3/16ths tubing install with D&G's Tim Wilmot

Today, retired UVM Maple Specialist Tim Wilmot, who is credited with the research and discovery of natural gravity high vacuum with 3/16th diameter tubing, does an install at The Maple News sugarhouse in Hebron, N.Y. Wilmot is now a consultant with Dominion & Grimm and spent more than eight years researching and honing the technology, which has become a phenomenon in the maple industry. Anyone with good slope should consider 3/16ths, which gives up to 29hg vacuum with no mechanical assistance...

[@goudrelle1]

I've been on 3/16 for quite some time now, it's working great.......I also found by using longer lines between the first tap and the barrel, I get more vacuum, of couse you need to have more gravity in between these two, so instead of starting at let say 6 inch of vacuum at the first tap, I now have 22 inch at first tap and going up hill, the vacuum is higher right to the top....I have 25 feet of drop between tap 1 and the barrel.

[@fredA1234]

So I’m on pretty flat ground in my yard me and my daughter have 20-ish trees that we tap so from the beginning tap to the bucket how much of a slope should I need from tree to tree. Thanks for your help.

[@sbedilion]

very nice! thank you!

[@kmccurdy21]

Would a can of computer duster be effective for clearing chips from holes?

[@harveysbbq7821]

Where do you install the vacuum gage to get the best reading?

[@hotelbastard7853]

What intervals do you recommend for leak checking.

[@lukaskrohn1737]

I'm only dealing with about 15 feet of elevation from the first tree to the collection. Would it be ok if i put the first tap 15 feet up on the first few trees?

[@themaplenews5228]

You will still get some vacuum, yes. Not as much as you would at the top of the line, higher up, but better than nothing. 3/16ths works best on extreme slope

[@Kendell_Bidwell]

What clip are you using at 2:50 to attach the tubing to itself around the first tree?

[@goudrelle1]

It's an end line clip !!!