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  1. Sap Meister stainless steel spouts (36 replies)
  2. Is it time to talk about... (32 replies)
  3. anyone hanging 5 gal buckets on hooked taps? (7 replies)
  4. My Black Walnut syrup results are in... (10 replies)
  5. Why not tap large limbs too? (12 replies)
  6. bucket liner bags (1 replies)
  7. Hooks for 5/16 ss spouts and flat covers? (6 replies)
  8. Contradiction between thermometer & Hydrometer. (9 replies)
  9. Removing CV spouts (4 replies)
  10. How long will sap run after freezing night? (4 replies)
  11. Re-Tapping (12 replies)
  12. flying buckets (12 replies)
  13. Still not running (2 replies)
  14. 10 taps on one tree (14 replies)
  15. will sap flow? (2 replies)
  16. Black Walnut brix surprise (12 replies)
  17. Tapping flooded trees (8 replies)
  18. How Long Does it Take You to Gather Your Buckets? (11 replies)
  19. How Far Do You WALK for a Bucket? (19 replies)
  20. New refractometer question (0 replies)
  21. Best sap bags (1 replies)
  22. Hot syrup refractometer (1 replies)
  23. Hydrometer Question (13 replies)
  24. Bucket and tube cleaning before tapping (6 replies)
  25. How exactly do i use my hydrometer ?? (5 replies)
  26. Bleaching tap holes (8 replies)
  27. Sweetening pan then draining before cold snap (1 replies)
  28. Newbie questions (5 replies)
  29. What maples do you tap? (30 replies)
  30. tree saver vs. metal spouts for gravity on bags - which runs better? (2 replies)
  31. Recommend a tapping bit? (6 replies)
  32. Spout metal types (4 replies)
  33. First Year Tapping (7 replies)
  34. Spiles and bacteria (55 replies)
  35. Best spile ? (18 replies)
  36. Drill size and hole depth (7 replies)
  37. How long before tap hole seals up? (6 replies)
  38. Is tree sap weepage after the tap is removed a concern? (3 replies)
  39. When to tap is using buckets in eastern Mass? (3 replies)
  40. Who's Still tapping ALL buckets? (37 replies)
  41. plastic buckets pour spout (8 replies)
  42. Just a few questions on tapping technique (6 replies)
  43. King sap bags (2 replies)
  44. Lead taps? (2 replies)
  45. Sap bags arrived... (17 replies)
  46. Drill bits (34 replies)
  47. Sap sacs (5 replies)
  48. Using palstic seasonal spouts with buckets (8 replies)
  49. What kind of taps ? (8 replies)
  50. Hydrometers? (5 replies)
  51. Plastic disposable spiles to feed buckets (4 replies)
  52. Disposable Plastic Taps for Bags? (20 replies)
  53. Sap sacks (10 replies)
  54. Syrup to tap ratios (12 replies)
  55. Trees with low sugar content. Is there such a thing as a bad bush? (9 replies)
  56. Washing buckets - never fun, but not so bad (1 replies)
  57. Bags in buckets (6 replies)
  58. Galvinized buckets, illigal?? (7 replies)
  59. Weather (3 replies)
  60. Update for sap bag folks (5 replies)
  61. leaky bags? (0 replies)
  62. gathering.... (6 replies)
  63. Brix (4 replies)
  64. Used bucket covers (2 replies)
  65. freezing-----natures R/O (3 replies)
  66. Buckets Question (6 replies)
  67. sugar content? (3 replies)
  68. dry taps (6 replies)
  69. Is this an OK Idea? (15 replies)
  70. Got any ideas? (4 replies)
  71. sap bags (4 replies)
  72. Reaming tapholes after exended inactivity? (3 replies)
  73. Taps drying up already? (4 replies)
  74. sap % V.S. syrup (6 replies)
  75. Bucket spouts????? (27 replies)
  76. Strong maple/metaalic taste in syrup (0 replies)
  77. Spile, bucket and lid mismatch (11 replies)
  78. sap sacks (14 replies)
  79. Plastic "throwaway taps (5 replies)
  80. Pan size? (2 replies)
  81. basswood (4 replies)
  82. Cleaning a sugar burn (6 replies)
  83. 5/16 spiles (2 replies)
  84. Silver Maples (28 replies)
  85. El Cheapo Bakery Buckets...Beware (3 replies)
