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Bought a new 40 acre parcel of land. Found 600 easy to tap maples but it needs to be thinned and maintained better. Anyone have any references for a good forester or logging company? Land is south...

Can you explain more on the plywood peice? I'm guessing you just make a slot the size of your tubing or maybe even a tad smaller to grip it better? I want a set but dont want to pay for it lol

I used about 10 binder clips to seal the orlon to the pot. They press it down so theres about 1" of volume there too. I

I say forget the vacuum pump and use a shop vet vac. Trickiest part of the...

I found 2 stainless tanks I'm going to pick up this weekend. They are roughly 500 gallon bulk tanks where there is 2 covers on top. They only sit 2-3 ft high so that should help with pitch.

Do you have that free link/pdf?

I'm buying a woods that is pretty dense with maple trees too small to tap yet. 600 taps in total not including the small trees. I've thought about the idea in the past and I believe if you can figure...

Tomorrow will be a nice day out and I'll string up a 1000 ft roll of 3/16 to use it as a level and see how I do. Im all soft maple(red). Haven't seen any silver leaves yet but they could be there....

How many taps can go into 3/4 mainline? Those will be the trunk line, and will go to 1- 1/4 or 1- 1/2 main o the pump I think.

Yes that is what I'm thinking. Go with a diaphram pump and go bigger in the future. I'm not horribly far from power but still do 12v pump. In future do a better vac pump

Hey Dave, I've seen your setup and I think it's a great product. Why 3/16 over 5/16 tho? No issue with suckback and no problem with plugged fittings using 5/16.

Ok so I'm buying some land and have about 600 taps I'm capable of tapping. It has a creek running thru it but this is Wi, so it's mostly flat. Is there a % slope needed for 5/16 tubing without vac?...

Yep that's what I'm trying to do tweegs. I'm almost tempted to try and make one. All it is, is a higher spring pressure in a spring loaded check valve. Find the right spring and you are golden.
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Is there a type of valve you can use to set your back pressure? In a recirculation setup I need to throttle back the pressure as sap % builds. I have a 4x40 with procon pump and 1 hp feed pump. I'd...

Parallel will process the sap faster, but require recirculation and a close eye on regulator. As sap % builds you lose efficiency which is why you can do more in parallel. In series you'll pull less...

Does something like this exist? It's basically a pressure relief valve I think but it's meant to be controlling back pressure and not popping off in case of over pressure.

I think most RO throttle...

We tapped today on south slope. Best tree had a medium drip. My WI Fb group is buzzing about who's tapping and where its running.

I'm also helping a friend run 3/16 natural vacuum lines in connorsville. Hooking up to mainline and also a small diaphram pump. Anyone run one of these already?

Anybody tapping yet? I know someone by Glenwood city got some sap to fill their lines and I've heard of a small number of trees dripping in chippewa area. I tapped some test taps in eau claire but no...

used stick weld rod on a different arch. got insulation washers from an insulation contractor. found it easier to make the pins up and put on stinger to push thru insulation to the tank wall. after...

made my own 5/16 tool and made duct tape work for me. i have a rod coupling cut in half for grips. took 4 pieces of tape on each jaw and that seemed to be enough. id hate to have to switch that...

the chance of someone answering that and you testing it and getting the same result isn't good. you need a sap hydrometer and figure out your own conclusions. when i start tapering off in sugar %...

got another pump for in the field. there are seaflo and shurflo 12v and some 110v diaphragm pumps on the market. they are for RV's normally so suitable for drinking/potable water. self priming up...

Make your own "special round filter" with a 36x36 peice of flat orlon. Makes 4 for this setup. I turn on the vac with the white switch on the floor in the top pic. Top pot has a cone prefilter...

Nobody is to run, just big operations on vac trying to get their 20k taps in before it starts

Looking to relocate saplings this year. Roughly 6-12" naturally grown at random. Move at anytime ground is thawed or wait til a certain month/specific height?