L&msugarbush
01-15-2019, 03:57 PM
The question is what are you guys doing for ice traps in your mainline's? I'm going to set up my first Mainline ever! Its on a 2% grade and 3/4"rapi-tube Mainline that will be mostly gravity-fed with a surflo pump at the Sugarhouse The surflo will already have a ice trap of course!
The length of the mainline will be approximately 800 feet long and used to transfer all my gravity fed sap from my 3/16 system down to my sugar house... I'm not sure if I even need ice traps throughout the mainline but somebody mentioned that I do. I haven't found or seen any pictures on here (or the internet) of what they use or what they look like... Maybe it's something I have to fabricate or perhaps you can just buy them at the local maple equipment dealer ? I wouldn't imagine it would be the same kind of strainers you see at Tractor Supply but who knows!? Also this being a wireless Mainline I would think I would need something pretty durable to withstand the tension on the rapi-Tube! .. pictures would be great if anybody has any!
Thanks!
The length of the mainline will be approximately 800 feet long and used to transfer all my gravity fed sap from my 3/16 system down to my sugar house... I'm not sure if I even need ice traps throughout the mainline but somebody mentioned that I do. I haven't found or seen any pictures on here (or the internet) of what they use or what they look like... Maybe it's something I have to fabricate or perhaps you can just buy them at the local maple equipment dealer ? I wouldn't imagine it would be the same kind of strainers you see at Tractor Supply but who knows!? Also this being a wireless Mainline I would think I would need something pretty durable to withstand the tension on the rapi-Tube! .. pictures would be great if anybody has any!
Thanks!