Various techniques for installing ground rods are all over the internet, all employing a variety of tools from sledgehammers to small jackhammers with special attachments. I was very lucky that where I live the soil is soft and silty, which meant that I was able to push them in by hand for about the first five feet. A 3-lb engineers hammer was then sufficient to pound the rod to within six inches of complete burial. At this point, I connected the 6 AWG bare copper grounding conductor, and then finished off the job with the hammer.
Good luck! But if you get stuck half-way and find yourself banging until the top of your ground rod resembles a small mushroom, you've probably hit something that no amount of banging is going to get out of the way. Put down the hammer, step away from the ground rod, have a refreshing beverage, and read on...
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