Thanks for the video. I'm at a hobbyist level, but planning on upping my game a bit next year with tubing. Follow-up to the question about what you do with tubing at the end of the year . . . Do you try to run the same laterals to the same trees the next year, or do you end up with a bunch of splices when trees don't line up and new leads spliced in?
I clean my tubing and take it down each year. Each line is numbered and gets wound up on its own spool. It gets reinstalled on the exact same trees each year. I marked each tree it goes around (maple and non-maple) with a small line of green spray paint at the height where the tubing has appropriate pitch/fall. I have videos on (1) cleaning: ruclips.net/video/FUrzZQOcyb4/видео.htmlsi=fiMZrwHQuWADTIIc (2) spooling up tubing: ruclips.net/video/I9ZoGFDqLqE/видео.htmlsi=MSvVEHY0CSu6Vung ruclips.net/video/bmco0vR-Cck/видео.htmlsi=EYMTsPl8dFbfpBW9 (3) reinstalling ruclips.net/video/jYkZl7bb8jY/видео.htmlsi=l0drNbWd9QC7zCpf
@@StrangerInAStrange no problem! It's not bad - the spool and carrying yoke make it VERY easy to take down and put up. I can do 8 lines, 112 taps, over 5000 feet of tubing in a single day.
I take my tubing down at the end of the season, clean it and store it then hang it back up at the start of the next season. Many people clean it in place and leave it up year round. I choose not to do that for aesthetics of my property in the off-season and to limit squirrel chews/damage.
It is called a two handed tubing tool. There are also one handed tools and other variations of tubing installation tools. Here is a link to one for 3/16 tubing: bascommaple.com/products/tfm2c316lap
Thanks for the video. I'm at a hobbyist level, but planning on upping my game a bit next year with tubing. Follow-up to the question about what you do with tubing at the end of the year . . .
Do you try to run the same laterals to the same trees the next year, or do you end up with a bunch of splices when trees don't line up and new leads spliced in?
I clean my tubing and take it down each year. Each line is numbered and gets wound up on its own spool. It gets reinstalled on the exact same trees each year. I marked each tree it goes around (maple and non-maple) with a small line of green spray paint at the height where the tubing has appropriate pitch/fall.
I have videos on
(1) cleaning: ruclips.net/video/FUrzZQOcyb4/видео.htmlsi=fiMZrwHQuWADTIIc
(2) spooling up tubing:
ruclips.net/video/I9ZoGFDqLqE/видео.htmlsi=MSvVEHY0CSu6Vung
ruclips.net/video/bmco0vR-Cck/видео.htmlsi=EYMTsPl8dFbfpBW9
(3) reinstalling
ruclips.net/video/jYkZl7bb8jY/видео.htmlsi=l0drNbWd9QC7zCpf
@@RoseumMapleSyrup Thank you for those links! I can see I have my work cut out for me. 😃
@@StrangerInAStrange no problem! It's not bad - the spool and carrying yoke make it VERY easy to take down and put up. I can do 8 lines, 112 taps, over 5000 feet of tubing in a single day.
This video was super helpful. Thank you! At the end of the season what do you do with the tubing?
I take my tubing down at the end of the season, clean it and store it then hang it back up at the start of the next season. Many people clean it in place and leave it up year round. I choose not to do that for aesthetics of my property in the off-season and to limit squirrel chews/damage.
Great video! Who makes your vacuum system?
I designed and built my own vacuum systems. I currently have 2 setups (very similar to each other - one is a bit simpler).
What's your source for the 3/16" to 1/4" push fittings?
www.freshwatersystems.com/products/dmfit-stem-barb-straight-connector-1-4-od-stem-x-1-4-id-barb?variant=39282710118584
what is the source for the double plier that you use to insert the drop lines? I have checked a couple of equipment sources and can't find one. thanks
It is called a two handed tubing tool. There are also one handed tools and other variations of tubing installation tools. Here is a link to one for 3/16 tubing: bascommaple.com/products/tfm2c316lap
@@RoseumMapleSyrup thank you for your assistance.