I tried to do that with my smaller Ryobi impact and Ryobi driver. The drive almost smoked it self out. The impact just couldn't get it all the way in. Granted, I must have hit a root, the anchors were ONLY the 18 inch long version and it was MISSISSIPPI soil (i.e., clay with some sand). Was using the PSBIW01 w/4ah battery and P235AVN w/same battery power. The non-brushless just started smelling after it just couldn't drive any further. The impact driver was pretty much useless once the auger hit a root (I'm guessing, not any rocks that I'm aware of and I just had a 500gal tank sunk for a generator and not ONE rock was found). I've almost just went to Harbor Freight to get a throwaway power drill with enough power to put this things in the ground, or break a wrist trying. Great video though. You made it look easy.
Thanks for watching! Yes, ground conditions vary considerably and we have relatively "easy" soil - probably class 3 or 4 for the first 40" or so, then clay. Once you hit clay the game changes - torque to install and holding ability of the anchors go up considerably. We recommend using a "high torque" 1/2" drive impact vs. the 3/8" which it looks like the PSBIW01 is. 1/2" M18 Fuel, DeWalt DCF900, Ryobi PBLIW01, Hercules Ultratorque, etc. would be much better choice and would do far better than any large non-impacting drill can. The highest torque non-impacting drill we are aware of is the DeWalt DCD460 and it can do somewhere in the 80-100 ft*lbs torque range. Today's high torque 1/2" drive impacts can do the equivalent of around 200 ft*lbs on a 3/4" mobile home anchor. It's difficult to compare impact drivers directly with non-impact drivers. Equivalent torque for impact based drivers is heavily influenced by anchor configuration with thinner and longer anchor shafts having less impact force being transmitted to the helix.
I tried to do that with my smaller Ryobi impact and Ryobi driver. The drive almost smoked it self out. The impact just couldn't get it all the way in. Granted, I must have hit a root, the anchors were ONLY the 18 inch long version and it was MISSISSIPPI soil (i.e., clay with some sand). Was using the PSBIW01 w/4ah battery and P235AVN w/same battery power. The non-brushless just started smelling after it just couldn't drive any further. The impact driver was pretty much useless once the auger hit a root (I'm guessing, not any rocks that I'm aware of and I just had a 500gal tank sunk for a generator and not ONE rock was found). I've almost just went to Harbor Freight to get a throwaway power drill with enough power to put this things in the ground, or break a wrist trying. Great video though. You made it look easy.
Thanks for watching! Yes, ground conditions vary considerably and we have relatively "easy" soil - probably class 3 or 4 for the first 40" or so, then clay. Once you hit clay the game changes - torque to install and holding ability of the anchors go up considerably. We recommend using a "high torque" 1/2" drive impact vs. the 3/8" which it looks like the PSBIW01 is. 1/2" M18 Fuel, DeWalt DCF900, Ryobi PBLIW01, Hercules Ultratorque, etc. would be much better choice and would do far better than any large non-impacting drill can. The highest torque non-impacting drill we are aware of is the DeWalt DCD460 and it can do somewhere in the 80-100 ft*lbs torque range. Today's high torque 1/2" drive impacts can do the equivalent of around 200 ft*lbs on a 3/4" mobile home anchor. It's difficult to compare impact drivers directly with non-impact drivers. Equivalent torque for impact based drivers is heavily influenced by anchor configuration with thinner and longer anchor shafts having less impact force being transmitted to the helix.
Thanks for the video. Can you tell me where you bought the piece that is bolted on for using the impact? Or did you make it yourself?
The link is in the description. Thanks for watching.