when to put up tubing for 2012

Not this weekend as it is our annual Father/SOn fishing/camping trip. so it will be the following one. Just prior to the start of bow season! yikes!

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Originally Posted by adk1

Not this weekend as it is our annual Father/SOn fishing/camping trip. so it will be the following one. Just prior to the start of bow season! yikes!

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No bear hunting for you?

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Originally Posted by Maple Hobo

If your running a high vac system the typical black water pipe is softer and can collapse under vacuum.

I've seen a weak spot (slight kink) on the maple line collapse under high vacuum.


I vote not to put out new line untill its cooler, or they will pull appart in winter.
Install too cold and they will sag too much in summer and more critters can chew on it.

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I know guys that use black up to 27" with many thousands of taps with no problems of colapse or pull apart.:confused:

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Originally Posted by Greenwich Maple Man

No bear hunting for you?

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nope. Dont care to shoot any bears, that is why there are so many of them!

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Originally Posted by wiam

I know guys that use black up to 27" with many thousands of taps with no problems of colapse or pull apart.:confused:

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Is it black maple line or the thinner walled water (irrigation type) lines?
They used to have the black irrigation water lines up here and it didn't work too well from what I heard. Someone else told me a similar story from their camp too.

I've seen new and old of the actual maple line that pulls itself apart from season to season.

Might depend on your seasonal temp variation too. Install plastic when its 90 plus out and it pulls apart when its -12 with wind chill. I'd say 6" per 200 feet average.

I've seen the thicker maple lines suck collapsed at slight kinks and at a taped off hole for a sap line connection that was moved.

Just my experience.

i've only used pails to collect but am thinking of trying of doing a few more trees on tubing that would not be fun, on a hill in the snow, so i wanted to know do you have to sanitize your tubing lines from season to season or are they fine, any thing special i should know before I give it a try?

P.S. cut down TEN maple trees? i know you said you have 10 acres but I have a hard time taking down a sappling.:o

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Originally Posted by Maple Hobo

Is it black maple line or the thinner walled water (irrigation type) lines?
They used to have the black irrigation water lines up here and it didn't work too well from what I heard. Someone else told me a similar story from their camp too.

I've seen new and old of the actual maple line that pulls itself apart from season to season.

Might depend on your seasonal temp variation too. Install plastic when its 90 plus out and it pulls apart when its -12 with wind chill. I'd say 6" per 200 feet average.

I've seen the thicker maple lines suck collapsed at slight kinks and at a taped off hole for a sap line connection that was moved.

Just my experience.

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I run 26" vac on 100 psi black mainline with no collapse. I have tried running heavy wall 6" lengths of clear tubing between fittings just to see sap running - that has partially collapsed.

Regarding when to run tubing, I like to run it in the dead of winter, but that's just me. Last place I want to be in the heat and bugs of summer is my sugarwoods, Fall is out due to hunting and I'm totally comfortable running line in below freezing, snowy days.

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Originally Posted by adk1

Never. If it came down to that I would skip next year. NOBODY messes with my hunting.

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the "maple addict" under your name has to go lol

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Originally Posted by stoweski

And of course more $$$$ :rolleyes:

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wich leads to more eye rolling from the one who wants to be obeyed

I like late fall, no bugs and no leaves.