anyone use the small spout for bucket????

[maplefrank]

wondering if anyone uses the small spout???? do they work as good as the 7/16???? do you get the same amount of sap????

[3rdgen.maple]

When you say small spout are you talking 5/16 or the 1/4 inch ones. I use both 7/16 and 5/16. I put one of each a few years ago on a 2 tap tree and seen no difference in volume between the two. Trees with the 5/16 definately heal faster.

[RileySugarbush]

We used the 5/16 on some of the sack holders. They ran fine. We will probably switch to them entirely next year

[Fred Henderson]

I use the 5/16 cast Alu's and I am told they will run 10% less.

[Russell Lampron]

I switched over to the 5/16" buckets spouts a few years ago and like them.

[Maplewalnut]

I switched over to the 5/16 blue plastic bucket spouts a few years ago. My only complaint is that because they are plastic the hook that the bucket hangs on is a thicker diameter than say the rolled aluminum metal hooks. If you use any aluminum buckets some have a grommet protecting the bucket hole from enlarging thus the hook fits the hole very tight. Not fun trying to remove a full bucket from the tree with no play. Otherwsie they seem durable and have had none crack or break

[TF Maple]

I switched from 7/16 stainless spouts with pail hooks to the clear plastic 5/16 spouts and ran a tube into a bucket on the ground. This was a poor sap year and I thought they ran just fine. When we did have a couple days of good sap weather, the 4 gallon buckets filled up on some trees in 24 hours.

[C.Wilcox]

I used 50 of the aluminum 5/16" leader taps this season for the first time. I really can't say I noticed much difference between the 5/16 and the 7/16 I used to use, but certainly liked the fact that the holes in the trees were substantially smaller. The only problem I had was that they were a bit short for plastic 5 gallon buckets. I drilled holes through the lip of the buckets and put lids on them so that the rain/snow wouldn't get in, but the taps were about 1/4 too short and the reinforcement rings around the lip of the bucket prevented me from being able to hang the bucket. I ended up having to cut away the rings on the bucket to allow it to get closer to the tree and then they worked great.

[sapsucker78]

I have been using the 5/16 leader hookless spouts for 4 or 5 years now with both pails and sap sack holders. I am sold on them they work great! I get just as much or more sap as from the 7/16 and the holes heal much faster. Another plus is you can drill more 5/16 holes per battery charge with your cordless drill then 7/16 holes! :D

[GREG JOHNSON]

I switched from 7/16 stainless spouts with pail hooks to the clear plastic 5/16 spouts and ran a tube into a bucket on the ground. This was a poor sap year and I thought they ran just fine. When we did have a couple days of good sap weather, the 4 gallon buckets filled up on some trees in 24 hours.

I also run 5/16 spouts with tube into a buckets. Been doing it for 3 years. I feel you get a little more with this set-up. I believe you get a little vacuum pull when the sap runs.

[Saw Filer]

We are shifting to all 5/16 taps we think they run just as well and the trees do heal much faster. We use them on both sacks and buckets,both plastic and aluminum spouts. As mentioned the plastic ones can be fussy with the wrong bucket but this is the only problem we have ever had with them.
george

[adk1]

How did you make out with the sap sacks. I am planning on buying all sap sacks to start out. It just makes sence to me. I also plan on purchasing the Leader Aluminum 5/16" hookless spouts.