I use a small tack hammer. Looks just like a regular hammer just smaller.
I use a small tack hammer. Looks just like a regular hammer just smaller.
2004 - 2012 2x3 flat pan 25 to 60 taps
2012 2x3 new divided pan w/draw off 55 taps
2018 - didn't boil surgery - bought new evaporator
2019 new SML 2x4 raised flue high output evap. 65 taps
made 17 gal. syrup
2020 - only put out 53 taps - made 16.25 ga.l syrup
2021 - Didn't work out
2022 - 25 taps on bags / 8 taps on 3/16's line - late start
I use the black Leader tree saver spiles intended for tube systems, and don't have any leaks. Sometimes you will get leaks if your drill has a wobble it makes the hole bigger, and if you don't hold it straight it will create an oval. And if you pound them in too tight you can split the wood and it will leak. The Leader spiles are a softer plastic then the blue ones. They are slightly more expensive, but they given a different sound thunk when you have them in far enough so it makes it easy.
I just run a short tube into into a 5 gallon bucket with a hole drilled through the lid to fit the tubes. I use 1 bucket a tree so multiple taps run into the same bucket. I don't have many taps and it is mostly for giving the kids some experience so the tree saver spiles compensate for some of the issues with kids not being quite as particular.
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