like this will happen regularly, we tap the maple trees.
in this picture, you can see the taps in the trees are connected to tubing. this tubing leads back to a collection tank. when the 20 gallon collection tank is full of sap, it pumps the sap into our syrup processing building. when it enters the building it goes through a filter and water meter and into a 1,000 gallon holding tank.
a tree is approximately 40 years old before it is large enough to tap. so﻿me trees have more than one tap but a maximum of four taps is all that are put into a tree. when sap is collected, it 