I guess it depends on the soil conditions as to how easy it is to get
one out. I've got heavy clay and lots of rocks here, which makes it
hard going in and hard coming out.
One thing I had heard about some time ago, but probably wouldn't work
here was using copper water pipe as a ground. He took a 1/2 or 3/4
copper pipe and sweat a tee on one end. He cut 2 1 foot pieces of pipe
and sweat to the tee to make a handle. One end of the tee was capped
and the other end had a garden hose connection. Once he started the
pipe into the groundhe turned on the water and using the tee handle to
twist back and forth, he let the water pressure do a lot of the work
for him.
I think it would work ok in a place with sandy soil or some other light
soil, but not around here.
73, Steve KW3A
On 7/20/2013 8:16 AM, George wrote:
> i used a good pair of vice grips. twist back and fourth and pull up at the
> same time.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Steve Forst" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Friday, July 19, 2013 9:37 PM
> Subject: Re: Cleaning ground Rod
>
>
>> 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?
>>>
>>>
>>>
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