Sap sak questions

hanson,
Can you go into more detail how you make them,and show a more close up picture of them.
I'd like to put out some bags,but don't want to pay the price they want for the holders.
Thank's Danny

I used some bags one year made from my food saver vacuum sealer. Just sealed the top and bottom cut a wedge out of the top corner and took a solder iron and melted a hole to hang off a tubing tap. Cut a 2 inch peice of tubing and stuck that into another small hole. I think I still have a few hanging around the sugarhouse. Might have to use some again this year.

][/QUOTE]hanson,
Can you go into more detail how you make them,and show a more close up picture of them.
I'd like to put out some bags,but don't want to pay the price they want for the holders.
Thank's DannyYeah, I would like to see one up close. Especially a side view of the PVC. What exacly do you mean by "strapping tape?"

I'll try to take pictures of them and post. I'll explain how to make it here.
First you want to buy your bags because some are wider than others.
Take your bag measurment and lay it out on your 2" pvc (if bags are 14" wide mark every 14" but also every 7") Drill a hole (3/4" should be fine) on your 7" mark make sure your holes are in a straight line! The holes will rest on your tap. once all your holes are drilled you will need to rip your piece of pvc on a table saw you are going to cut down the middle of your holes. Then you will cut your pieces to length. Or you can cut them to legth and then rip them whatever is easiest for you. I hope I haven't lost you yet :-) Tape the bags on with strapping tape the stuff used for packaging. When you tape the bags you want to have part of the tape on each piece of the bag and then part sticking to the pvc. It is kind of a pain in the butt to tape the bags on. Don't use duct tape. I'll post close up pictures -a picture says a thousand words. The one thing about this set up is if it is really windy sometimes the wind spins the bag off the tree. We left one corner open so the sap can come out faster. When you go to put your tap through just cut a little slit in the bag.

hanson
Why do you have to rip the pipe
And I take it you put the pvc inside the bag and then tape it
Thanks Danny

What kind of bags are they. Also trying to figure out what the 3/4 inch hole does unless it's for a place to hang on the tap.

I get my bags from Uline. Check out their website. They have many sizes & they are food grade.

Ryan, what size and thickness (mil) are you using from Uline?

Roth's sell the sap sack holders for 3.50 cheapest I seen anywheres. If anybody is looking. I like Hanson's idea though. How well does the tape hold up in the weather? Why not ducktape?

We buy our sap sacks from Sugarbush Supplies in Michigan at .20 each for 250, .24 each for 50 . They are heavy wall and work great. Holders from them are $3.75