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Sap started flowing (yesterday I think?) here in my corner of the woods. I’m new to this, and am wondering how long a single sap run will flow if the weather doesn’t freeze at night?

In Southwest...

I bought 3/16” tubing for my gravity lines, so it’s all brand new. My question is do I need to clean or flush out new tubing before putting it out?

I plan on tapping this weekend or early next week, whenever I get back home from work.

Pdiamond,

I haven't looked for someone to tig weld. I was planning on drilling out the holes, punching out the lip with a knockout tool, and silver soldering on the drop tubes with flared ends....

RC Maple,

Yeah pretty much my whole life I've be "jealous" of other areas that had flatter land, every time I had to trudge up and down hills lol. But now I'm really pumped about the slope we have

ir333, I am new to making maple syrup too, but I have looked through RO stuff and think I can provide some help. If you look at "maple syrup RO" online, a lot of what comes up is the Aquatech 8800...

Hi all,

I am new to the forum and this is going to be my first year tapping maples and making maple syrup! I'm in Southwestern PA. I've wanted to do it off and on ever since I was a kid. I was...

if you had some height, build a stand (if the barrel stands vertical) with 4x4's & 2x6's to hold the barrel with sap in the shack. Then put in a bulkhead fitting, valve, whatever length of pvc or...

Is there a certain reason why you can't start tapping now? since the weather is providing the needed highs & lows right now?