November Journal

u are sicker then we thought here comes the white suited men lol

PAThczar, I suspect you don't sleep well, and get by on about 4 hours of shut eye a day, and that filled with amber gold visions!!!

Do you have aspirations of dropping the day job and personally flooding the market with PA syrup?

Jeff- Id do it in a heartbeat but I know its the wrong thing to do. If I go to work I know I get a paycheck every friday. I am very gratefull to have a good steady job. If I could afford it though Id quit tomarrow morning and do the syrup. There is nothing I enjoy doing more. Id give anything to do like Scott Wheeler or Richard Patterson and run a big operation. Im going to put whatever I make in syrup right back into equipment and keep putting taps out and whatever happens happens. Im hoping to put a bush a year in and do it totally right and upgrade equipment as I go to keep it pretty easy. I think you can run quite a lot of taps if you have the right equipment. I also have some ideas to streamline things and try to eliminate as much of the labor as possable. This year will be a little tough becouse I think Im somewhat under equiped but next year is another year and Ill be able to buy a few more things and keep working my way ahead. Im willing to work hard this year becouse I want the money and right now syrup is worth a lot. Plus its fun. Ill be on here belly aching though after a few weeks. Right now Ive just forgot how much work it was. I only remember the fun parts. Theron

Theron I sure wish I was a little closer to you, I would be glad to give you a hand setting up that little bush.

Theron, I might be able to hook u up with buckets for ur new bush let me make some phone calls. I might even have a few u could have. I have had enough of collecting them and gettin the 4 wheeler stuck in my bush. It shouldn be that bad tho if u have dump stations. My neighbor did that until they tubed there one bush.

Tom- That would be great if they werent being used. Im only probly going to use them this year and then I could give them back becouse next year I should be able to tube all that right. Thanks a lot Tom. Theron

Gravel- Your nuts. Ive got to get up there and check out your operation. Your tank inventory has got my mouth watering but I dont know How id get them down here. Next year gonna need some more stainless. If you get all your lines fixed up your going to need those tanks. I know what you mean about the little ones. Im lucky mine are old enough now to go out and help. Just cant get anything done when there little. Theron

Pa,
Have you changed too many transformers with PCB's in them????
I have 50 more taps (I know that's not many for you, but ....) out back and I'm really going through a thought process on whether to do them or not ....................
I bet they are going to win out .......... I just keep running the numbers on the calculator!!!!!
Just think, there isn't any anti-maple serum known to man!!!!!!
Next spring I'm going to remember these post we're making!!!

Dave

The weather forecast for this Saturday isn't looking too good. If the mapleholics meeting gets rained out it will be held on Sunday instead.

I found these 2 gal plastic pail do you guys think if i drill a hole in them they would work for sap


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