Tubing Protectors
Don't know if this has any value to anyone else, but I make tubing protectors from short pieces of 5/16" and 3/16" tubing by cutting the pieces to 2" +/- then heat the ends with a heat gun and smash it with some linesmans pliers. The 5/16" will fit over the 3/16" lines and the 3/16" will fit snug in the 5/16" lines. This keeps debri and such out of the tubing when installing. Tube Covers.jpg
1st year tapped 5 trees, boiled in pans on rock fire - really smokey taste
2021 - 20 taps - 4 Gal on barrel stove and pans
2022 - 9.1 Gal - 41 taps this year. 14 + 7 on 3/16" gravity vacuum. 20 in buckets/bags. DIY RO system - 2/3 water gone - amazing.
2023 - 59 taps: 25 on 3/16" vacuum line/pump, 30 on 3/16" natural vacuum, 4 on bags. New 2x3 Badgerland pan anxious to try.