Hi
     I have been told that if one grabs the ground rod with a vise grips and 
rotates it several times, it will break the bond between the rod and the 
earth. After that one has a much easier time removing the rod from the 
groundd.

God bless,
Mark
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-----Original Message----- 
From: Steve Forst
Sent: Friday, July 19, 2013 8:37 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
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?
>
>
>