went to the maple school today in hyde park, IT WAS THE BEST DAY OF SCHOOL IVE EVER HAD IN MY LIFE!!
it was awsome and i learned alot. for any one whos hasnt gone you dont know what your missing, if i could i would go to it again, i learned all about tubing and vac, i learned that all saddles except for the ipl ones are basically junk and even the ipl ones you have to shim w/ a piece of pipe or it leaks, and learned simple ways to check for leaks etc, the guy who talked about the multi fittings had 4000 taps on a 1 hp vac, runs it all season, and gets 3/4 gal per tap, it was nuts, he also said go w stainless fittings because all of the plastic fittings will cause ice blockage, he did a test which you or i could repeat which u have 2 pipes one w/ a plastic conecter and on w a ss con. fill them w/ water and lett it freeze and keep them outside and the ice in the ss will fall out in 2 hrs where he said it had been a week since the ss ice fell out but he took them to a confrence and the one w the plastic fitting the ice didnt fall out until he was in the autotorium in the middle of a seminar a week later, i couldnt believe it. saw spike vasseure and estman long from in the valley down in my town. cool to be there, was told by many of the people there that "you need to sign up to be the maple king" as they handed me the sign up sheet. i get 500$ if i win and i have to speek at a bunch of places and be at the farm show etc. but i think i have a good shot at it!
Dan O'Shaughnessy
2007 jd5203
Husqvarna 61, (2)Husqvarna 272XP, 23 and finally getting back into it after 2 long years away
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