Tom (the one asking the question, not the one answering it):
Ratchet bumper jacks as decribed by Tom (the one answering your question)
also worked for me when I had to remove a ground rod. Took all of ten seconds
after I wrapped the chain around the rod.
73 de
Gene Smar AD3F
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>
>
> Tom:
>
> In the past I have seen hams use an old fashioned car jack, not the
> scissors one that comes in a lot of cars now, but the old bumper jacks.
> They take a short piece of chain with links big enough to fit over the
> ground rod and securely clamp a pair of Vise Grips just above the chain,
> and then hook a link of the chain to the hook on the bumper jack (where
> the curved piece of steel would attach that fits under the bumper, then
> just jack away. then move the whole thing down as the rod comes up,
> repeating as the jacking mechanism reaches the top of the jackstand pillar.
>
> Tom, WW5L
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> Georgens, Tom wrote:
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> >I have a number of ground rods that I need to pull out of the ground.
> >
> >They are 5/8 inch copper clad steel. They are about 3.5 feet in the
> >ground with about 6 inches exposed.
> >
> >I cannot pull them out by hand and I have no way to grap them to use
> >some type of mechanical advantage.
> >
> >Any ideas welcome
> >
> >Thanks and 73, Tom W2SC 8P1A
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