Lapierre canada open house

[jason waterhouse]

I went to lapierre's open house this weekend in canada with matt williams.Had a good time saw donald lapierre's sugar house pretty neat to see 4 evaporators set up in a row.I saw the biggest syrup press i have ever seen also.Here are a few pictures.http://http://www.hunt101.com/img/495992.JPG (http://www.hunt101.com/?p=495992&c=500&z=1) http://i204.photobucket.com/albums/bb206/jw05450/2007_0519Image0062.jpg http://www.hunt101.com/img/495995.JPG (http://www.hunt101.com/?p=495995&c=500&z=1) http://www.hunt101.com/img/495998.JPG (http://www.hunt101.com/?p=495998&c=500&z=1)

[jason waterhouse]

Took a tour of donalds woods here is a pic of tubing that is old and is being replaced with new stuff.Donald's son told us they tap 149,000 trees up there.
http://www.hunt101.com/img/495999.JPG (http://www.hunt101.com/?p=495999&c=500&z=1) here is a pic of a new stand that takes up less room for your membranes. http://www.hunt101.com/img/496000.JPG (http://www.hunt101.com/?p=496000&c=500&z=1) All these barrels are full of syrup http://www.hunt101.com/img/496001.JPG (http://www.hunt101.com/?p=496001&c=500&z=1)

[HanginAround]

Wow... Dad (mapleguy) was there too and talked to Matt... I think Dad only went to Waterloo, not St. Luger. I was in Waterloo for it last year, but would love to go to the SL sometime. Nice pics, thanks.

Edit: I was wrong, Dad was in St. Luger this time, not Waterloo.

[Jim Brown]

Jason; GREAT PIC'S THANKS!!

[220 maple]

Jason,
How many taps? Hargroves in New Brunswicks tap 105000 trees I believe they have ca 175000 taps. The picture show black main line what is the white stuff in the pile behind the black main line? Tubing?
Just curious?
Mark 220 Maple

[Fred Henderson]

Nice pic and thanks for posting them, but some of those tree are not very big thats I see tapped.

[royalmaple]

Your eyes are better than mine.

[brookledge]

If you click a couple of times on the picture it will be enlarged to full screen then you can tell that the trees shown in the background aren't very big. But you can also tell that there is miles of used tubing
Keith

[jason waterhouse]

Donalds son told us they tap 149,000 one hundred and forty nine thousand.yes that is all white clear tubing.I was kinda surprised myself not alot of big trees up there. http://i204.photobucket.com/albums/bb206/jw05450/2007_0519Image0065.jpg

[Homestead Maple]

Is that Leader 30P tubing?

[HanginAround]

Lapierre is a manufacturer of tubing, so my guess is it's Lapierre.

[royalmaple]

Keith-

Thanks, Ahhh, now I can see. I thought fred had is super bionic glasses on or something.

I think those trees are pretty much the norm up there.

I was thinking about playing with the idea at my own woods. Those little guys heat up a lot quicker than the big trees, and I've had some really pump the sap out.

Doesn't take too long to get 1000's in those types of stands. And if they tapped all 12"+ trees they would go from super producer to backyarder in .05 seconds.

[Fred Henderson]

I think that I am going to start looking at some of the small trees that I have been walking by.

[jason waterhouse]

Ya thats all lapierre tubing i watched it beeing made 5 /16ths when i was up there last weekend .Kinda neet to watch it being made.Another thing about donalds sugar house is that all the main lines are burried 5 feet under ground coming to the sugar house. they say frost isnt a problem thats why the 5 feet.You dont see that everyday

[Homestead Maple]

That shows you the hardiness of rock maple. They take a tapping and keep on sapping.