400 taps sap ladder

[calvertbrothers]

Today I put in a sap ladder for 400 taps I put 4 stars on the lower line and 4 stars on the higher line. Has anyone done this many taps on a sap ladder?

[red maples]

no offense Please no offense but thats alot of work, I really don't know why anyone would go through all with the stars for sap ladders. for that many taps. I use 2 pipe sap ladders for 100 or more taps. they work better for bigger applications such as that. they are less work and cheaper as well. but thats just my opinion.

[GeneralStark]

Paging BreezyHill...

[ennismaple]

Today I put in a sap ladder for 400 taps I put 4 stars on the lower line and 4 stars on the higher line. Has anyone done this many taps on a sap ladder?

You need a 6 star "spider" for every 65 taps - so for 400 taps I'd say you want 7 stars.

[MAPLE FARMER]

Sap ladders work great and I know of one that a guy built to lift around 900 taps about 16 ft in the air and it works very well. I have installed a few in my operation and they work very nicely but have found that the stars should be spread about 3ft apart I think it helps to distribute the vacuum better when sap starts pooling on a good running day. You may find that you will have to let a small amount of air in to make them work also.

[calvertbrothers]

Sap ladders work great and I know of one that a guy built to lift around 900 taps about 16 ft in the air and it works very well. I have installed a few in my operation and they work very nicely but have found that the stars should be spread about 3ft apart I think it helps to distribute the vacuum better when sap starts pooling on a good running day. You may find that you will have to let a small amount of air in to make them work also.
I have them about a foot apart I'll see if I have any problem the next run