sap transfer pumps

It should work just fine. Seems like a really good price if it is a good pump.

I think this food grade stuff is getting ran into the ground. We should all be very conscience of using food grade stuff, but this has gotten to the point that some of these newer guys are freaking out. Lets worry about making syrup and do the best we can. Would you feed it to all your family and if you answer yes, then you are probably in great shape.

Ken and Brandon, AMEN!!

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Originally Posted by markcasper

Flip-side.....So its not ok to eat syrup that contains any lead, any lubricants, or anything foreign. But it must be ok to eat all of the processed foods and meats with preservatives, all of the genetically modified food, bovine growth hormone in milk, hormones in the meat, and those that live on city water, drink that which contains fluoride, (alot of countries ban this, not USA) because it is FDA approved.? Not to mention all of the vegetables with herbicides and pesticides.
Anything you eat out of a can gets contaminated with harmful things, (I know, I manufacture food cans.) Also, cell phones, electromagnetic field will cause a big increase in brain cancer in the years ahead.

Not to start a rant, I am only putting this in perspective!! By the way, has anyone ever questiones the safety of all of this plastic, uhhhhhh, it must be ok because its fda approved.

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I agree with you 100%. I know whats good and whats bad. Even food processing plants allow a certain percentage of rodent ...whatever in the food "WHAT!!!"

buying certified organic is very expensive alot of families have no choice but to buy products from large processing plants loaded with fillers, by-products and perservatives.

Bottom line is we are all out to save a buck right. not to say we are all cheap...maybe frugal is a better word and we all know anything for maple is expensive as hell. but I want to try to control as much as can of what I am doing to the food. It may just be a "code of ethics" or a "buyer be wear" or "truth in product. what ever the case maybe, I want it to be as safe as I can make it.

I am sorry I created such an up roar. and I am sorry for being the new guy that is just being cautious!!!

I don't think you created an uproar, just some of these guys are taking this food grade stuff a little too far. It's all good discussion, but sometimes it goes a little too far and I am sure you could probably find something in everyone's operation that someone would think is not food grade.

Far as I am concerned a brass pump isn't food grade in some peoples opinions but we have them on all our filter presses along with other things like that.

how apetizing, a trash pump for my childrens syrup ?

Brandon

I don't like brass pumps either but the stainless price !!!!!!

I got an Italian made expresso coffee maker. Out of the box it was sending shredded brass into the coffee. Got rid of that one instantly.

speaking of price, the cheapo harbor freight 1" clear water pump went on sale this afternoon. I ordered one. with shipping it's $42

http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/cta...temnumber=1479

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Now that would solve a lot of my short she who must be obeyed problems. I could use that to fill the head tank. We had stores like harbour freight back west but Quebec dosn't have such stores that I have found so far.

its only called a trash pump because its designed to be able to pump water with rocks or mud in it without harming the pump. it should be safe for sap. heck if i could aford it i would buy it!

plus think, those of us with wells. my well pump is not stainless and i am willing to bit that not many peoples are and we drink that water every day.