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    I use a pump like this. http://www.ebay.com/itm/WAYNE-1-HP-P...item53e8ebf1f1.

    I bought a Simmer brand from this seller a few years ago and it works great I lift sap approxamatley 10 feet into head tank with it.
    Mike
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    Quote Originally Posted by judgejp View Post
    Hi All, I'm looking for a food grade 110v electric transfer pump for transferring sap from a 65 gallon gathering tank to a 275 gallon tote. The head is about 8-10 feet. Curious what people are using.
    thanks Pat
    Pat. - I use a Wayne submersible sump pump and it came with a garden hose adapter and it is 110v. Have used it for the last two years and has saved me lots of work. Have pumped from barrels on my Son's trailer through a hundred feet of hose to my storage barrels at the Sugar Shack. Also picked up a 12' hose and pump from my storage barrels to my feed tank. Quick and easy to use - hardest part is draining hoses when done. ------Mike------

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    I was looking for the same thing years ago. My brother pointed me to home brewing supply houses. You can get food grade pumps, both self priming and non priming pumps and you can get them that will handle hot liquid as well. They were not too outragious in price and have worked well.

    good luck!
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    You have a link to these sites or what flats
    FIRST GENERATION SUGARMAKER
    First boil 2/22/2012! Went Pefect!
    3,500' of laterals
    1,000' of mainline
    2012 - 105 taps on gravity, 12 sap sacks.
    2013 - 175 taps on gravity, 25 on sacks = 200 taps for 2013! Second year.
    2014 - 250 taps on gravity, 25 on sacks
    Tapped on February 16, 2014
    2015 - adding vac sap puller no more gravity for me!
    275 gallon holding tank for 2014
    20'x30' Sugarhouse

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    I'M sorry, guess that would have helped.
    http://morebeer.com/search?search=pumps
    I do believe it was More Beer.
    Flatlander Sugar
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    Wood Fired 2X6 with piggy back
    Great family & friends to help
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    Thanks Flat. The price is right and they are all food grade. At first I thought you were joking with the name of the web site. Good luck this year. Lee
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    is the wayne ss sprinkler pump safe for use for sap? if so i think it would be great for me, i will to pump from collection tanks to larger tanks to haul home then pump up to my holding tank, and need something pretty fast i really did not have that much fun pumping for hours last year.
    2008 700 ranger xp sap hauler/45 hp 4x4 tractor/028 super stihl
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    2014 300ish buckets and still need bigger evaporator/14 x 20 square log shack
    2015 2x6 drop flue phaneuf approx. 325 buckets, 1 year older, not sure about the smarter part ?
    gets expensive in a hurry!!

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    I was thinking about using a regular bilge pump. I've seen a few others using them. Anything I should be looking for when I purchase one? I'll be using it to transfer sap off the truck and into my head tank.
    Former Life: 300+ taps (125 gravity, 200 buckets), 96 gallons of syrup in 2015
    24x16 public sugarhouse
    2x6 wood fire evaporator (back pan Waterloo Small & Leader 2x2 front pan)
    Current Life: Backyarder with Mason 2x3XL. New sugar house coming soon…

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    Is there a way to clean the pump? I would think that there will be sap left in it alittle that will get nasty.
    FIRST GENERATION SUGARMAKER
    First boil 2/22/2012! Went Pefect!
    3,500' of laterals
    1,000' of mainline
    2012 - 105 taps on gravity, 12 sap sacks.
    2013 - 175 taps on gravity, 25 on sacks = 200 taps for 2013! Second year.
    2014 - 250 taps on gravity, 25 on sacks
    Tapped on February 16, 2014
    2015 - adding vac sap puller no more gravity for me!
    275 gallon holding tank for 2014
    20'x30' Sugarhouse

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    I could run just through it to clean it. I'm I missing something?
    Former Life: 300+ taps (125 gravity, 200 buckets), 96 gallons of syrup in 2015
    24x16 public sugarhouse
    2x6 wood fire evaporator (back pan Waterloo Small & Leader 2x2 front pan)
    Current Life: Backyarder with Mason 2x3XL. New sugar house coming soon…

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