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    Most of our lines are long with a substantial...

    Most of our lines are long with a substantial drop and 20-30 taps. We have someone walk across the tops of the lines with buckets of bleach solution. The bucket lids each have a hole for some sapline...
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    I thought I’d revisit this thread one year later. So even though it took 3 people two days each time, we washed all 2600 taps of 3/16 tubing with calcium hypochlorite BOTH last spring and this...
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    After 20 years of boiling raw sap, we got an RO...

    After 20 years of boiling raw sap, we got an RO last year. The only downside is that I can’t stop thinking about how much of my life I wasted boiling raw sap. Not to mention the wood. In one year we...
  4. Well we just made 40 gallons of it. My Nephew...

    Well we just made 40 gallons of it. My Nephew described it as herbaceous and bitter. My question is ...Can I sell this stuff in bulk to someone? If so I’ll finish it off.
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    For us it finally added up to not too bad a...

    For us it finally added up to not too bad a season by the end. We’ll end up with about .29 gallons syrup per tap. Last year was .3 and 2019 was .4 Better sugar than last year, but still only averaged...
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    2/3 of our taps are dried up. 1/3 is on new...

    2/3 of our taps are dried up. 1/3 is on new tubing and started running pretty well after this last freeze. I think this'll be it, though.
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    Thanks for the replies Dr. Tim and Dave! In...

    Thanks for the replies Dr. Tim and Dave! In answer to your questions, Dr. Tim, We do replace spouts each year with new ones, and as far as gravity vacuum, the trees are spaced along the slope all the...
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    3/16 sanitation

    I'm very happy with the 3/16 for gravity vacuum in general, but are having premature tap "drying" in the half of our tubing that is in its second year of use. I thought I'd see what kinds of...
  9. We take down and put up 2500 taps worth of tubing...

    We take down and put up 2500 taps worth of tubing each year. It is now all 3/16. Animals destroy it if we leave it up. Last year I forgot about 1 line and left it up. I found it in three pieces and...
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    I agree that it is worth lookin not just for...

    I agree that it is worth lookin not just for leaks, but for plugs made of shavings on the uphill side of a t. After finding a few plugs recently, we spent two days walking lines eyeballing each t. We...
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    In my experience, you will be much better off...

    In my experience, you will be much better off spending the money on larger pipe instead of a larger pump. I need to do this myself, but we pump through 3000 feet of 1" pipe and upgrading that much...
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    We're up and running. Having a blast with our new...

    We're up and running. Having a blast with our new RO. Don't know why I waited so long. 175 Gallons in three days with only about 15 hours of boiling and less than two cords of wood.
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    Thanks all for the replies! I'll let you know how...

    Thanks all for the replies! I'll let you know how it works
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    Auxiliary fuel tank for a Honda pump

    I'm thinking buying a portable gas tank made for a for a boat motor and hooking it up to my Honda pump so I can run the pump as long as I want. Has anyone tried this or tried some other way to...
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    Our stats: First boil 2/8 Last boil 3/31 Taps...

    Our stats:
    First boil 2/8
    Last boil 3/31
    Taps 1600
    Sap 44,000
    Sap/tap 27.5
    Syrup/tap 0.4
    Syrup 640
    Ave. Sugar % 1.25
    Cords Burned 25
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    Good early season so far. We set up all new...

    Good early season so far. We set up all new gravity 3/16 lines for about 1500 taps this year. They really work well, pulling 28" of vacuum at the tops of the longer lines. It has been easy to find...
  17. I wonder if this would work

    I just put up about 35,000 feet of 3/16 tubing. In he past, we always cleaned 5/16 with just water, but after doing some research, I want to try using calcium hypochlorite. I've got an idea about how...
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    Low sugar this year?

    We're in northeast PA. First season switching to all 3/16" gravity. Its working great! 4500 gallons of sap from 1500 taps since Wednesday. Only problem is that it's running 1.2% sugar ie. 72:1....
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    I've notice that lines with lots of air moving...

    I've notice that lines with lots of air moving quickly have leaks. Walk up the line until you get to the spot where it changes to being filled with mostly sap. That is where the leak is. I've found...
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