I am no where near as big as a operation as allot of you , I don't have the time to be putting in a big system due to work , I do it just for fun and enjoy being in the outdoors, just started doing the maple syrup thing last year , right now I only have 5 buckets , and going to be putting in another 10 on Thurs or Fri , the 5 buckets I have I collected 25 ltr's this past Friday and boiled it down , got 3 cups of light syrup , it is yummy tasty good !