This is a good way to do it. The hole and the water can get you down a
couple of feet right from the start. If you are going to use the
bronze acorn clamps to connect the wire to the rods, you might want
to slip them on first and hold them somewhere out of the way with some
tape. If you really bugger up the top of the rod while hammering it in,
and it really mushrooms out, you might not be able to slip the clamp
onto the rod without doing some filing or grinding. Of course if you
are going to use a clamp that doesn't have to slip over the top of the
rod,just hammer away.
73, Steve KW3A
On 5/26/2015 6:34 AM, Mike Duke, K5XU wrote:
> Mark, here is one way that I have seen it done.
>
> Dig a small hole, at least a foot deep, and fill it with water.
>
> After the ground softens, stand the rod in the hole, and push it down
> as far as you can. Initially, that will not be very far.
>
> Now, pull the rod out, add more water to the spot where you pushed it
> down, and push the rod down again.
>
> Keep doing this until you have gone as far down as you can. Then, still
> keeping things as wet as possible, bring out the sledge hammer.
>
> Depending on your soil conditions, I have seen people push an 8 foot
> rod at least 5 feet into the ground that way.
>
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