Check Valve adapters

[OGDENS SUGAR BUSH]

i have the same observation as sapman. pulled 8 cvs that were on reds and 7 were stuck open either with small wood chips from tapping or sugared up. if i use them next year tap hole will need to be washed or blown out

[sapman]

A buddy of mine (who may actually read this) is VERY careful when tapping. He taps, with a pretty slow bit, hands off the drill, then cleans the hole with a twig. Probably takes 15 seconds or more per tap. He does 300+. I know I'd be tapping a LONG time if I did it that way.

[brookledge]

I'm at .25 gallons per tap and will in no way come close to a gallon per tap. The yr for me has been disaterous as I usually get no lower than .4 gal of syrup per tap. On the other hand I have made more per tap than others around my area. It is being reported as one of the worst yrs ever.
I have 1150 taps and to date have made 300 gal of syrup. Of the 1150 taps 800 are with CV and the rest is on another line with out. I did it this way to see if I could see a difference in flow. Well the last runs I got back on the 18th and 19th I got a little less sap per tap on the line without the cv adapter. But the real test will be in a few days the temps are suppose to go back to sugaring temps instead of 70s
Time will tell
Keith

[maple sapper]

I think if you used cv adapters or not, this year just was not in the cards for sap collection period. The year played out just like last year and was a total failure. To bad the clean up is the same for a failure or a good one. It just makes it feel even worse having to do so much cleaning of bucktes and tubing with no reward.