Top of line anchoring

[Thehammers]

Ideas on securing top of tubing line. Rope, wire?

[psparr]

End line ring or hook.

[stoweski]

I have been switching over to a slide fitting at the end of my laterals. The end of the rigid tubing is also the drop from the last tree. I cut it long the first year to get to the back of the tree, then nip off an inch or so each year as I work my way around. The fitting has a hook so it can be attached to a wire, wrapped around the tree inside a scrap piece of tubing to protect the tree from the wire.

I decided to go this route (on a gravity system) so that there is no dead end in my line. At the end of the season I can blow out the lines with water/air and leave very little moisture in the tubing. It's worked well as I don't have the amount of black gunk in the system after a summer.

I don't have a picture of what I'm talking about but if you go to Lapierre's site and download their catalog, Page 7 shows the slide fittings and Fig. 3 is what i switched to. I used to either put a cheap hook at the end of the line or use a slide fitting similar to Fig. 2. Problem with Fig. 2 is that sap must go around the tree. That didn't work well for me.

I use slide fittings on both ends of the laterals. Makes tightening the lines simple.

[StayinLowTech]

At the highest (last) tree, if you put in a tee with one of the arms blocked (usually a different color, red or blue) with that blocked arm facing the tree, you then have one arm for the lateral and one for the drop on that tree. The non-thru arm keeps the sap from going into the tubing which is wrapped around the last tree and comes back to the lateral. At the very end of the tubing around the tree use a simple hook fitting to attach to the lateral.

[lpakiz]

I replaced all my laterals this summer, and the blocked tee is what I used, along with a solid end hook. I prefer the hook over a ring because it will be easy to drop a lateral here and there to get at a dead or fallen tree.

[adk1]

I have been switching over to a slide fitting at the end of my laterals. The end of the rigid tubing is also the drop from the last tree. I cut it long the first year to get to the back of the tree, then nip off an inch or so each year as I work my way around. The fitting has a hook so it can be attached to a wire, wrapped around the tree inside a scrap piece of tubing to protect the tree from the wire.

I decided to go this route (on a gravity system) so that there is no dead end in my line. At the end of the season I can blow out the lines with water/air and leave very little moisture in the tubing. It's worked well as I don't have the amount of black gunk in the system after a summer.

I don't have a picture of what I'm talking about but if you go to Lapierre's site and download their catalog, Page 7 shows the slide fittings and Fig. 3 is what i switched to. I used to either put a cheap hook at the end of the line or use a slide fitting similar to Fig. 2. Problem with Fig. 2 is that sap must go around the tree. That didn't work well for me.

I use slide fittings on both ends of the laterals. Makes tightening the lines simple.exactly what I do

[sapmaple]

I use a end of line drop fork so the 5/16 that goes around the tree is attached to solid ends no vacuum or sap in it, so if a squirrel chews it (which they seem to like that last tree on the line) I don't have a leak there. If the end tree is big enough for two taps I use a end fork so I can put the drops completely opposite each other

[lakeview maple]

I use a crows foot , a drop line fork also , it works well . It seems if the squirrels are climbing the trees they will chew where they cross the line and by using these its a dead zone , doesn't hurt production.

[adk1]

I have been switching over to a slide fitting at the end of my laterals. The end of the rigid tubing is also the drop from the last tree. I cut it long the first year to get to the back of the tree, then nip off an inch or so each year as I work my way around. The fitting has a hook so it can be attached to a wire, wrapped around the tree inside a scrap piece of tubing to protect the tree from the wire.

I decided to go this route (on a gravity system) so that there is no dead end in my line. At the end of the season I can blow out the lines with water/air and leave very little moisture in the tubing. It's worked well as I don't have the amount of black gunk in the system after a summer.

I don't have a picture of what I'm talking about but if you go to Lapierre's site and download their catalog, Page 7 shows the slide fittings and Fig. 3 is what i switched to. I used to either put a cheap hook at the end of the line or use a slide fitting similar to Fig. 2. Problem with Fig. 2 is that sap must go around the tree. That didn't work well for me.

I use slide fittings on both ends of the laterals. Makes tightening the lines simple.hey stoweski, tried to pm u but couldn't because your pm box is full

[stoweski]

Yea, saw that this morning. All good now.