[RE-wrenches] demolition hammer drills

[Chris Mason]

We have a range of hammers from battery to a unit that comes on it's own
trolley. You won't have a lot of success driving ground rods with a light
weight hammer, the one we like for that is almost too heavy for one person
to lift.

On Wed, Jan 6, 2016 at 8:56 PM, MDElectricSolar . <mdelectricsolar at gmail.com
> wrote:

> I purchased one of the larger Makita roto hammers, after the bosch was
> just too light to drive ground rods, the Makita has NO problem driving a
> ground rod in most soils. Can't go wrong with Makita, they make the best
> tools.
> Mike Nelson
> MD Electric & Solar
>
> On Wed, Jan 6, 2016 at 2:27 PM, frenergy <frenergy at psln.com> wrote:
>
>> Jay,
>>
>>         Several years ago I saw a review on 7-8-9 or so Rotary hammers
>> (accepts SDS, max bits) in the Journal of Light Construction and their top
>> one was the Hitachi DH40MR, so I bought it and have been happy with it.  I
>> too thought it was the tool for installing ground rods, they even supplied
>> the "bit" for that purpose.  After many drives, I have found that nothing
>> beats a hand held sledge hammer though.  I'm glad I got it for the many
>> other things it does beautifully.  It came in a hard case that holds many
>> bits...have drilled many 1 1/2" holes in concrete, digs clay/dirt etc great.
>>
>>         Living in the bush of NE CA, I usually go to the enemy for
>> specialized tools....Amazon.
>>
>> Bill
>> Taylorsville
>>
>>
>>
>> On 1/6/2016 1:29 PM, jay wrote:
>>
>>> HI All,
>>>
>>> Any recommendations for a demo hammer, and where to get.
>>>
>>> I don’t use it much, but for digging holes, and installing ground rods.
>>>
>>> Standard 15 amp 120v unit.
>>>
>>> thanks
>>>
>>> jay
>>>
>>> peltz power
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