MEP ground rod kit/slide hammer info

[Daybreak]

Howdy,
A little while ago a bunch of slide hammers went on sale though GSA. There was something like 130 of them. Went cheap...

 

[Guyfang]

Wonder who got them?

 

[NormB]

Looking around the the slide hammer (5120-01-013-1676) and found this:

http://8tharmy.korea.army.mil/safety/Toolbox/Resources/Videos/Grounding training powerpoint.pdf

Referenced in the PP presentation, as are a lot of examples of how NOT to make ground connections.

The milspec tool would be a nice to have accessory, but pricey.

 

[Guyfang]

Gotta tell you, I have seen even worse than this. Typical soldiers. Several soldiers die every year, due to poor/nonexistent grounding.

Stupid. And all the info you need or want is available to soldiers at few keystrokes. The CECOM guys will drive a million miles to teach good grounding.

Just from the way this presentation was written, I could guess who wrote it. It's his pet peeve, and he is a devil about it. He is now the head CECOM Senior, Master Tech. I agree with every word he wrote.

The unit was the 11th Brigade, 57th Signal.

 

[Slate]

Anyone know where to find any ground rod kits and the hammers for a decent price nowadays?

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[Light in the Dark]

I sold a number of each over the past year through the classifieds. I am clean out of hammers, but know I have a ton of rods... just not sure if I have all of the small detail parts to make up complete kits. I will look through the garage to see if I have anything left.

 

[Slate]

I sold a number of each over the past year through the classifieds. I am clean out of hammers, but know I have a ton of rods... just not sure if I have all of the small detail parts to make up complete kits. I will look through the garage to see if I have anything left.

Thank you Sir that would be awesome.

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[CommoChief]

I sold a number of each over the past year through the classifieds. I am clean out of hammers, but know I have a ton of rods... just not sure if I have all of the small detail parts to make up complete kits. I will look through the garage to see if I have anything left.

Light in the Dark...how did you make out on finding
complete grounding kits?

CommoChief

 

[Zed254]

I checked Ebay for the hammer: search 5120-01-013-1676

....removed dead link.....

Ground rods were on Sportsmansguide a year or so ago for $20 + shipping. Search Ebay for 5975-00-878-3791. There is a set listed but the guy is pretty proud of it.....but he is accepting offers.

 

[Light in the Dark]

Yeah sorry most of the parts I have burned putting together for customer sets. As I have more or less transitioned out of handling trailer mounted units, I've stopped receiving slide hammers in. They appear once in a blue moon inside of a genset enclosure, but 99.9% of the time are in the tool box on the various trailer mounted units.

 

[Ray70]

If you guys need ground rods or hammers, let me know , I have at least 8 hammers and a pile of rods, some of which are still in the original paper wrappers.

 

[cbisson]

If you guys need ground rods or hammers, let me know , I have at least 8 hammers and a pile of rods, some of which are still in the original paper wrappers.

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[Light in the Dark]

I just picked up two sliding hammers, and one rod set with donut if anyone was interested.