Flat Ground
I've got a 200' by 400' piece of property that is full of maples. I can easily get 200 taps in it, but its wet and hard to manover through. I'd like to put a 3/4 " mainline gravity line through it and tap off of 40 foot laterals, approximetly 20 taps each. The problem is, its completly flat. I was going to use 55 gallon barrels plumed together as the tank, so my fall on a 400 foot mainline will be about 3 feet, assuming i raise it to 5 foot (maybe 6) at the start and finish at 2 foot. Will that be enough drop? Any flat ground gravity bushes out there?
Obviously a vaccume system would be better, but i'm going to wait untill i get a perminate shack built.
Coffee Creek Pure Maply Syrup
2011 - 88 taps, bags and hangers, boiled on three roaster pans, 2x3 arch. 20 gallons. Planted 40 sugar maple saplings and 10 5 year transplants.
2012 - 2x6 drop flue, homemade arch, 100 taps on buckets, 15 gallons.
2013 - Added steam hood, pre-heater, re-designed arch, 170 taps on vacuum and Bender Releaser, 100 buckets
Looking forward to the next 40 + years of friendship, family, and preserving the sugarin' lifestyle.