Another 3/16" Question

[johnpma]

OK I'm sold I want to give 3/16" a try. Will be switching one area from 5/16" to the 3/16" We have really good slope in this particular spot however not an abundance of trees.

So the question is is there a set number of trees needed for 3/16" tubing to work?? This particular area would be about 15 taps.

[Biz]

Are you going to the tubing seminar at Bascoms this Friday? I bet it would be helpful. Experts there to answer questions. I bet 15 taps would be perfect.

Dave

[David in MI]

Some good reading below. The bottom link is to Tim Wilmot's research on 3/16" tubing from 2014.

http://www.uvm.edu/~pmrc/3-16%20Tubing%20-%20Wilmot%20-%20Maple%20News%20Dec%202014a.pdf

https://www.themaplenews.com/story/3-16-tubing-thoughts-and-observations/52/

https://www.themaplenews.com/story/3-years-of-research-looks-at-gravity-tubing/33/

[acafro]

I read through a bunch of the 3/16 articles all of them sited above. (I suggest reading them, great material).

But yes, there is a minimum number of taps, I believe 4-7 was what was sited in the articles. With a maximum of 30ish. and no max or min in length. It's all about your elevation loss.

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[johnpma]

Are you going to the tubing seminar at Bascoms this Friday? I bet it would be helpful. Experts there to answer questions. I bet 15 taps would be perfect.

Dave I didn't know about it can you post the details?

[acafro]

Check out bascoms website, it's on their front page. It 11/4 starts at the 930. Tubing in the AM. RO in the afternoon

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[Cody]

We had a run of four on one line ,highest tree from mainline about 23 feet of elevation with a vacuum gauge,consistently read 19-20 inches.