  86. Sap flow by tree size and location (3 replies)
  87. Dead squirrel in my sap my bucket (10 replies)
  88. Tapping spiles in when weather is questionable (2 replies)
  89. where to buy more aluminum buckets? (6 replies)
  90. sap? or no sap? (19 replies)
  91. Liners freezing in buckets (1 replies)
  92. Maple Syrup Chemistry 101 (1 replies)
  93. sap ice... (16 replies)
  94. Acc-u-cup (7 replies)
  95. Who uses pastry buckets? (15 replies)
  96. What do you do with a dry/under-performing tap hole? (7 replies)
  97. How to Tap Frozen Wood? (3 replies)
  98. Sanitizing your spiles (2 replies)
  99. tubing into 5 gal buckets (5 replies)
  100. sap wagon (1 replies)
  101. "transfer stations" getting the sap to the storage tank (7 replies)
  102. Number of Taps per Tree Discussion. (43 replies)
  103. modifying spiles? (2 replies)
  104. bucket cleaning (13 replies)
  105. How do you larger bucket guys (500 +) gather your sap? (14 replies)
  106. Where to tap the trees this year? (5 replies)
  107. Warm enough to tap? (4 replies)
  108. Might sound stupid... (11 replies)
  109. How many trees do you tap? (14 replies)
  110. Leader clear seasonal spouts leaking. (6 replies)
  111. Tapping Depth - Buckets, Bags, Gravity Tubing (13 replies)
  112. Syrup straight from the tree? (13 replies)
  113. Spiles (5 replies)
  114. Sap Refractometer w/ Temp Compensation down to 32 deg F? (0 replies)
  115. Where to find cheap taps? (7 replies)
  116. Dumping buckets (17 replies)
  117. diameter of new check valve spouts (7 replies)
  118. Roth Sugarbush CDL WI 2013 Open House (0 replies)
  119. Too many taps? (16 replies)
  120. 5/16" spiles question (5 replies)
  121. Tubing, sap sacks or buckets? (8 replies)
  122. Southern States tapping confusion (10 replies)
  123. stain (15 replies)
  124. Trademark on bucket (5 replies)
  125. Best spiles... for bucket using producers (61 replies)
  126. vinegar and cast aluminmum spiles - safe to use again? (4 replies)
  127. Buckets with soap (6 replies)
  128. Cleaning Algae in Barrels (0 replies)
  129. 5 gal buckets ?? (6 replies)
  130. Bucket ID (5 replies)
  131. Bucket lids (3 replies)
  132. cracked tap holes from last season (10 replies)
  133. Maytag washing machine bucket washer (8 replies)
  134. who has the most taps on buckets only???? (20 replies)
  135. cleaning spouts??? (11 replies)
  136. Did I ruin my taps? (6 replies)
  137. will it run? (1 replies)
  138. Frost in Ground Effect Question (7 replies)
  139. realistic average from buckets and "woods" trees? (8 replies)
  140. creek side trees (6 replies)
  141. DG cast aluminum spouts and sap bags (3 replies)
  142. When do sugar maples run? (4 replies)
  143. tubing into 5 gallon bucket (27 replies)
  144. New Guy with a Hydrometer....Help (11 replies)
  145. Do they run all night? (21 replies)
  146. Leaking around spile (7 replies)
  147. Use of slightly rusted buckets (28 replies)
  148. Tubing in Bucket Question (0 replies)
  149. Hydrometer- I want one that's bullet proof!! (15 replies)
  150. Tapping trees with buds starting? (3 replies)
  151. Sweeten the Pan (12 replies)
  152. Squirrel drowned in my sap bucket (22 replies)
  153. Leaky taps (6 replies)
  154. venting spouts (9 replies)
  155. elevation can be funny thing! (0 replies)
  156. Micro maplers? (69 replies)
  157. Using water jugs to collect sap. (6 replies)
  158. Redrill tap holes larger for plastic taps? (3 replies)
  159. sap to syrup chart (1 replies)
  160. aluminum bucket repair (4 replies)
  161. hydrometer (11 replies)
  162. gone through a fire? (1 replies)
  163. How do I fix a leaky bucket? (15 replies)
  164. 2nd tap (7 replies)
  165. plastic 55 gallon barrels (21 replies)
