Maplewalnut
01-25-2010, 08:23 AM
Well sort of. Put in about 150 taps Saturday morning and turned on the vacuum. I love the fact that I put some ball valves in my bush to isolate different sections. Easier to find leaks and I plan to tap the north bush a little later than the south.
Really just need some juice to test run the new releaser/tank set up, pump line etc. Glad I did, went from a lapierre hobby releaser to a single full size lapierre mechanical. Dang does that thing expel some sap when it dumps! Needed to reconfigure my set up with splash guards immediately. My son was sitting on the edge of the tank when it dumped. More sap soaked him than went in the tank.
Sugar is almost 2% but they shut down overnight with a 30-40 mph east wind.
Really just need some juice to test run the new releaser/tank set up, pump line etc. Glad I did, went from a lapierre hobby releaser to a single full size lapierre mechanical. Dang does that thing expel some sap when it dumps! Needed to reconfigure my set up with splash guards immediately. My son was sitting on the edge of the tank when it dumped. More sap soaked him than went in the tank.
Sugar is almost 2% but they shut down overnight with a 30-40 mph east wind.