Hi everyone,
So the hollow tree was the first issue solved, then once vac was established for about 10 minute, I lost it, pulling 21 at the pump and 0 thirty feet away. My wife wanted to see the lot and help out, we were there walking the line, and she looked at my ball valve and said "I think it is clogged right there" I said no way I think it is something further down….after exhausting my other options, I took the valve apart and it was plugged with junk, sawdust, etc. in my ice screen. I cleared that and I was up to about 7 inches, but since there was so much liquid in the line, I figured that was the problem. The sap was ripping though, we had a few tidal waves come sloshing in, once the clog was cleared. It was ripping so nicely that I decided to hook up our ladder, and that instantly filled with sap that was being lifted in a continuous column and I could see it sloshing at the top of the ladder. After a while it was sitting at 4 inches, but I am sure that there are a bunch of leaks that I need to find, I was hoping that once the line was cleared of sap everything would run better, hoping I was leak free on the area before the ladder. I just need to hike it and fix the problems.

Thanks
Mike