I pulled one out once with a jack.  Wrapped a heavy chain around the rod 
and clamped it in several places.  The jack was a 4 foot tall mechanical 
jack  I used to keep in a 4 wheel drive.  It used climbing pins to move 
  up an I beam as you work the handle.

I suppose this  could have gone seriously wrong if something had snapped 
or failed.   I think it's this kind of episode that killed my chances 
for MENSA membership.

73 Steve KW3A

On 7/19/2013 9:17 PM, Alan R. Downing wrote:
> Power companies generally use copper rods, and usually more than one to
> ground mini-pad mounted 12470 volt transformers.  To remove unwanted ground
> rods, it is generally much simpler to dig down several inches right around
> the old rod, and cut it off below grade with a cutting torch or hacksaw.  If
> you really need to remove it, large slide hammers can do the trick, or you
> can tighten a large C-clamp to the rod and put a small bottle jack under the
> clamp.  Obviously, some creativity is needed.
>
> HTH
>
>
>
> Alan R. Downing
> Phoenix, AZ
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> On Behalf Of Howard Kaufman
> Sent: Friday, July 19, 2013 5:42 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Cleaning ground Rod
>
> How do you get a ground rod out of the ground?
> What kind does the power company use?
>
>
>