vaccum system for under 1000$

[theguywiththename]

this thought has been killing me all day. is there a vaccum system for under 100 taps that costs less then 1000$? can be gas or electric as i have a couple of different portable generators.

[theguywiththename]

just pump and realeaser

[Moser's Maple]

lapierre hobby releaser and this pump http://www.ebay.com/itm/GAST-MODEL-1065-V2A-ROTART-VANE-VACUUM-PUMP-1-HP-DAYTON-MOTOR-/261413926011?pt=BI_Pumps&hash=item3cdd7bf47b
or this pump
http://www.ebay.com/itm/GAST-1550-VACUUM-PUMP-WITH-MOTOR-/181018450573?pt=BI_Pumps&hash=item2a258a5a8d

[Mike's Sugar Shack]

You can get a bender releaser and a gast 1550 vacuum pumps you should be able to get all that for 200 to 300 dollars.That pump on 100 taps should get you 20 inches of vacuum once you go vacuum u will not want to tap without vacuum.

[BAP]

Try a sap puller pump. CDL carries them, Maple Guys that run this site have them for less money go on to their website under the new equipment link at the top of this page.

[christopherh]

Search Bosworth pumps. I have one, they work well.

[markct]

Myself i have an area of 200 taps with no power so setup a harbor freight 79cc engine to drive a dry vane pump and a zero tank for sap all mounted on a skid that i move back home in off season. It works great and uses about 1.5 gal gas when running 24hrs

[WESTMAPLES]

I got 2 complete bender releasers from ebay for $300 bucks shipped, bought replacement seals and such from hamby dairy online $40 and got 2 gast vacuum pump that are mounted on 35 gal air tanks when I got them, I reused the tanks as a mass storage and moisture trap, they where $160 for the pair off craigslist, used 2 - 275 tote tanks ($200 for both) and made a hut that sits on top of the tank with the releaser enclosed and the vac pump behind it under a small over hang. works great, I rent a power outlet from the neighbors house where I tap, that runs the vac pump and a heat lamp in the hut, all are setup on timers. good luck, once you go vac you`ll never go back to gravity other than buckets.

[tuckermtn]

Markct - what brand and model is your dry vane pump?

[markct]

Its a Gast dry vane pump, tag fell off it but I saved it somewhere, got the pump used off ebay, its made to drive via a belt and about a 1/2 hp motor I believe. I also have a 1.5 hp direct drive electric motor driven Gast dry vane pump that is at the main farm where it runs about 700 taps. I like them for the simplicity and low maintenance. I attached a couple pics of the engine driven setup altho they realy don't show anything of intrest just the whole setup.

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10152217184158582&l=9619369e6d

https://www.facebook.com/245014275582993/photos/a.412916862126066.98586.245014275582993/573360302748387/?l=bfc2e5f228

[WESTMAPLES]

the belt driven model i have is a gast 1550 pump driven by a 1/2hp motor pulls 20 in , and the other is direct driven gast 1023 and it pulls 26 in both are dry vane pumps and are great low maintainace pumps.