Ground Rod Driver!!! - SDS Plus (for 3/4" or 5/8" rods)

My terrain is desert with an extremely hard layer of caliche (nature’s concrete) a few inches below the surface. Driving any kind of peg, pole, or rod into the ground is nearly impossible. This well-made ground rod driver has finally made the impossible, possible for me. No more standing on a ladder trying to swing a sledge hammer from altitude. No more digging a shallow hole, filling with water, waiting for the ground to soften, hand-driving a rod about only half and inch (one centimeter), then repeating over and over and over and over again. Plug this tool into my rotary hammer and a five-foot copper rod was fully set in the ground in about ninety seconds. No kidding. 90 seconds, job done!

Needed to drive in some grounds and this little attachment, was a back saver! no need to break out the sledgehammer and strain your back when you've got one of these.

This item should really be in any person's tool kit that drives in ground rods. The shank type is SDS Plus (a good thing, and more common, so the tools don't cost as much) as opposed to SDS Max which is NOT the same thing. I was able to use a Harbor Freight brand 10A hammer drill to beat in a ground rod in 2 minutes FLAT. I mean, WOW! I won't be beating in ground rods any other way, and I am pleased with the quality and performance.

This thing worked great. All I had to was give it minimal pressure and follow down the ladder. This Texas Gulf Coast gumbo is dang hard once you get past 3 feet but this thing fastened to the end of a Hilti gun did the job.

Worked perfectly, saves you so much time. A needed tool if you have any ground rods to install.

Tentatively I’m giving this ground rod driver 5Stars, and only because I actually haven’t had a chance to use it yet. But overall it seems to be of good quality, it feels very sturdy when held, and the fit and finish look great.

Work good for driving in 3 ground rods using a HF impact driver when we installed high tensile line for our horse pasture. Got the job done much faster than with a hammer.

This bit is good, the downside, using an sds plus makes it tough to drive ground rods if you live in an area with rocky or clay filled soil

broke on the first job, lasted 2 rods (2nd finished with lump hammer):(