Slip style rod spinner for pipe bursting machine

An apparatus for connecting and disconnecting a rod string section from a rod string, comprising:

• a frame having an opening situated on a longitudinal axis;
• a slip bowl having a first passage situated on the longitudinal axis and having a plurality of first jaw members configured to grip the rod string;
• a spinner assembly having a second passage situated on the longitudinal axis and comprising:
• a spinner bowl with an inner surface complementary to a conical frustum;
• and
• a plurality of second jaw members configured to grip the rod string section in which each of the second jaw members are joined to the inner surface of the spinner bowl by a sliding interlocking joint;
• a cylinder disposed about the longitudinal axis having a thrust tube extendable at least partially into the spinner bowl to engage the plurality of second jaw members;
• a motor configured to rotate the spinner assembly;
• and
• a thrust assembly supported on the frame and configured to move the slip bowl and the spinner assembly along the longitudinal axis;
• wherein the spinner bowl, second jaw members, and thrust tube are rotatable about the longitudinal axis.