Originally Posted by
lewichuk19
If you are looking at just the cost of running the tubing and drops, I use the following formula, number of taps per line X $0.84 (that is the price of the drop, spout, tee and 3' of tubing) + length of line in feet X $0.0955....so...if you can average 25 taps per line, and your lines average 500', it would cost $2.75/tap...change that to 25 taps on 1000' lines and the price jumps to $4.66/tap..... these numbers will undoubtedly vary depending on the prices you can get your tubing, tees and spouts for. Where I am tubing is $95.485/1000', tees are $.3277, and spouts are $.226....should point out, this is for 3/16. hope this helps
thanks, this is helpful.
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2016- 50 buckets. Made 4 gallons.
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