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Wow, putting the clamps on first is a great idea.

Thank you.

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> On May 26, 2015, at 9:07 AM, Steve Forst <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> 
> 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.
>>