40 gallon ice block

[midwestmaple]

checked my tank this am, i got a 40 gallon ice block. Any advice?

[psparr]

Lift it up and build a fire under it.
Homemade arch!

[chad]

leave it, it will help keep sap cool when it runs again

[midwestmaple]

What a weird year. Here I was floating ice blocks in my tank and worrying about the sap spoiling and now the whole tank is frozen. Crazy!
:lol:

[maple flats]

I've had that a few times this year, first the sap runs then before I get it collected we have a multi day freeze. At one point I had a 150 gal block in one tank and about a 250 gal block in another, sap that ran after last pick up until hard freeze. Right now I have near zero in either tank, having pumped both late in the day with our last freeze up.
They always help for a while as the sap starts running again, but they don't seem to last as long as expected if the incoming new sap gets up into the mid 40's or above.

[wbreitbarth]

Bring it into a building next time :lol::lol: I learned my lesson last week when I had 110 gallons frozen in 5 gallons pails. I moved mine all into the garage on Thursday when they were partial frozen, and they still have ice in them, but should be good to cook tomorrow.. The last 2 years I couldn't seem to keep the stuff cold this year seems to be about perfect.

[adk1]

It's a roller coaster season this year. But yeah leave the ice block you will be glad I did later in the season, do you have an alternate tank to use in the meantime once it starts running again?

[psparr]

40 gallon should thaw easy enough, but I've had a hundred or so in a tote in a ravine that got green before anything thawed.

[Johnny t]

Pump 20 gallons of hot sap into barrel and agitate. works like a charm.