Releaser Distance

[syrup2nv]

How far from the Vacuum pump are people running their releasers?

[Thompson's Tree Farm]

I have one 1000 ft from the pump another 1200 feet away. Theron has one about 3500 feet away. The key is to have a big enough air line because you lose a lot of CFM's if you don't. I have 1 and 1/2 inc on mine. I think Theron is running 3 inch and a quarter lines to his.

[Mark]

I have one 2800 feet away with one 2" air line and adding another 2" air line this year, one was not enough. With the amount of taps back there I may have to go bigger.

[Sunday Rock Maple]

We have a dual bernard about 1,400 feet on 1 and 1/2" dry line. The other one is about 6 feet from the vacuum pump :)

[wiam]

I have a single vertical Lapierre on 1600' of 1.25" 1000 taps

[Thad Blaisdell]

I have one that is close to a mile if not more away from pump. That one is running 1900 taps.

[Randy Brutkoski]

I have a 7 1/2 horse pump running 3 releasers. The furthest one is about 3500 feet away. With 8 sap ladders and 2, 2 pipe ladders.

[GeneralStark]

Have you guys looked at the line loss charts? What size pipe are you using to run 1900 taps from 1 mile away?