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If you can reach around the tree and touch your fingers a 30" drop will do . If you cant , go with a 40" drop !

If there's any way you can run water onto your pump housing , (doesn't take a lot) we used a 5/16" piece of tubing . you'll be amazed what an effect that water has . 27" out of a dairy pump is really...

I always cut one end of a bag tie and put a little bend on it, so it will slide in and out of the tap hole easily . Just hoe out whatever's in the hole and smack the spout in ! Back in the old days ,...

Tees are not good , they will restrict more sap flow than a few bends . Just make them as straight as you can , that's all there is to it .

If it's going to be off , overcooked is the lesser evil . It won't spoil and can be made right with a little water . There are steps that need to be taken to pack in glass , nailing the density is a...

Looks like Hemlock to me . Ct. was full of it up till a few years ago when a blight struck them . The red bark is a dead giveaway !

Install a star on the top of your main and one on a short piece of mainline that those latterals run into . Put a star on the bottom of that line . Fill both stars with 5/16 lines and you are good to...

The old rule was 3 gallons per tap , but that was for sugaring the right way (boiling each days run) . Haven't a clue what you might need , with an RO you can get by with less if you recirculate...

Post # 7 had the correct answer . When the syrup brix was changed from 65.5 to 66.9 , the rule of 86 became the rule of 89.2 ! If anyone will make the syrup and do the math , you will be making the...

A hydrotherm is better yet , you don't have to worry about syrup temperature when you test !

I used to know a guy like that , do something one time , and be the worlds leading expert on whatever it might be , thet he knew nothing about yesterday ! I believe it was Mark Twain that said " it's...

Wow , somebody is shoveling a lot of male bovine byproduct !!!! Those yuppies will buy anything if you tell them it's good for them , especially if it tastes like crap ! Go figure . Heck , I'm still...

Let her rip , 900 isn't a bad stack temperature , 1,000 is better though ! You are going to have unburned fuel because your arch can't utilize it all without the ability to reburn the gasses . That...

You have much thinking left to do , for sure . $8.00/Tap would be a realistic number , not $6.00 . as far as setting up your woods goes . If you set up 2,000 taps with good vacuum ( 24" + ) you...

The lower line is calibrated to 60 Deg. F the top line is at 211 Deg. F .

I tell flatlanders that VT actually has only two seasons , Deer and Sugaring ! The rest of the year is spent getting ready for those two seasons . You made a wise decision , besides those...

Back in the old days we used heavy cream .

If party one's tubing has been in for ten years it's junk anyway . Don't shoot yourself in the foot , trying to produce quality sap with old wornout tubing . Get a 10 year lease , install new tubing...

I think that you had a problem with your 1000 tap bush if a 2 HP pump would only pull 10" of Vac !

What is the function of C.V. spouts on a gravity system ? I need someone to explain to me why that ball , restricting sap flow is a good thing !

Your pans should be level , as long as the gradient is working the syrup will run out !

Sounds like you have leaks to chase down ! If you run a constant stream of water onto your pump housing , you can pick up an additional 3 or 4 inches of vac with a cool pump . You didn't say how many...

Adding vac to those 380 taps should increase your production by about 90 Gallons of syrup , at a cost of less than $2.00/Gal. . Looks like a nobrainer from here !

That would depend on how much you want to catch . A thousand gallons would more than take care of your R.O. rinsing needs . Of course the more water you put through your membranes the cleaner they'll...

I've found it to be more cost effective , to learn from other peoples mistakes !