You need to drive your rod all the way into the ground.
Ground rod hammer drill.
Using your hammer drill or driving tool gradually drive the rod vertically into the ground.
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The rod just drops right out of site with water gushing into the air.
The sds max bits will fit all brand of sds max rotary hammers made by dewalt.
Pull the drill out and just drop the ground rod in.
Sds plus coupling mates right up to my cordless hammer drill and is excellent for driving copper clad steel ground rods in the field.
Drive the rod into the ground.
Forcing the drill can plug the end or in some cases bend the conduit.
Please contact your local home depot or dewalt at 1 800 433 9258 for any further assistance.
Works for both 1 2 inch and 5 8 inch rods it sure beats swinging a sledge hammer.
From then on you can drill an eight foot hole in about a minute to two minutes.
The electrical code states that it must have 8 feet 2 4 m of contact with the ground.
Make sure you put the drill in hammer only no rotary action and your are set to go.