today we're going to show you how to use the taps and tube kit to tap a maple tree the best time to come out and tap is a day after the temperature has been below freezing the night before and in the 40 degree range the day of tapping that will have the sap running the best choose a tree maple tree obviously a hard maple is the best choice if you can locate a big root and and find a root and work your way up about two to four feet above that root on the tree is where you're gonna put your tap approximately choose a tree that's about 12 inches around or more in diameter larger trees can take more taps with this system it's a tap and tube that's already attached you'll see the tube is approximately three feet long so once you figure out where you're you're gonna tap the tree make sure that your tube will reach your bucket or your collection device here we're using a five gallon bucket you can use an empty milk jug um anything like that that's clean and food safe so once you've done that and also make sure that your bucket is going to be sitting on a stable surface once it gets full of sap it might get heavy and it could slide or move and spill so then you and after you've also once you drill the hole you insert the tap gently into the hole and then tap on it gently with a hammer carefully so you don't break it in the hole and that really is all it takes to tap the tap and tubes kit you see the tube is running into the bucket and it will slowly