Buckets, Brix and Basics [Archive]

larger sap buckets (0 replies)
thought experiment - tapping 30' above ground level to produce full natural vacuum (6 replies)
Arc Barb-Spout on Gravity (14 replies)
Higher early concentrations (2 replies)
I Give up on Hydrometers... Better options? (19 replies)
Brix vs density (20 replies)
Bucket Blowout Syndrome (15 replies)
Data help (2 replies)
Cleaning HDPE Buckets (5 replies)
Calculating the best tapping date (33 replies)
at what sugar % do you stop running sap? (4 replies)
Sap hydrometer question (10 replies)
Swapping out spiles (6 replies)
Screwing a hook to maple trees. (6 replies)
Degree days before tapping…. (3 replies)
Sap Brix taste test ? (5 replies)
Poor sap flow (1 replies)
sap hydrometer (4 replies)
Drop lines into bucket (5 replies)
Frozen / cold sap longevity (1 replies)
Cleaning spouts midseason??? (2 replies)
Liberty drill bit (3 replies)
Tapping reds with broken off branches (7 replies)
cheap buckets (1 replies)
5/16" straight seasonal spouts with retaining ring (shipping cost)? (2 replies)
Yield for buckets 5/16” vs 7/16” (5 replies)
Surviving a warm spell (10 replies)
Beginner filtering. Hate it. (17 replies)
Best practice for sap yield with buckets over several seasons (10 replies)
How are you getting 2 GPT?? (19 replies)
Temperature compensation for finished syrup refractometer (5 replies)
Tips for removing shark fin cast alum taps (2 replies)
Did I crack the sap hole, or...? (7 replies)
Forgive me for noob question about home ro and brix (6 replies)
How best to sanitize drill bit, spiles, and (possibly) taphole? (14 replies)
broken brix hydrometer for sap (9 replies)
Enlarging bucket holes (2 replies)
Guidelines for multiple taps in multi trunk trees? (3 replies)
testing sugar content from bottom of collection tank (1 replies)
I have opposite trees for sap brix (5 replies)
Tapping to early? (7 replies)
3/16” taps and tubing into 5gal (9 replies)
Buckets - when too far gone? (4 replies)
colored spouts (2 replies)
Is there an actual formula for determining amount of sap to a specific syrup density? (13 replies)
North or South (3 replies)
Tap Hole Viability (3 replies)
Anchoring buckets on 5\16 drops (14 replies)
sap sugar content (20 replies)
tree size (9 replies)
Poll: 2020 Sap sugar content (22 replies)
Blue Plastic Lids For Plastic Buckets (1 replies)
optical refractometer technique (5 replies)
Minimum Brix in relation to spoilage potential (12 replies)
Identifying Trees in the Winter (12 replies)
First time problems (7 replies)
Leaking Spiles (11 replies)
Food grade buckets $3 donation (14 replies)
66 Brix (7 replies)
Back Pressure/Vacuum on Buckets (7 replies)
Red Maples (14 replies)
Tree Health Question (9 replies)
New sap buckets (0 replies)
Bush vs Tree Line/Laneway (Sugar Content, etc)? (8 replies)
Trust the thermometer or hydrometer? (23 replies)
2019 Kentucky Maple Syrup School (0 replies)
Hanna Digital Refratometer all over the map (4 replies)
End of year cleaning cast iron and aluminum taps (4 replies)
30+ taps per bit (12 replies)
Murphy compensating cup vs hydrotherm (6 replies)
Simple green cleaner (4 replies)
Buckets produce next to nothing (7 replies)
Cleaning buckets after dumping spoiled sap? (4 replies)
Off flavors from Aluminum buckets? (4 replies)
Drop Tubes into Buckets (6 replies)
Making a switch!!!! (9 replies)
Accuracy of refractometer? (4 replies)
Ideas on how to keep bucket and lid together (2 replies)
Batteries and Bits, how long should they last? (6 replies)
