight foot hole in about a minute to two minutes. Note that because it s just a smooth pointed rod a ground rod doesn t need to be rotated.

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. Forcing the drill can plug the end or in some cases bend the conduit. It took longer than with the big roto hammer but less effort than swinging a sledge hammer. 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. It takes longer to roll out the cord and set up the hammer than it takes to drive the rod. I m sure the drill couldn t take much of that abuse but it was over 90 degrees at the time. I drove in 5 rods in 2015 and in august 2016 was putting in 14 more.

All except the last can be picked up with one hand. It did not have any bits to do this. You need to drive your rod all the way into the ground. The hammer drill could not be set to hammer only so it tried to spin the rod some.

I highly recommend it. This was a pretty tough install with all the rock i encountered. 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. 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. Using your hammer drill or driving tool gradually drive the rod vertically into the ground. When driving ground rods i ve gotten lucky with one of the lighter duty tools.

The hammer weighs around 40lbs and i can drive a ground rod through rock in one minute. It only takes a minute of two to get the hang of it. The downside is 800 00. 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.

It is ideal for installing ground rods parking bumper stakes.