CoyPatton
Veteran Member
- Joined
- Aug 10, 2015
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- Location
- Poplar Bluff, MO
- Tractor
- Yanmar YM2002D with Koyker 110 FEL
My ground is too rocky, and thus too close to ledge rock to drive a ground rod that way, so I do not even try. I dig a trench with my backhoe as deep as I can go, and then put the ground rod in the trench, and then back-fill.
This was a trick an electrician showed me when we were laying a lot of underground cable, and i thought it was a much better way to "drive" ground rods in the ground.
I am not sure what other electricians think of it, but I see no reason why it is not a good way to do it.
Don’t forget that you can rent a walk behind trencher and avoid a lot of digging. Trench a route for conduit from main panel to sub panel and for ground rods while while you have it rented.