On Mon, 27 Dec 2004 22:57:03 GMT, "Bughunter" wrote:


You can drive into pretty hard ground with a good sized sledge hammer, but
you are all done if you hit a hard rock. Lots of little firm taps works
better than
big swings, with less chance of bending the rod. Work slow until you get
most of the
rod into the ground, than you can take bigger swings.

Even better
http://www.kencove.com/ShopDetail.ph...r&recordID=TPD

Fancy version above isn't required for only a few jobs... a piece of
pipe with a heavy multi-layered cap is fine for pounding ground rods,
at which point many electricians finish the job using a hack saw. :-)

Wayne