Expert Tubing Tips for Maple

Описание: At Leader's Spring Open House, three top experts in tubing and woods management – Glen Goodrich, Mark Erlsten, and Jon Rybkiewicz – sat down with us for a little over an hour and shared loads of invaluable information on all aspects of installing tubing, tapping trees, and best woods practices. Thankfully, we got it all on video! This is an invaluable presentation to watch and come back to as a reference as you build out your woods.

A few of the items mentioned in the video:

Check Valve Spouts
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Tapping Hammers
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HD Tubing
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Pre-Cut Straight Drops
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0:20 ~ Introductions
3:20 ~ What makes a good sugarbush?
6:40 ~ How early are you tapping, and why?
9:45 ~ “Tapping is the most important thing that we do.” – Glenn Goodrich
10:20 ~Who can benefit from check valve spouts?
11:45 ~ How does vacuum affect trees?
13:30 ~ What is the most important part of the season?
16:00 ~ Where is the best tapping region, pounds per tap?
16:15 ~ More on check valves: A comparison of two woods: Leader vs. CDL, 10,000 taps each.
18:00 ~ What’s a gallon of sap worth?
19:49 ~ Still more on check valves.
20:10 ~ When do you turn your vacuum pump on?
21:15 ~ What techniques do you use for tapping?
23:50 ~ “We're gonna enjoy ourselves while we're out here. I thought that that mindset made us better at it [tapping].” - Mark Erlsten
25:37 ~ “Identify, know the tree as you're walking to it. Don’t waste those steps.” – Glen Goodrich
27:41 ~ What Matt Damon and tree tapping have in common.
29:15 ~ What kind of hammer should you use?
30:55 ~ How deep a hole do you drill?
31:50 ~ What to do if you see brown wood when you pull your drill out?
35:23 ~ Fixing problems in the woods and what to bring with you.
36:15 ~ How much less sap will you get out of a tap hole in brown, non-conductive wood?
37:15 ~ The danger and fascination of clear taps (and their role in helping find hollow trees).
38:25 ~ Is there an advantage to a 30-degree spout?
39:35 ~ What if your spouts are breaking when you pound them in?
39:55 ~ How do you go about pulling taps?
43:15 ~ What about rinsing lines?
47:35 ~ What do you do about wood chips in tap holes?
49:50 ~ How many holes can you get with a drill bit?
50:40 ~ How often are you changing drops?
51:05 ~ What’s the best way to carry drops in the woods?
52:55 ~ The value of changing colors of drop lines each year.
54:40 ~ First year on a drop, do you use a check-valve?
55:35 ~ How do we hook conductor lines into mainlines?
58:54 ~ What mainline entrance do you use?
59:00 ~ What about spin-seals?
1:04:20 ~ How many drops on a line? And is it a question of production or maintenance?
1:07:42 ~ “It’s all about getting the best bang for your buck on every ounce of plastic in the woods.” - Glenn Goodrich
1:08:20 ~ Laying mainline and how to figure out tap density.
1:09:50 ~ Preferred method for entry on the lateral line?
1:12:25 ~ A few words on tubing types and materials. Why Glen likes Leader HD.
1:14:25 ~ Is black pipe a good option?
1:14:50 ~ The value of Max Flow Grip tubing.
1:17:25 ~ Why use easy-to-see (obtrusive) drop lines?
1:19:00 ~ When is your favorite time to install tubing?
1:20:20 ~ What about quarter-inch taps?
1:20:55 ~ Glen reveals his secret for dealing with squirrels.

Music Credit:
"End of the Tunnel" by Dreamlamp
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