Sap Gathering Basics - a quick guide for beginners (1 replies)
CDL pressure control valve and concentrate valve leeking (1 replies)
How to clean a Home Made RO system (4 replies)
Dead and dying trees (11 replies)
Bad wood? (7 replies)
Collapsible sap bags/buckets (3 replies)
Brix Reading Help (2 replies)
5/16 spiles for buckets (9 replies)
Tapping twice on the same tree (11 replies)
old tyme bucket hook (1 replies)
Flow from spiles after long cold snap??? (4 replies)
What refractometer is most loved? (6 replies)
Cleaning spiles (5 replies)
Stainless Weldless spouts (3 replies)
5 gallon plastic bucket residual smell (9 replies)
Taps per tree (4 replies)
Clear check valve spout (3 replies)
Spile Size (7 replies)
Time to pull the buckets?!!! (2 replies)
stainless taps. (8 replies)
Couple Questions (9 replies)
Going to use plastic bags in my buckets - high vs. low density? (3 replies)
Sugar Bush Not Supplying Sap (3 replies)
Need help using the refractometer (2 replies)
hydrometer (1 replies)
Critter knocking over bucket (0 replies)
If you've gone to bag or tubing can I buy your old buckets/spiles? (5 replies)
Frozen Sap Buckets (5 replies)
Kitty Litter Pails for Sap??? :) (23 replies)
Frozen buckets (3 replies)
Sap Sack dimensions (3 replies)
galvanized bucket repair (6 replies)
Cats check my buckets for me--photo (6 replies)
Frozen sap bags-how long will it keep? (5 replies)
Powder coating galvanized pails (3 replies)
Wind Chill (5 replies)
Sugar Content? (3 replies)
Boiling my measly (under) 5 gallons (7 replies)
HELP!! Sap stopped running (5 replies)
cold night after mild spell (4 replies)
I think I have been tapping too hard! (7 replies)
Oops, found two taps in trees from last year. Pull or leave? (2 replies)
5/16 drops to buckets (6 replies)
sugars running silver not (8 replies)
Asking to tap (8 replies)
Sap "life" in buckets (3 replies)
Stainless spout dripping onto bucket hook problem. (5 replies)
Picture of buds — is my season over? (2 replies)
Leaky spouts (13 replies)
bit size (9 replies)
Buckets being used last/ later in year? (5 replies)
Fully frozen sap-cubes (6 replies)
Testing a sap hydrometer at home (15 replies)
soft maples vs. hard maples (13 replies)
Recommendations needed! (7 replies)
Sugar Married to a Buckeye? (0 replies)
Disposable Spouts for Bags (4 replies)
Washing pvc sap sak holders (1 replies)
Refractometer questions. (4 replies)
How long is too long to stay tapped? (10 replies)
Second equipment purchase thoughts? (11 replies)
How long to leave buckets hanging? (12 replies)
Long cold intermission (7 replies)
Suprises in Buckets (26 replies)
sap quantity (4 replies)
Help with brix (5 replies)
Disappointed plastic buckets (13 replies)
Temps needed (1 replies)
Calculating sap sugar content... (1 replies)
.5% sugar. Why? (15 replies)
Red Maples not producing (7 replies)
Tapping questions (2 replies)
4.2 from silvers? (4 replies)
2 gallon buckets full and froze solid (9 replies)
Tapped to close (5 replies)
drilling hole question. (23 replies)
plastic 5/16th bucket spiles (17 replies)
When is too early to Tap??? (3 replies)
5 gallon buckets? (30 replies)
hand filter press (9 replies)
Newbie question..... (11 replies)
Multiple tree trunks (1 replies)
Making 3" Schedule 40 PVC sap bag pipes (8 replies)
Keeping track of taps (9 replies)
What do you do to clean your buckets and short tubing to store it for the year (11 replies)
Nice bucket (13 replies)
buddy sap and when is it too cloudy? (4 replies)
Tubing from the tap to the bucket size? (9 replies)
