Drum Pump

[Amber Gold]

I'll be packing in drums this year and will need a cheap pump. I don't want to spend too much money because I'll likely be buying a filter press after this season and will just use that. Any ideas??

Also saw a drum dumper on craigslist and was considering that as an alternative to a pump.

[maplecrest]

i bought a drum pump from bascoms. it is very slow, then the packing went syrup everywhere but in pail. drum tipper the way to go. i use a ratchet strap to hold drum and tip. pour in ss pail and pour in canner.

[WESTVIRGINIAMAPLER]

Buy a filter press now and pump the syrup out of the drums with the filter press. My understanding is that it works great to pull syrup out of drums, but I have never tried it.

[Amber Gold]

Maplecrest, I was leaning in that direction as well. The only thing I liked better about the pump is put it on the shelf and it's out of the way. What do you use for a valve to control the flow? Is it standard pipe threads so you can just setup a ball valve to it?

Brandon, I don't have the $1200-1500 to drop on a filter press now and won't until I start selling some product.

[WESTVIRGINIAMAPLER]

Josh,

I totally understand what you mean by that. If you can afford one in late spring, you could order one during the early order period for a 10% discount and pay for it later when it comes in. I bought a Lapierre off of the maple guys a couple of years ago and it works great and I like the design a lot with the motor and the press unit being seperate from each other.