Wet / Dry Line ????

[MapleChaser]

Iam Installing 1 1/4 wet line along with 1 1/2 inch dry line for the first 2500 feet there is no branch lines. Should I every so often come off the dry line with a booster into the 1 1/4 before I get to my first branch line? The first 2500 feet is from the releaser to the first branch line. Iam going to put booster at all my branch lines the rest of the way up the mountain.

Thanks for the help MC

[Haynes Forest Products]

I would answer but I think Im scarring you guys:evil:

[3rdgen.maple]

LMAO Haynes Go ahead I know you are twitching and have the shakes and are in dire need of poking some fun.

[brookledge]

If you have no laterals entering the wet line for the first 2500 feet then you don't need a vacuum booster until that point. That way if any sap is in the dry line it can drop down into the wet line and keep the dry line as dry as possible. What I have found from having a wetline/dryline setup is that as the temps warm up and the sap begins to flow not all beginn to flow at the same time nor will they freeze up at the same time. My dry line will flow sap once in a while at the beginning of the day for a short period of time. It has definately increased my yields since the sap can always flow since there is always a line for the sap to travel
Keith

[mtnmeadowmplfarm]

Iam Installing 1 1/4 wet line along with 1 1/2 inch dry line for the first 2500 feet there is no branch lines. Should I every so often come off the dry line with a booster into the 1 1/4 before I get to my first branch line? The first 2500 feet is from the releaser to the first branch line. Iam going to put booster at all my branch lines the rest of the way up the mountain.

Thanks for the help MC

Do you plan to add on more taps to this system in the future because your conductor system seems oversized? I think you should be running a 1 1/4 dry line with a 3/4 wet line for a 1500 - 2000 tap installation. If you do go with a 1 1/2 dry line, the wet line only needs to be 1". By 'booster', I assume you mean a manifold for the mainlines. You will not need one in the first 2500'. Brookledge mentioned you wont need one if there are no laterals entering the system in that span, I assume you mean mainlines, never connect 5/16" laterals to your conductor system.

[jason grossman]

your pipeline is the right size! but you will not need any manifolds until your first mainline lateral. just make sure your line is tight and straight( no sags) and post it!! unless you have great fall. big pipe is heavy and when you put liquid in it it can sag! my 2 cents!!

[mtnmeadowmplfarm]

Do you plan to add on more taps to this system in the future because your conductor system seems oversized? I think you should be running a 1 1/4 dry line with a 3/4 wet line for a 1500 - 2000 tap installation. If you do go with a 1 1/2 dry line, the wet line only needs to be 1". By 'booster', I assume you mean a manifold for the mainlines. You will not need one in the first 2500'. Brookledge mentioned you wont need one if there are no laterals entering the system in that span, I assume you mean mainlines, never connect 5/16" laterals to your conductor system.

Forget the comment on oversized pipe. Your sizing is correct. Just got my wet/dry line installed in the upper woods and it is 1.5 and 1.25. Mine is strung on 1/4" cable rather than high tensile wire. Goodrich said the wire is not sufficient for pipe that size.