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northwoods_forestry
02-22-2010, 10:59 PM
Pulled in my first 115 gallons of sap today (299 taps so far). Came in at 1.5%...and 3 hours of boiling later the tank was empty, but no syrup yet. 2% or better would have been nice!

PARKER MAPLE
02-23-2010, 07:42 AM
Awesome northwoods, i believe the seson is in full swing now, good luck:D

MAPLE ROOKIE

orange county maple
03-01-2010, 08:48 PM
Sap was running pretty good this afternoon. made 4 gals med amber processed 550 gals of 2% in 6.5hrs on a 30x8 great day everything up and running.:D

northwoods_forestry
03-03-2010, 07:22 AM
Sounds great Orange Country!

I've been making Med Amber as well, though I am struggling with some very very fine niter. My filter press has been jamming up almost immediately. The best I've doen is to get 2 1/2 gallons through before I have to clean it up and retry.