What's everyone's favorite 3/16th's tubing and why?
What's everyone's favorite 3/16th's tubing and why?
Started out using D&G, which I really liked. Last year switched to CDL which is also very good, but the price of the 800ft rolls, I really liked. I may try some Lapierre to see how it stacks up.
4x12 arch
new custom flues
New custom front pan
600 buckets town trees
1500 3/16 taps
D&G filterpress
16x32 3rdgen canner
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I also like cdl 10 year semi-rigid lite blue. it is easy to use when it is warm and cold. tried ultra 15 year green , but to soft can pull it till it collapses.
So far I've only tried leader 30p and the green stuff from h2o innovations. The h2o stuff is better. Cody who posts on here has tried several types and prefers the h2o.
-Ryan
Went off the deep end. Might be in over my head...
I started with D&G, really liked it after I started taking the coil with me rather than try to pull off a spooler. It tends to grab the trees and will not pull. Now I start at the bottom, attach it using a hook connector to the main line (I tap into the main later), then I go from tree to tree until I have up to 30 taps worth. Then I attach it to the end tree. The next one, I start at the top and work down to the main. Later I add the drops and connect the line from the hook connector to a saddle.
I looked closely to Leader's 3/16 but decided I did not like it as well, pretty much like their 5/16.
So far I have not tried any others.
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.
D&G , Ive ran 7000 ft of it never had an issue, holds well grips the trees really well. It holds the fittings and doesn't collapse when stretched tight. I tried some CDL ,the price was really good but I found 3 spots where the tubing started to turn white and narrow down when it had been stretched . The sap flowed through but I cut it out and replaced it.
2011 2x6 leader and 125 taps and 30 buckets
2012 another 200 taps on line and an addition to the sugar house
2013 hoping to hit 400 taps on line and 25 buckets and adding a sap Guzzler
2014 Brand new D&G 3x10 traditional evaporator and going to 450
2015 D&G 3x10 and kicking the door on 500 on line
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1 65 yr old father inlaw who is priceless
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If the tubing turns white, your stretching way more than you need to. If concerned about saggy lines, pull it to another tree or brace it for support, but little sags wont hinder sap flow.
4x12 arch
new custom flues
New custom front pan
600 buckets town trees
1500 3/16 taps
D&G filterpress
16x32 3rdgen canner
member NYMPA
Director American Maple Museum
Director NNYMP COOP
Asst. Chief BFFD
Retired(now working for free)
2015 Mahindra 70hp
I ran some cdl last year really liked it. I like hearing what others are using and there experience with it.
When we first started we were using CDL but it would stretch so much you could hardly get fittings into it, that's if it stayed in the tool.... I had worked for a 20,000 tap operation and have never had line stretch so much, the CDL rep assured me it was not the line that was the problem and would do nothing for me as a customer.
Then we switched to Leader 30P which works quite well. Only downfalls it has was that it is quite a bit more rigid than the rest of the brands and not nearly as translucent.
Then we tried some from DSD and are extremely pleased with the flexibility and it is very translucent but does not stretch. We have been using DSD saddles since we started but have learned they offer great line as well.
Dominion and grimm 3 x 8
MemPROtec 600SS
24'x32' sugar house
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2015- setting up operations
2016- 680 taps on 3/16
215 buckets
2017- 1280 taps on 3/16
2018- 2000 taps on 3/16
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Brandon
CDL dealer for All of West Virginia & Virginia
3x10 CDL Deluxe oil fired
Kubota M7040 4x4 Tractor w/ 1153 Loader hauling sap
2,400+ taps on 3/16 CDL natural vacuum on 9 properties
24x56 sugarhouse
CDL 1,000 2 post RO
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