I once had a sub-splicer in a underground node dig in a doghouse at a dig & retrieve location for a trunk amp right next to a Telco Load Coil, It was a joint trenching project.
well he beat in his ground rod right thru a 400 count jelly filled bell south phone line.
when bell dug the location up to do the repair, there was phone,cable & power big wigs standing around when the the Bell UG crew found the cut in the cable they extracted a hacksawed 5' ground rod, took out about 75 pairs.. the real sad part about it was that the splicer had to dig around the telco cable to get to his conduit for the cable and the ground was soft enough to hand push the whole 8' rod in.. might had to pound the last 1' or 2ft but he backfilled his hole and did his splicing then placed his ground rod.
the sub lost his contract,retainage and some payout from his GL.
C Harold this is just in reference to your cutting a GR, 100 times you might get away with it, but all it takes is 1 time to BURN YOU
and it could cost you your company & your reputation
Re: driving ground rods into the frozen ground
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Registered: 10/5/2008
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mid 70s
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