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I have had to screw all my CDL saddles closed. So many of them would loosed up and leak we just went ahead and did them all. I have had much better success with the brannon style saddle the last...

A clinometer is hands down the way to go. As Dr. Perkins said, you can't beat gravity. I use one manufactured by Suunto. It is compact and accurate.

I charge by the tap for complete tubing installations, or by the foot for wire and pipe. Depending on the condition of the woods, and the accessibility, I average between 100 - 150 taps installed per...

Kevin,
I install tubing systems and am based out of the central Vermont area. Give me a call if you're interested. (802)-793-3326

The partitions in my syrup pan are 12" wide. I went to the hardware store and found a squeege that fits them perfectly. This works great for moving the remainder of the sweet out of your pans before...

Seems like some of you pay an awful lot for your taps. I would hate to pay a buck a tap for a lease. There are too many other costs in this business to be paying that much. One of my leases (3000...

We experience several days every season, usually when temps are marginal for a run, when our 2" wetline will freeze at night and sap runs out of the airline for atleast the first couple hours the...

My Steamaway has windows and a light that allow you to see the flue pan easily. Also came with a jack on all four corners that allow me to easily lift it off the flue pan for cleaning.

We also...

Why would you possibly sell a piece of equipment that increases your evaporation rate without the use of any additional energy, and that you already own?

Lets estimate your evaporation rate...

We buy sap and pay a percentage of what that sap is worth as a finished product (bulk price). At the end of the season we make a tally of what quantity of what grades we made that season and pay him...

Maple sugar is not exclusively sucrose though, glucose is also present in much smaller quantities. Might that affect the accuracy of the Brix scale as well?

That is what I got when I was at Bascoms on monday.

I unloaded all 500 gal yesterday to one of the packers. Not getting rich at $1.50 per lb.

A hydrometer measures soluble solids in sap or syrup, of which sugar comprises roughly 98%. As sugar is concentrated so are the other soluble solids. That accounts for the variation between Brix and...

We have had a real problem with ropey syrup this year as well. I have never made it before but this heat spoiled sap before we could process it. Made 500 gal of ropey syrup on sunday before we draned...

I use manifolds, or 'boosters' that are constructed of all stainless steel fiitings, except for the brass ball valvles. These have a vacuum guage mounted to the top to check for leaks. All the joints...

If you release the tension on the cable and then try to re tension, your line will be plagued with snaking pipe. How high in the air will your line be? I have run them as high as 15' and had no...

I was going to run a wet/dry line through a culvert and the road commissioner just asked me to keep the lines up against the top of the culvert to help prevent leaves from damming up. The problem...

Another advantage to the wet/dry system is that the dry line can act as an alternate route for sap in the event that the wet line is still froze when sap begins to run. Plus, the wet/dry line with...

I'm with Gerry, I've installed several sections of high mainline and sapladders, always worked from the ground with the exception of a ladder on a high anchor tree. Pull the wire and tension it...

Thats correct, sap ladders should be tied into mainlines, not your conductor system

If this one tree is in a low spot why dont you put it on a separate lateral to avoid creating a sag in an otherwise properly sloped lateral.

I know with wood furnaces it is often better to use two 45 degree fittings to lessen the creosote buildup in the pipe, not sure if the same would apply. I would normally say to go with a straight run...

I dont think blue mainline is necessary unless the line runs through a very warm section of woods, subject to a lot of sunlight. Black pipe does a good job of keeping the sap cool enough in most...

I run my wire, anchor to the end tree, then tension with a fence tensioner at the opposite end of the wire. Then pull the pipe through and attach it to the anchor with a loop of fence wire and a hose...