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I'm not surprised that it doesn't have the capacity to overtake the vacuum. My 1/2 hp extractor pump is rated for 175 feet of head.
Ken

Yup, they are huge. I have about 400 taps on these with another 50 trees or so untapped. The leased property is about 600 to 700. Here's a couple more pictures.

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Are you using a high head submersible well pump?

I would say that most trees have a drip edge of at least 20 ft and up to 30 ft measured from the center to the outermost branches (40 to 60 edge to edge). So the spacing varies but is probably about...

Thank you everyone for your responses. There's some pretty clever ideas out there.

The new sugar bush is 7 acres and almost entirely large and tall 150+ year old hard maples. The following...

Does anyone have experience with quick disconnects on mainline? I'm setting up a new woods on land I'm leasing. A provision of the lease is that I remove any lines crossing a horse trail. There is...

I don't see why it wouldn't work with 1 1/4 discharge. It sounds like a lot of pump setup. How are you moving the pump around?

The other thing i do during the bottling process is to mark them with the year and the boil number on the bottom of the bottle. For example - 20-9 would be the 9th boil in 2020. This inventory...

We lay them on side. I think it's good practice and it's hard to argue that it takes too much time as the next bottle under the spigot takes a minute or so to fill. There's also time to tip a few up...

Throw in a couple collar or rafter ties for good measure. Plus make sure your gable ends are structurally connected to the top plate supporting the rafters.

holy cow - good for 14 buckets!

Unless you're a carpenter and a structural engineer, then you shouldn't modify a prefabricated metal building, especially the roof framing. Even the modifications you've made with the cupala may...

Here's my advice on buried pipelines as a heavy construction contractor:

Burying is something I've never been able to justify for anything but road crossings - even though I have a fleet of...

There's a few things to consider.

First, if you have a sink with plumbing then it sounds like you wonder insulation, and heat.

Second, I would wait to insulate until next year then you'll...

I've never seen anything like that. Maybe there's a crack leaking out snowmelt from above that's freezing. Try checking the sugar.

And I would tap it.

I would assume open top without ROPS. My father had the 4x4 version. It is definitely handy and tracked pretty well. Our kids learned to drive starting with that vehicle. When my son was about 12,...

My 2 cents:

John Deere Gator 825i: The most used of the "fleet". Of course we've got a long driveway to check the mail or load trash to the dumpster.

400 CC CanAm: It will go a lot more...

That's a reasonable price for 40s too.

You tell her she can't be thinking like a banker anymore, especially for sugaring. It's not about the profit ya know.. LOL.

Buckeye,

You think too much like a banker or something.

You need to restate your analysis with more thoughtful questions:

- Is an RO a big, shiny, technical piece of equipment? Yes indeed....

I own two SS 15.5 gallon cdl beer keg style barrels. I'm not sure if the wall thickness is thinner than my 40s but they seem a whole lot more robust since their shapes are generally more compact. ...

I hear what you all are saying about the reds shutting off and buddiness never really happening. However, my late season experiences are typically an increasingly darker syrup and greater effort to...

One professional organization I belong to did a virtual annual meeting and expo using a platform called event farm. It wasn't as good as in person but it actually worked out pretty well. We had the...

I'll have my own little soft vs hard maple research happening starting this spring. We are expanding our sugarbush to a nice stand of large mature maples which is very similar to our existing upper...

Thanks guys for the feedback. I wa leaning towards Cooperative. And I've got a good relationship with the broker.
Ken