Larry,
Absolutely - feel free to stop when you are in the area. we are located about 20 minutes south of Lexington. You can call me at the house at 859-858-8975. Where is Hebron, NY?
Andrew
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Larry,
Absolutely - feel free to stop when you are in the area. we are located about 20 minutes south of Lexington. You can call me at the house at 859-858-8975. Where is Hebron, NY?
Andrew
Back to the motherland. And its certainly cold. I guess either the guy upstairs didn't want me to leave PA or didn't want me to go in the first place.
Boy oh boy, delay after delay. I also think sunday is pilot training day. Had some very interesting take off's and landings. I guess the wind didn't help much but one time I was on the window seat and the wing, and I could have swore we were about 1/2" from hitting the wing on the runway then slam on the right side tires, then corrected it and pounded the left side then did a nose dive on the front. I could have sworn we did a bunny hop. I wish I had some captain on me. Could have taken the edge off.
Then I took a cab to my van that had to be towed since my wife's office needed to get plowed out from the storm and I was in the way. On the way I learned all I needed to and about 300x more about Allah. Unreal. Not the right mindset to be taking in all this info on 1.5 hours of sleep. So I learned that since I am not muslim I am S.O.L when it comes to the afterlife. So I guess I'll just keep on making syrup till then and have to enjoy this life as much as possible. Maybe I'll convert.
Brandon, not sure about kevin. I talked to him a week or so ago. He was getting ready for sugaring. But I got the feel he's pretty much over it. Maybe he just needs to splash some syrup on the arch doors and get the smell going.
Theron has really an amazing set up really nice trees great slope and probably the nicest sugarhouse on record. And for a first time set up on tubing, he's got it covered. I think he took it too much to heart when I gave him some pointers on sags etc. He's got too many man hours making that 99.9% I was just trying to get him that extra .01%. And across the road is something that people just get to dream about. Absolutely amazing. I have never seen anything like it. Go and get permission all signed and a lease worked out buddy. Those are serious trees.
We were trying too hard to get sap to run, the days I was there it was just too cloudy and just not right. I wish he would have let me stay up the first night and get the pump working, we would have had big sap for sure.
We definately punished the checklist of to-do's. Glad we got the bush tapped in, vacuum, tanks and evap all set up and running. That does boil nice. I could tell theron was a little apprehensive when I said that's an ok, boil but we can get it going much harder. Then I got the deer in the head lights look. He got the hang of it not too much after that.
I will say that is the first time I have run one of the new CDL RO's and it is top notch. I like the way they have everything set up, valves and wash tank. Very nice design. It is pretty much bullet proof. The instructions on the face are flawless. I think they could have spent a bit more time on instructions for first time set up. I think someone with no clue could get a little turned around but all in all it is great.
It was nice to have it to pump sap into the feed tank. We didn't have enough sap to run the RO and boil, so I just hooked it up and ran it like a very expensive sap pump to get sap into the feed tank. And maybe that would be par for the course at therons. He may want to buy another RO for actual RO'ing and keep this one as a feed pump. We figured he's closing in on 100 bucks/ tap. Not a bad average. Kidding.....
Great trip, you have a fantasic set up, super nice family and you can be very proud of what you did. You are on the right track for sure. You didn't need me but I'm sure the extra set of hands helped. You do need my push though, the get it done pretty it up later approach to sugaring.
Took a ride over to meet the king himself. Sugarmaster Richard and his left hand man Todd. Nice to shoot the bull with those guys. He's hardcore for sure. I bet if he wanted to be right there with us working all night, I could tell he's got sugar in his veins.
Glad I could come down and do all I could to sabotage his operation. Wait till he finds the 1 1/4 mainline I cut in 1/2 just before the releaser. That will be a handy leak to find during the big run.
I'd do it again tomorrow if I had the time. Ok, now it's time to go working by myself and see what I can get done. Probably not going to move any mountains today. Just get into the swing of things.
Matt, Glad you made it home ok and you are not wearing a turban That would look funny with no beard. Next time you get a hankering for some warmer climate., I will be putting on another 1500 taps next year and could use a hand from some one that knows what he is doing.
Andrew,
I'll do that. Not sure when I'm headed that way next. Hebron is roughly 1 1/2 hours north of Albany. About half way between New York City and Montreal Right on the Vermont border. Off the beaten Path. Need a good map to find it. That's a good thing in my opinion.
Larry
Dave-
Sure thing. I'll let you know. You better start resting up cause if I do come we are talking marathon work days.
Matt, You may be younger than me but I have been known to work more than one man in to the ground. so if you come down make sure you bring your Wheaties with you and the captain to help you carry them. :)
Matt, nice lob helping out a fellow sugarer . Look forward to talking to you in the future. Lou
Theron and Matt,thats was something else the other night. I dont know how you guys did it for so many days. i was there only one night and i was exhausted the next two days. i wish i would of stopped over sooner because i would have loved to help out and talk some more about maple syrup. Hey Theron i was also wondering if i could take up that offer on useing some of those tubing tools to finish up some lines. If so let me know a good time to stop over. Thanks Tom
Tom- We were real happy to have your help and you can come over and borrow tools anytime. Just stop over anytime you want. I should be working in the woods all weekend and just let me know what you need. Some of them Ill need this weekend but well figure something out. Theron
Theron,
You are working in the woods all weekend? I thought Matt got you ready 100%.
Are you putting more taps? I know, you are hitting the woods across the road from the house, aren't you?