Ground Rod Hammer Drill

It only takes a minute of two to get the hang of it.

Ground rod hammer drill.

It is ideal for installing ground rods parking bumper stakes. As someone who has sunk them both manually and with the hammer drill. The demo hammer almost always works. Pull the drill out and just drop the ground rod in.

From then on you can drill an eight foot hole in about a minute to two minutes. I have a makita demolition hammer with a ground rod driver attachment. When driving ground rods i ve gotten lucky with one of the lighter duty tools. I drove in 5 rods in 2015 and in august 2016 was putting in 14 more.

The hammer drill could not be set to hammer only so it tried to spin the rod some. You need to drive your rod all the way into the ground. All except the last can be picked up with one hand. It takes longer to roll out the cord and set up the hammer than it takes to drive the rod.

This is compatible with sds max demolition hammers and rotary hammers with chipping function. The downside is 800 00. We just chucked up the rod like a bit set the drill to hammer only and drove it home. It took longer than with the big roto hammer but less effort than swinging a sledge hammer.

My average time is less. Note that because it s just a smooth pointed rod a ground rod doesn t need to be rotated. Milwaukie hammer drill and a hole saw without a pilot bit. Forcing the drill can plug the end or in some cases bend the conduit.

At the electrician i worked for we had a spline drive rotary hammer drill that we used to drive ground rods. The drilling action of a hammer drill or rotary hammer buys you nothing. I highly recommend it. 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.

I m sure the drill couldn t take much of that abuse but it was over 90 degrees at the time. Driving a ground rod into the ground can take a long time and can. This was a pretty tough install with all the rock i encountered. It did not have any bits to do this.

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. Using your hammer drill or driving tool gradually drive the rod vertically into the ground. The rod just drops right out of site with water gushing into the air. The drill is the way to go.

The dewalt ground rod driver sds max shank features fully hardened steel body for durability.