  166. Leaking around the spiles (17 replies)
  167. Tubing setup info. (2 replies)
  168. why are sap sacks colored (1 replies)
  169. No more Galvanized Bucket???????????????? (9 replies)
  170. Sap Sack (8 replies)
  171. twist drills for tapping? (11 replies)
  172. 5/16 hookless spouts and bucket covers (2 replies)
  173. whats wrong with aluminum? (6 replies)
  174. What's a densimeter? (10 replies)
  175. Labels on Sap Buckets (6 replies)
  176. ice cream pails (3 replies)
  177. whats a "good" price for aluminum buckets? (6 replies)
  178. Hanna digital refractometer (4 replies)
  179. Aluminum vs galvinized buckets (2 replies)
  180. Spiles (0 replies)
  181. Looking for a GOOD Digital Thermometer (13 replies)
  182. Chinese bucket taps (29 replies)
  183. Fall precipitation and sap production question. (9 replies)
  184. Fall sap Brix readings (6 replies)
  185. How many taps on a cull tree? (8 replies)
  186. Buckets labeled as food-grade at Lowes stores (20 replies)
  187. used sap releaser (4 replies)
  188. Vermonter looking for buckets (1 replies)
  189. Tapping with Impact drill? (11 replies)
  190. Vacuum for sugar testing? (16 replies)
  191. refractometer temp compensation (0 replies)
  192. Keeping the Mold and Grime off during off season (14 replies)
  193. how many taps (4 replies)
  194. Scoops and Skimmers (18 replies)
  195. what to do? (10 replies)
  196. broken taps (12 replies)
  197. Next generation maple products - Lifetime spout (11 replies)
  198. Hydrometer (16 replies)
  199. Source for 5+ Year Old Sugar Maple Trees - Where to Buy? (11 replies)
  200. "We never tapped red maples" (13 replies)
  201. plumbing two pans (8 replies)
  202. When has a Maple Tree Budded? (4 replies)
  203. Final syrup point/ Rock Candy (2 replies)
  204. Musky taste (newbie question) (1 replies)
  205. Syrup Hydrometer (5 replies)
  206. Tubing in buckets question (2 replies)
  207. sap sugar content low (5 replies)
  208. $2,000 to start a hobby??? (41 replies)
  209. Syrup Yield/Tap: Good vs. Bad vs. Average (0 replies)
  210. Green mold in buckets (8 replies)
  211. Newbie update (1 replies)
  212. Peepers and snow (3 replies)
  213. Call me a wuss. (7 replies)
  214. Cleaning Syrup Equipment (4 replies)
  215. Mould in the buckets (1 replies)
  216. Sealed buckets? (8 replies)
  217. Refractometer seem's to read high ?? (4 replies)
  218. My sap was very weird looking today.... (20 replies)
  219. How much per tap? (26 replies)
  220. When is it over? (15 replies)
  221. Weather Question (4 replies)
  222. underwater taps... safe to use again? (7 replies)
  223. Fill old holes and retap? (15 replies)
  224. Happy with my aluminum buckets (1 replies)
  225. holes closing? (4 replies)
  226. metal tap sanitizing (2 replies)
  227. Full moon tapping (8 replies)
  228. hydrometer cup (3 replies)
  229. 211 degrees (2 replies)
  230. hydrometer question (9 replies)
  231. Omega HH501AJK digital thermometer (0 replies)
  232. barometric pressure (3 replies)
  233. New hydrotherm questions (8 replies)
  234. Turkey Fryer for 24 Taps - Newbie to Sapping (4 replies)
  235. Reusing 5/16 spiles (11 replies)
  236. Mothra! (3 replies)
  237. Buckets are killing me (13 replies)
  238. Sap running too slow? (5 replies)
  239. Hydrometer (2 replies)
  240. How do you "STOP" boiling for the night (12 replies)
  241. Buckets spoiling? (11 replies)
  242. Paying for sap collection (0 replies)
  243. Buckets and wind. (4 replies)
  244. Brix Reading (5 replies)
  245. What's with the wet spots? (7 replies)
  246. Do I Need A Vent? (12 replies)
  247. Bit breaking??? (14 replies)
  248. What size pan? (9 replies)
  249. Tapping Black Walnut (16 replies)
  250. Buckets vs Tubing (1 replies)