{"product_id":"hobo-pilot-rod4","title":"HOBO Pilot Rod for Deploying Multi-Depth Soil Moisture Sensors (70 cm)","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe pilot rod is used with a slide hammer (\u003ca href=\"\/products\/hobo-slide-hammer\"\u003eSLIDE-HAMMER\u003c\/a\u003e) for quick and easy deployment of HOBOnet RXW-GP Multi-Depth Soil Moisture Sensors. By creating a hole with the same profile and size of the soil moisture sensor being deployed, this tool eliminates the need to excavate and backfill holes. The pilot rod threads onto the slide hammer, which drives the rod into the soil, creating the required profile. After removing the rod, the soil moisture sensor can be pushed into the soil easily. Once the sensor is deployed, the soil will relax around it, filling in any gaps and establishing the contact needed for accurate soil moisture measurements.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThere are two pilot rod options: the PILOT-ROD4 (0.7 metre) for use with three- and four-segment HOBOnet Multi-Depth Soil Moisture Sensors (\u003ca href=\"\/products\/hobonet-rxw-gp3-868\"\u003eRXW-GP3\u003c\/a\u003e and \u003ca href=\"\/products\/hobonet-rxw-gp4-868\"\u003eRXW-GP4\u003c\/a\u003e), and the \u003ca href=\"\/products\/hobo-pilot-rod6\"\u003ePILOT-ROD6\u003c\/a\u003e (1 metre) for use with six-segment HOBOnet Multi-Depth Soil Moisture Sensors (\u003ca href=\"\/products\/hobonet-rxw-gp6-868-multi-depth-soil-moisture-temperature-sensor\"\u003eRXW-GP6A\u003c\/a\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HOBO","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54234832077147,"sku":"PILOT-ROD4","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0976\/0302\/7291\/files\/hobo_pilot-rod-for-rxw-gpx-xxx-sensors.jpg?v=1790931304","url":"https:\/\/www.tempcon.co.uk\/products\/hobo-pilot-rod4","provider":"Tempcon Instrumentation","version":"1.0","type":"link"}