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tall. ‘Tap holes” are drilled into the tree trunks; sterile metal or plastic spouts are inserted in the holes and then collection buckets are hung below the spouts.
Obtaining the syrup is not always easy; in actuality the sap does not flow, it merely drips. It takes approximately 40 gallons of barely sweet watery sap to produce 1 gallon of golden rich maple syrup.
The accumulated sap must be collected daily, poured into a large tank, and then hauled to the sugarhouse by horse-drawn sleds and wagons. In more modern facilities, an elaborate system of plastic pipelines replace the collecting buckets and transport the dripping sap from the hole in the tree to the sug
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