Deer seem to be able to avoid the tubing system pretty well, just like they do fences. Moose on the other hand seem to deliberately rip it down. Squirrels chew it, coyotes chew it, all the small rodents chew it if it gets buried in the snow. Idiots with snowmobiles, dirt bikes, ATV’s are sometimes a problem.
That said, if I couldn’t use tubing I wouldn’t be sugaring.
Just spent a pile of $$$$ to satisfy the food safety thing, it was a really hard decision to make. If I was twenty years younger, or either of my boys was coming in with me it would have been a no-brainer. As it is, I am just hoping the equipment will hold its value for a few years, so I can sell out if need be.
I need to spend a little more next year to clean up some odds an ends, and a bigger chunk to improve my vacuum system. I am currently using the aforementioned “old milker pump”, and that needs to be upgraded to something that will pull at least 25 inches of vacuum 24/7, with capacity to compensate for the squirrel chewing and other leaks.
It seems to me that now I am more of a plumber than anything else during sugar season.
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