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    Quote Originally Posted by BradWilson View Post
    Like I said, I'm changing all the drops next year and will eliminate the stub spouts for regular CVs. I've used the CVs for the last 10 years and I gather more sap than I can boil. I love em.
    Yup, many around here condemn them into the ground and say I am throwing money away. The GPT cannot be matched however. Very cheap insurance is the way I look at it, been using them since year one!
    Mark

    Where we made syrup long before the trendies made it popular, now its just another commodity.

    John Deere 4000, 830, and 420 crawler
    1400 taps, 600 gph CDL RO, 4x12 wood-fired Leader, forced air and preheater. 400 gallon Sap-O-Matic vacuum gathering tank, PTO powered. 2500 gallon X truck tank, 17 bulk tanks.
    No cage tanks allowed on this farm!

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    Markcasper...my philosophy too.

    We heads break off on the CV2's every year...say 2-3 out of ~900 installed. I think it's just a bad spout when it was manufactured...not sure though. I'm OK with having a .22% failure rate...

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