Product Description
Milwaukee Spline Ground Rod Driver
Model Number: 48-62-2046
The Milwaukee 48-62-2046 is a Spline Ground Rod Driver — a precision-forged demolition hammer attachment for driving copper-clad and solid copper ground rods into soil using the Milwaukee Spline-drive demolition hammer system, providing the utility industry and electrical contractors with a productive, low-fatigue mechanical ground rod driving method that replaces sledgehammer driving for electrical grounding system installations. Ground rods — typically 5/8 in. or 3/4 in. diameter copper-clad steel rods in 8 ft. lengths — must be driven to the required burial depth specified by NEC requirements and the utility or contractor's grounding system design. Sledgehammer driving is physically demanding, slow, and particularly difficult in rocky, hard clay, or compact soils where every inch of penetration requires repeated full-force blows. The Milwaukee ground rod driver transfers the demolition hammer's high-frequency impact energy to the top of the ground rod for mechanical driving that penetrates significantly faster with less operator effort than manual driving in most soil conditions.
Drop-forged from high-grade steel with the structural mass needed to deliver impact energy efficiently to the ground rod without flexing or energy loss through the driver body, the ground rod driver is built for the sustained impact demands of driving multiple ground rods per day in utility, telecommunications, and commercial electrical work. The spline drive shank provides the positive anti-rotation engagement in Milwaukee's Spline-drive demolition hammer chuck that prevents the driver from spinning in the chuck under the lateral soil reaction forces experienced during ground rod driving in varied soil conditions. The cup or socket geometry at the driving end captures the top of the ground rod to maintain alignment between the driver and the rod during the driving operation, preventing the misalignment that occurs when the driver slips off the rod top and damages the rod or drives it at an angle.
Ideal for utility crews, electrical contractors, and telecommunications companies who install ground rods regularly as part of grounding system work — the Milwaukee ground rod driver delivers the productivity improvement that makes mechanical driving the professional standard for this application.
Features
- Drop-forged high-grade steel for sustained impact energy delivery to ground rods
- Spline drive shank for positive anti-rotation engagement in Spline-drive demolition hammers
- Cup geometry captures rod top for alignment maintenance during mechanical driving
- Dramatically faster ground rod penetration than sledgehammer driving in most soil types
- For utility, electrical, and telecommunications ground rod installation applications
Specifications
- Shank: Spline Drive
- Material: Drop-Forged High-Grade Steel
- Application: Copper-Clad and Solid Copper Ground Rod Driving
- Compatible Tools: Milwaukee Spline-Drive Demolition Hammers
Includes
- (1) Milwaukee 48-62-2046 Spline Ground Rod Driver
