I wonder if the bottle fill gate could be replaced with the Stainless steel dripless valve that MannLake or Dadant sells. They are expensive, $150 but well worth it in my opinion. John is a great guy to do business with. Can't beat his customer service. I got one of his extractors last fall and it works great.
Yes, I replaced mine with a stainless steel drip less valve. The plastic valve that comes with it is glued on over a threaded Stainless fitting with something like JB Weld. Mine leaked when I got it & John at Hillco sent me a stainless drip free valve from Dadant free of charge. I highly recommend the upgrade, works great.
Hello Gus from Kajun Homestead and Beekeeping, I'm Brad just saw you on the live chat and looked you up , great looking channel, just started a channel myself and its kind of scary to get started. Gonna check out your channel hope to talk some more on more bee stuff, nice looking tank.
Good honest review. Thanks for sharing. I'm still putting my Honey in buckets and bottling from the buckets, but might have to consider one of these if the girls work hard enough for me. Does it need to be tilted to get all the honey out? If so, about how much does it leave in the bottom? (1/4", 1/2", etc.)
First year beek here, that being said, I wonder if you get sourwood. If so, could you maybe talk a little bit about the nuanced differences in that focus. Looking for more information as always and thanks for the content.
Hi, no we don’t get sourwood here in West TN. I’m a plant nerd and I do love to talk about honey from different floral sources, I could definitely make a video discussing my areas honey types, if there’s interest in that. Thanks for the comment!
John Hill has great customer service. He really takes care of his customers.
Inside the ball handle is a Allen Screw you can tighten it in it puts more pressure on the gate,
Good to know, thanks!
I wonder if the bottle fill gate could be replaced with the Stainless steel dripless valve that MannLake or Dadant sells. They are expensive, $150 but well worth it in my opinion. John is a great guy to do business with. Can't beat his customer service. I got one of his extractors last fall and it works great.
My thoughts exactly.
Yes, I replaced mine with a stainless steel drip less valve. The plastic valve that comes with it is glued on over a threaded Stainless fitting with something like JB Weld. Mine leaked when I got it & John at Hillco sent me a stainless drip free valve from Dadant free of charge. I highly recommend the upgrade, works great.
We bought this tank as well and are enjoying it very much!
Hello Gus from Kajun Homestead and Beekeeping, I'm Brad just saw you on the live chat and looked you up , great looking channel, just started a channel myself and its kind of scary to get started. Gonna check out your channel hope to talk some more on more bee stuff, nice looking tank.
Good honest review. Thanks for sharing. I'm still putting my Honey in buckets and bottling from the buckets, but might have to consider one of these if the girls work hard enough for me. Does it need to be tilted to get all the honey out? If so, about how much does it leave in the bottom? (1/4", 1/2", etc.)
I’ll have to heck and get back to you. But its very little, just a film really.
@@gusmitchellcranesnesthoney6529 No need. That's good enough for me. Just wanted to know an estimate. Thanks!
First year beek here, that being said, I wonder if you get sourwood. If so, could you maybe talk a little bit about the nuanced differences in that focus. Looking for more information as always and thanks for the content.
Hi, no we don’t get sourwood here in West TN.
I’m a plant nerd and I do love to talk about honey from different floral sources, I could definitely make a video discussing my areas honey types, if there’s interest in that.
Thanks for the comment!
this tank still holding up well for you?
Got an update on this?
It had a catastrophic failure.
I was refunded, and last I heard Hillco was looking into potential issues.
Was failure with the value?