Wicked Tapping Maple Tapping Kit

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Product Description

Late winter, warm afternoons, freezing nights — and sap running. The Old Cobblers Farm™ Maple Tapping Kit gives you ten 5/16 in. spouts and ten food-grade drop lines, enough to tap ten trees and start collecting the same day the season turns. Built to come off the trees in spring, get rinsed, and go back on next year.

Everything You Need to Tap Trees

The Old Cobblers Farm™ Maple Tapping Kit is a complete starting setup for backyard sugaring: ten 5/16 in. maple spouts and ten blue food-grade drop lines, packed together so there is nothing else to source before the season starts. Add a drill, a bit and something to collect into, and you are tapping.

The spouts are 5/16 in. — the smaller of the two long-standing spout sizes, and the one most backyard producers have moved to over the older 7/16 in. standard. Each drop line seats onto the spout barb and carries sap directly into your container instead of letting it run down the bark, which keeps more of what the tree gives you and keeps it cleaner on the way.

It is a hardware kit, so it lasts the way hardware does. Pull the spouts at the end of the season, rinse everything with clean water, dry it, and store it out of the sun — the same ten taps go back on the trees next February.

What makes it a good first kit:

– Ten complete tap points — spout and drop line paired, no mismatched parts to work out

– 5/16 in. sizing — the smaller of the two established spout standards

– Food-grade drop lines — sap goes from tree to container without touching bark or ground

– Built to be reused — rinse, dry, store, and set them again next season

– A genuinely good family project — drilling and tapping is a one-afternoon job that pays off for weeks

Please note: collection containers, a drill and a drill bit are not included. This kit is the tap-and-line half of the setup

Application Instructions

Timing: sap runs when daytime temperatures climb above freezing and nights drop back below it. That swing is what moves sap, not warmth alone — a run of mild nights will slow or stop the flow.

– Choose the tree. General sugaring guidance is to tap only healthy trees of at least 10–12 inches in trunk diameter, one tap per tree at that size. Sugar maples are the classic choice; red maples work, and 5/16 in. spouts are also used on birch and black walnut.

– Drill the hole. Use the matching bit for a 5/16 in. spout, on the sunny side of the trunk at a comfortable working height, angled very slightly upward so sap runs out rather than pooling. General practice is 1.5–2 inches deep into the wood.

– Clear the shavings. Pull the bit out slowly and clear loose shavings from the hole so nothing blocks the flow.

– Set the spout. Seat it in the hole and tap it home with gentle blows from a mallet or the flat of a hammer. Snug, not driven — over-driving can split the wood around the hole.

– Connect the drop line. Push the tubing fully onto the spout barb and run the other end into your covered collection container, keeping a continuous downhill fall the whole way.

– Collect often. Gather sap frequently through the run and keep it cold until you boil. Sap is a food product from the moment it leaves the tree.

– End of season. When buds break, the run is over and the sap turns. Pull the spouts, rinse everything with clean water, dry thoroughly, and store out of direct sunlight. Leave the tap holes alone — they close on their own.

What s in the kit

– 10 × 5/16 in. maple taps (spouts), black

– 10 × food-grade drop lines, blue

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How to Apply

Timing: sap runs when daytime temperatures climb above freezing and nights drop back below it. That swing is what moves sap, not warmth alone — a run of mild nights will slow or stop the flow.

– Choose the tree. General sugaring guidance is to tap only healthy trees of at least 10–12 inches in trunk diameter, one tap per tree at that size. Sugar maples are the classic choice; red maples work, and 5/16 in. spouts are also used on birch and black walnut.

– Drill the hole. Use the matching bit for a 5/16 in. spout, on the sunny side of the trunk at a comfortable working height, angled very slightly upward so sap runs out rather than pooling. General practice is 1.5–2 inches deep into the wood.

– Clear the shavings. Pull the bit out slowly and clear loose shavings from the hole so nothing blocks the flow.

– Set the spout. Seat it in the hole and tap it home with gentle blows from a mallet or the flat of a hammer. Snug, not driven — over-driving can split the wood around the hole.

– Connect the drop line. Push the tubing fully onto the spout barb and run the other end into your covered collection container, keeping a continuous downhill fall the whole way.

– Collect often. Gather sap frequently through the run and keep it cold until you boil. Sap is a food product from the moment it leaves the tree.

– End of season. When buds break, the run is over and the sap turns. Pull the spouts, rinse everything with clean water, dry thoroughly, and store out of direct sunlight. Leave the tap holes alone — they close on their own.

Wicked Tapping Maple Tapping Kit