SS bucket spouts

[tuckermtn]

I went to check on the 5 buckets I hung the other day with the new SS bucket spouts and the buckets and lids were all over the place. granted its been more than average windy the last 3 days, but to find all of them looking like a big ole' yard sale was discouraging.

I plan on trying out some plastic wire ties/pull ties on the spouts- just zip them on with the bump on the top and then cut off the tail. Hopefully that will keep the bucket a little further in on the spout.

so far, not so good w/ the new spouts

-tuckermtn

[Fred Henderson]

I want to try the hook for the old tin spout. Just slip the spout into the ring.

[Maple Hill Sugarhouse]

What about this idea for next year? Take a pair of vernier calipers and get the measurement before the collar-Now drill a new hole in the top rim of the bucket just a hair bigger then the dia. of the spout-drill tap hole into the tree-now insert tap through hole in bucket and then tap spout into the tree and just rotate the bucket on the spout to empty it.

[Maple Hill Sugarhouse]

What about this idea for next year? Take a pair of vernier calipers and get the measurement before the collar-Now drill a new hole in the top rim of the bucket just a hair bigger then the dia. of the spout-drill tap hole into the tree-now insert tap through hole in bucket and then tap spout into the tree and just rotate the bucket on the spout to empty it.

OR Try a rubber gourmet in the original hole first that will allow the spout to go through but not the flared end of the spout?

[Fred Henderson]

That sounds like a good place to start but here is one better I am sending my 50 back. Maybe they can use them for fill in their driveway because they would not even make good scrap metal.

[Russell Lampron]

Fred,

Try the ones from Leader. They are more expensive but they work.

Russ

[tuckermtn]

my SS taps are going back also...I'm going to keep the few that I have fiddled with but the rest are getting traded for the Leader ones...But now I have 150 buckets with holes that might be too big...

live and learn...

-tuckermtn

[Fred Henderson]

Are you guys talking about the Leader alu hookless spout?

[tuckermtn]

Fred- yes- I will go back to using the Leader hookless ones... altough I converted 20 taps today that I was going to use buckets on to tubing and totes...and they were running today...

-tuckermtn

[Russell Lampron]

Fred,

Yes, they are the aluminum 5/16" hookless ones. I started using them 5 years ago and am going to use them 100% this year.

Tuckermtn,

How big did you make the holes in your buckets? I enlarged all of mine to 3/4" so that the bucket will slide over them. If your holes are that size or a little bigger you won't have a problem.

Russ