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<div id="signature">Interesting and the closest I have done to this is a ballast mount.</div>
<div>I will say I have broken quite a few cordless drills and killed Lithium batteries with big torque.</div>
<div>My vote is a genset/ extension cord. Good Luck!<br />
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<p id="reply-intro">On 2023-10-09 7:32 am, Dave Tedeyan via RE-wrenches wrote:</p>
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<div>I am going to try out the Nuance OSPREY PowerRack as a ground mount option that does not require an excavator. I am wondering two things about it:</div>
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<div>1. Does anyone have experience with this, and do you like it?</div>
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<div>2. What drill do you use for the drive rod? </div>
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<div>It seems like the Milwaukee 2" SDS max drill is the standard - <a href="https://www.milwaukeetool.com/Products/5342-21" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://www.milwaukeetool.com/Products/5342-21</a></div>
<div>I am wondering if it is possible to use a cordless drill though. DeWalt makes both a cordless and corded version that claim to have the same impact energy as each other, although both are less than the Milwaukee Drill. Milwaukee has 19.9 ft-lbs of energy and the DeWalt ones have 19.4 Joules, which is 14.3 ft-lbs of energy.</div>
<div>Cordless Kit - <a href="https://www.dewalt.com/product/dch773y2/60v-max-2-brushless-cordless-sds-max-combination-rotary-hammer-kit" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://www.dewalt.com/product/dch773y2/60v-max-2-brushless-cordless-sds-max-combination-rotary-hammer-kit</a></div>
<div>Corded Kit - <a href="https://www.dewalt.com/product/d25773k/2-sds-max-rotary-hammer" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://www.dewalt.com/product/d25773k/2-sds-max-rotary-hammer</a></div>
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<div>The cordless drill is tempting because I already have a bunch of DeWalt equipment, and it would be nice to avoid needing a generator or some very long extension cords.</div>
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