The caged tote will still have plenty of integrity. While I don't have one with a releaser on it, I cut the top out of one only leaving the curve on top, in other words, I removed the whole top out to the point where it started to curve to go down the sides. Then I removed the top cross braces. I use it to store all my old tubing drops until I can take them for recycling. I'll need to do the same to another one, when I called the recycler last summer they were not taking any because oil prices were so low they were just working with oil. As oil prices climb they expect to start recycling again.
The totes are still quite strong, however with a tote full of sap I would not remove the cross ties.
To connect 2 or 3 (or more) together, just use a 1.5" milk grade hose and connect the hoses together at the bottom, I do this to haul sap on my gooseneck trailer, I have 3 such totes, 2 tied together permanently and a 3rd that carries clean water to wash tanks, but if I have more sap to haul, I dump the water and hook that into the first 2.
For the fittings my brother turned down some male adapters on his lathe so the end with barbs is now smoothe with a very slight taper. I got the taper idea from looking at the milk tank take offs for drawing milk from a bulk tank. The hose I use is SPIRALITE 170 FOOD HANDLING HOSE from Eastern Crown Inc. in Vernon, NY. Likely many others carry that same hose too.
Dave Klish, I recently ordered a 2x6 wood fired evaporator from A&A Sheet Metal which I will be converting to oil fired
Now have solar, 2x6 finish pan, 5 bank 7x7 filter press, large water jacketed bottler, and tankless water heater.
Recently bought another Gingerich RO, this one was a 125, but a second membrane was added thus is a 250, like I had.
After running a 2x3, a 2x6, 3x8 tapping from 79 taps up to 1320 all woodfired, now I'm going to a 2x6 oil fired and a 200-425 taps.
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