P500 What did you do to/with your Pioneer 500 today?

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This is a pretty bold title. Probably why the comments are turned off.

 

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[futzin]

This is a pretty bold title. Probably why the comments are turned off.

I lasted until about the 10 min. mark . . .
I do like the wheels, , his still have the center caps tho.

 

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I lasted until about the 10 min. mark . . .
I do like the wheels, , his still have the center caps tho.

He's fixated on the temp thing. These things never even come close to running hot... unless your radiator is plugged. Thanks again @KyGal83 !

 

[Red500]

He's fixated on the temp thing. These things never even come close to running hot... unless your radiator is plugged. Thanks again @KyGal83 !

I was thinking the exact same thing and started to respond then I remembered your experience and didn't.

 

[scottn57]

The tracks are off, the tires are back on, and we’ve been giving the little donkey a good workout pulling the sap wagon I put together this season. It spins a little bit coming up the muddy hill, but there’s plenty of torque to handle the 110 gallons of sap (~925 lbs) plus the wagon and tank. It’s quite a versatile little buggy.

 

[Fatsquatch]

The tracks are off, the tires are back on, and we’ve been giving the little donkey a good workout pulling the sap wagon I put together this season. It spins a little bit coming up the muddy hill, but there’s plenty of torque to handle the 110 gallons of sap (~925 lbs) plus the wagon and tank. It’s quite a versatile little buggy.

P5’s are awesome machines Fo’Sho!

 

[Mudder]

The tracks are off, the tires are back on, and we’ve been giving the little donkey a good workout pulling the sap wagon I put together this season. It spins a little bit coming up the muddy hill, but there’s plenty of torque to handle the 110 gallons of sap (~925 lbs) plus the wagon and tank. It’s quite a versatile little buggy.

Curious, did you add the front Torque locker for the tracks?

 

[Smitty335]

The tracks are off, the tires are back on, and we’ve been giving the little donkey a good workout pulling the sap wagon I put together this season. It spins a little bit coming up the muddy hill, but there’s plenty of torque to handle the 110 gallons of sap (~925 lbs) plus the wagon and tank. It’s quite a versatile little buggy.

I was hoping to see how the harvest is done?

 

[scottn57]

Curious, did you add the front Torque locker for the tracks?

I added the front torque locker before I got the tracks. It really helps in all situations that need all-wheel-drive. It did make steering a little harder, but I added power steering after one year of having the tracks so that’s not a problem anymore.

 

[scottn57]

I was hoping to see how the harvest is done?

We use mostly plastic tubing- tubing is ran to all of the maple trees, and joined together in larger trunk tubing, where they head downhill toward a collection tank. Near the start of the sap running we drill a hole in the trees and tap a plastic tap (attached to tubing) into the tree- the hollow taps collect the sap and direct it down into the tubing system to the collection tanks. We have about 1600 taps. We also have about 70-80 buckets that hang on a different type of tap and collect sap which has to be collected manually.

Either by pumps, or by trailers with tanks, we get the sap back to the sugar shanty where it's boiled down (removing the water) to sweet maple syrup. It takes about 50-65 gallons of sap to make one gallon of syrup, depending on conditions as well as the sugar content of the raw sap. It's filtered and stored in barrels until my uncle is ready to bottle it- he'll heat it again, filter again, and seal it up for sale.

 

[Smitty335]

We use mostly plastic tubing- tubing is ran to all of the maple trees, and joined together in larger trunk tubing, where they head downhill toward a collection tank. Near the start of the sap running we drill a hole in the trees and tap a plastic tap (attached to tubing) into the tree- the hollow taps collect the sap and direct it down into the tubing system to the collection tanks. We have about 1600 taps. We also have about 70-80 buckets that hang on a different type of tap and collect sap which has to be collected manually.

Either by pumps, or by trailers with tanks, we get the sap back to the sugar shanty where it's boiled down (removing the water) to sweet maple syrup. It takes about 50-65 gallons of sap to make one gallon of syrup, depending on conditions as well as the sugar content of the raw sap. It's filtered and stored in barrels until my uncle is ready to bottle it- he'll heat it again, filter again, and seal it up for sale.

Thanks, Is there a specific Maple tree you harvest?

 

[scottn57]

Thanks, Is there a specific Maple tree you harvest?

Mostly sugar maples.