Air operated pump options

[Whitcomb Family Farm]

With the 2017 season over and a great yeild (.51 per tap) I am looking to replace the gear pump that blew while filtering our last batch of syrup. Do you guys use air pumps that are from a maple supplier or is there cheaper food grade options out there?

[Russell Lampron]

I got my pump on ebay. You want to get one with Teflon diaphragms and aluminum or stainless body. I recommend that you get a 1/2" pump so that you can use it for pumping cold syrup too.

[maple flats]

I bought a 3/8" pump. To pump syrup under about 60 degrees it is slow, thus I bought an electric barrel heater.
Once you get an air powered diaphragm pump you will never go back to a gear pump.

[Whitcomb Family Farm]

Taking this into consideration we went with the stainless pump from Smokey lake. Only 650$ compared to over 1000$ for leaders aluminum pump