I got a quote from Hilti for the 5/8" driver. I can not find it at the moment.
If I remember correctly it was around $80.
I rented a Hilti hammer drill and the adaptor for a little over $60. The trip
to the rental place and back took longer than it did to drive 30 ground rods.
If I had to install ground rods more than once or twice, I would buy the
adaptor. You can always rent the drill, but not always find the driver.
http://www.us.hilti.com/holus/modules/prcat/prca_navigation.jsp?OID=-13341
John wa5zup
> From: wi5a@sbcglobal.net> To: towertalk@contesting.com> Date: Fri, 17 Oct
> 2008 09:46:45 -0500> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] "Sluggo" Ground Rod driver> > >
> Rich didn't say they did, but just to be clear..... The ground rod driver>
> bit shown in the link will NOT fit the Harbor Freight hammer drills. I have>
> yet to be able to find one that would. The Harbor Freight drills use SDS>
> (not SDS Max) bits. What I ended up doing was taking one of the fat concrete>
> chipper bits that came with the hammer drill and cutting off the tip with an>
> angle grinder. I then slipped a piece of heater hose over the bit, extending>
> it about 4 inches beyond the end of the tip, and held it in place with a>
> hose clamp. The heater hose does a fair job of keeping the ground rod from>
> slipping off the modified hammer drill bit. This setup is not as elegant as>
> a commercial bit, but it's a heck of a lot cheaper than the SDS Max bits,>
> which don't fit the drill anyway. > > Larry K5RK> > > -----Original Messag
e-----> From: towertalk-bounces@contesting.com>
[mailto:towertalk-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Rich Hallman - N7TR>
Sent: Friday, October 17, 2008 9:30 AM> To: towertalk@contesting.com> Subject:
Re: [TowerTalk] "Sluggo" Ground Rod driver> > The link below is just one of
several commercial adapters for ground rod to> Hammer drill connection. These
are on ebay as well.> >
http://www.equipment2u.com/family/Ground_Rod_Driver_3_4IN_3_4_Hex/37090?>
trk=frgl> > > -----Original Message-----> From:
towertalk-bounces@contesting.com> [mailto:towertalk-bounces@contesting.com] On
Behalf Of Tom Anderson> Sent: Friday, October 17, 2008 6:39 AM> To: Roger
(K8RI); Richards> Cc: towertalk@contesting.com; RICHARD SOLOMON> Subject: Re:
[TowerTalk] "Sluggo" Ground Rod driver> > If you want a 1" hammer drill, check
with Harbor Freight on line or your> local store. They often have them for
around $69.00 on sale or with an> online coupon. To get the online coupon you
have to sign up (at lea
st I> did) for their online weekly ads. Then you need a special bit where the
rod> will slip inside the bit to "drive" it properly. Haven't seen the bit at>
Harbor Freight, but they are available.> > Tom, WW5L> > > > > --- On Fri,
10/17/08, Richards <jruing@ameritech.net> wrote:> > > From: Richards
<jruing@ameritech.net>> > Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] "Sluggo" Ground Rod driver>
> To: "Roger (K8RI)" <K8RI-on-TowerTalk@tm.net>> > Cc:
towertalk@contesting.com, "RICHARD SOLOMON" <w1ksz@q.com>> > Date: Friday,
October 17, 2008, 6:59 AM Amen, Bruddah!> > That is what I have used... you can
get a light weight one at Lowes > > Home Depot Shack or the like foir about
$15, but I rented a really > > heavy one for an hour once to pound in five rods
at my QTH.> > Just picking it up and letting it fall was real work, but they
all > > went in quickly enough.> > > > I am liking the hammer drill idea this
year...> > > > ================== K8JHR ===================> > > > Roger (K8RI)
wrote:> >
> > > > You are describing the basic "fence post> > driver" used on farms> >
> > One of> > > those will give you shoulders and arms like a body> >
builder<:-))> >>
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