? on a refractometer (7 replies)
Giving trees a year off? (3 replies)
Tapping question (1 replies)
Refractometer reading vs temperature question (3 replies)
Brix Scale (3 replies)
Sugar sand and density (8 replies)
Lead in buckets (8 replies)
Bucket Sap Level Indicator Idea (11 replies)
Effects of an extended period of early warm weather? (14 replies)
Temperature of sap when testing (2 replies)
How high sugar content can a Silver Maple get? (6 replies)
To small? (10 replies)
Wood Bit & power drill (14 replies)
Red Maple Sap Color Transition (4 replies)
Submerged line (1 replies)
Refractometer (5 replies)
Common newbie questions (29 replies)
What to do is a new hole is 1" above last years hole? (22 replies)
Should a Sap Hydrometer read Zero in plain water ? (7 replies)
Has anyone used a Brad Point Bit for drilling? (DeWALT's suggestion) (8 replies)
New metal buckets? (1 replies)
Freezing question (1 replies)
Its just a midwinter thaw....Hold......HOLD!! (5 replies)
Are all sap sacks the same thickness? (2 replies)
Life of a tap hole (10 replies)
Tapping the same trees every year? (4 replies)
Should I use a spile with check value if using drop tube to a bucket? (8 replies)
Tapping married or adjoined maples (3 replies)
Leader/King sap buckets (1 replies)
What's the difference between sap bag holders? (15 replies)
Maple sap (2 replies)
Idea (5 replies)
"Sharkfin", aka hookless 5/16 bucket spouts (7 replies)
epoxy paint? (8 replies)
Sycamores (1 replies)
Tapping "married" trees (mature trees that grew on top of each other) (9 replies)
Tree question (3 replies)
Iodophor? (9 replies)
High sugar content (15 replies)
Last boil seeking help pan cleanout (8 replies)
Using 5 gallon gas cans for sap collection - good idea? (14 replies)
Red maple sugar content (14 replies)
Jelly sludge in filter?!? (6 replies)
70.2 brix (10 replies)
Re-using bags (6 replies)
Cleaning galvanized buckets and spiles? (8 replies)
What are brix (1 replies)
Bad Hydrometer? (9 replies)
Aluminum bucket repairs (2 replies)
Question on using a syrup hydrometer (3 replies)
survey: how many of you throw away the ice? (32 replies)
Bucket Cam? (5 replies)
Help! Can I stop collecting while sap is still running? (7 replies)
Will sulphurous water affect sap? (1 replies)
Aluminum tap affect flavor (1 replies)
Hydrometer or Refractometer? (3 replies)
Where can I get a high quality Syrup Hydrometer? (4 replies)
retap or replace (3 replies)
roof /peaked style covers for aluminum buckets (2 replies)
domed lid on buckets and rain (1 replies)
What's your sugar content. (35 replies)
Buckets without lids (7 replies)
Snow Fleas in the Sap! (9 replies)
Different Trees Different Days Running -- how to know if a tap is dry? (4 replies)
First run of sap sugar content (Norway Maple, Silver Maple, Black Walnut) (0 replies)
I got them blue plastic spile blues.... (29 replies)
In a Bind, Can You Help????? (1 replies)
Anyone have a lead on buckets around N/E Ohio? (3 replies)
Tube drops (2 replies)
Multiple Drops into 5 gallon bucket (19 replies)
New buckets, old lids (2 replies)
tapping hammer (17 replies)
Drilling technique question (20 replies)
tapping red maples? (16 replies)
best sap sacks (12 replies)
5 gallon buckets on soule spiles (3 replies)
A Spile Question - 5/16 vs 7/16 ? (5 replies)
Galvanized buckets (16 replies)
Plastic sap buckets (8 replies)
Sap leaking from taps (29 replies)
5/16 inch spile/spout for aluminum buckets (4 replies)
Question on Hole Size for 5/16 Spouts (11 replies)
How do you store your buckets?? (25 replies)