I own a Chevy 4 wheel drive diesel powered pickup, but don't like using a
truck mounted winch to pull things vertically out of the ground.  Too much
chance of slippage, and if the cable snaps back, it could cut you in half.


Alan R. Downing
Phoenix, AZ


-----Original Message-----
From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
On Behalf Of Steve Forst
Sent: Friday, July 19, 2013 6:38 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?
>
>
>