We did not have a vacuum gauge there last year. We could do as you suggest, would lose a couple taps doing so. Moving the collection tote would also make it a little harder to access. We pump from the tote now, it doesn’t run to the sugar house. Going to experiment some more for sure.
305 taps on 2 Shurflo's, 31 taps on 3/16" and 229 taps on gravity. 565 in all
Mountain Maple S3 controller for 145 of the vacuum taps
2x6 Darveau Mystique Oil Fired Evaporator w/ Smoky Lake Simplicity Auto Draw
Wesfab 7” filter press