New collection vehicle... ;)

[sbedilion]

Put out 15 early taps so I could do a boil or 2 before the real season starts. I taps a few trees thats werent accessible by truck or walking. I got tired of carrying 5 gallon buckets a half mile....so I put my pack frame to use. I think you guys will get a kick out of it. Made 2 trips tonight and collected 10 gallons...3.5 miles total for the 2 trips via bike.

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[psparr]

The things we'll do for some sap.

[adk1]

You aren't serious.....

[Woodsrover]

Wow, that's dedication. Myself, I'd look for a couple trees closer to home....

[sbedilion]

I didnt plan on it being hard to collect but o well. The bike made it easier. I mountain bike a lot so this didnt surprise my wife. My main trees are close to the house so it wont been like this in a few wks.

[bigschuss]

I'm not sure if that's awesome or a little tetched in the head. I mtn. bike, trail run, and ski back country...3.5 miles is a warm up. I play soccer all summer...probably run 3.5 miles per game. I'll track a big buck in the northwoods for 3.5 miles and never even break a sweat. But two trips 3.5 miles on a bike with 5 gallons of sap on my back? I think I'd rather just use Log Cabin. :D

Good job man!

[red dorakeen]

Makes perfect sense to combine a couple of things you like to do.

[motowbrowne]

I use a bicycle powered pump to transfer sap into my head tank. It's an old Fuji mountain bike frame with a 700c wheel and no tire. A V-belt fits perfectly into the rim. The belt turns a pulley on a March homebrew pump. It works pretty good. At a decent cadence I can pump about 8-9 GPM. When I have volunteers around the shack it's great. When I'm cooking alone, not so much. This year I'll be switching it back to electric. Guess I'm getting lazy. 15079

[sbedilion]

That pump is awesome! I always wanted to convert a bike trainer and a motor into a bike generator just to play with.

[bmbmkr]

Good job sbedilion, I haven't hauled sap on my mtn bike yet, but I ride it down to the suarbush about everyday, my wife has hauled up to 100lbs of feed in our child trailer turned cargo trailer behind her Jamis, our daughter has her own bike now, and Moto, I really like the pump idea, I have a couple parts frames layin around, now I know a good use for em, just need to find a pump now