Quote Originally Posted by Yellzee View Post
Disappointing run yesterday considering the beautiful sunny +8 or so day.

One note to link up with the tapping at -5 thread... I put in my taps when it was pretty cold so I didn't hit them hard. Now looking around alot of them have air bubbles getting sucked into them so I know they aren't sealed completely. I'm using the seasonal clear 5/16 straight spout which you then have to remove the line from to tap them in again... which is a pain in the butt. You can kind of fold the line over and whack them lightly, but on a couple it actually cut through the line.
Lapierre does make a tool for that so you don't have to remove the tubing to re-seat them:
http://www.sugaringequipment.elapier...uit=184&page=1
Its in the top of the picture, bottom on the list (Driver for seasonal spout 7.75”)
They also have a video on their website on how to use the tool.

Since our droplines are not very long (28" to 30") we went with the 90 degree elbow spouts for our one section of the woods, which can be driven in using any hammer, pliers, stick, rock etc...!