<div dir="ltr">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.</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Jan 6, 2016 at 8:56 PM, MDElectricSolar . <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mdelectricsolar@gmail.com" target="_blank">mdelectricsolar@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:garamond,serif;font-size:large;color:#38761d">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.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:garamond,serif;font-size:large;color:#38761d">Mike Nelson</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:garamond,serif;font-size:large;color:#38761d">MD Electric & Solar</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><div><div class="h5"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Jan 6, 2016 at 2:27 PM, frenergy <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:frenergy@psln.com" target="_blank">frenergy@psln.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Jay,<br>
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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.<br>
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Living in the bush of NE CA, I usually go to the enemy for specialized tools....Amazon.<br>
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Bill<br>
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On 1/6/2016 1:29 PM, jay wrote:<br>
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HI All,<br>
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Any recommendations for a demo hammer, and where to get.<br>
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I don’t use it much, but for digging holes, and installing ground rods.<br>
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Standard 15 amp 120v unit.<br>
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thanks<br>
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jay<br>
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peltz power<br>
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