This super easy howto will teach you how to make a maple tap with no hammer, and at about 10-15 cents per setup! This setup is super easy, and anyone can do it! enjoy!
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You should only have one tap in that little tree
Is the blue tubing food grade? I can find super cheap tubing too but last year I used some clear tubing from hardware store, maybe plumbing line, not sure, but I don't think it was food grade because we could taste something off. Please explain what this tubing is and where to get it. I didn't understand who we should ask for left over pieces. Also, I've been reading how much better 3/16 tubing is. Is this just for large sugarers who yield lots of sap and need long lines? Does it matter the diameter of tubing on trees that are about 4 feet wide? I plan to put three taps in again, connect them with t joints, and join them all to one exit line into our 5 gallon bottles. Thank you for any help. Great job!!
Maple tubing is only 10 cents a foot.
good idea thanks
This kid should do hard time for cruelty to trees! THIS IS NOT HOW YOU TAP A MAPLE TREE.
You could have gotten better results for the same price or less by
calling a dealer such as myself and getting the correct tools and not
have killed the tree in the process. Tree is too small for 2 taps. Also if done with a proper spile, you wouldn't need the hook, which damages the tree and introduces bacteria.
All if you fussing about him putting 2 taps in the tree. You something to do besides nit pick a you tube video. He was simply showing what could be done. Seems like people are always finding something to degrade someone that took the time to make a video.
Jonathan Berube Please Note there are two taps for each bucket a total of 4 taps! IM pretty sure that's not a sugar maple looks more like a soft maple. This guys has no idea what he's doing the trees not even big enough for one tap. Kid stick to what your title says "Gardening" STOP KILLING THE TREES. PLEASE REMOVE THIS VIDEO!!
He improves as he gets older with the number of taps.
This is a joke, right? There are sooooo many things wrong with this and not a single good one. Everyone, do yourselves a favor and just do things the RIGHT way…not what Shaggy here is rambling about. Lol.
How about making scissors and cut that mop
great idea BUT…… next year if you tap that tree even once it WILL DIE!!! the smallest that you can tap a tree is 12 inches in diameter and that is once every few YEARS!!
BAD!!! spikes are not the place to skimp. Shop Roth Sugar Bush out of Wisconsin and you will find that they are not very expressive. And yes that tree is too small
Wow ok hippie
I have tons of birch trees on my land, and I like to make birch syrup
Robbie Shapiro
Love it! Thanks for sharing!
Love it. Love the frugality.
i bought seed from him and it was not right, he said i must have crossed up on the seed, next time i ordered armeian cukes,and they grew and i got lemon cukes.will buy no more seed from him.seed was wrong andit was my fault.
Thanks for confirming my suspicion, I wanted to make a batch of beer with sap . This morning I grabbed what I had, a roll of 5/16 od 3/16 id food grade clear hose and a 4 gallon bucket w/ lid , drilled 9/32 holes in the tree and in the lid and the sap is flowing. Thanks again!
Copper/Bronze/brass will kill a tree
Why not just use a drinking straw, especially the ones that are accordioned for easy bending or bigger ones for bubble tea?
I have done very similar with Woodglut designs.
The question everyone is asking is. Is there enough taps in the tree
Excellent !! Thank You !!!
I count 6 tubes coming out of that little tree. That's 5 too many
Its just pvc ice maker or ro line.
Way too many taps in that tree should have 1
Totly rad to the max dude