November Journal

Jrthe- They look just like the icing buckets Im finding. Id think they would work good. Just drill a hole or set them on the ground and run the tube down in them. I think the smaller buckets might be better off hanging. Im just going to set the big ones on the ground. 3%- One of the guys I work with loves beer and he says that the alcohol only kills off the weak braincells. Well with me I may have got into some good ones. Im pretty much running on instinct I think. Im good with that though. The kids like me becouse Im crazy. Gravel- You just have to wait till those little guys get a bit older then your in the chips. Just think about all the buckets you can run then. Theron

PATTTHHHEE{BUCKETZAR}RROONN-
GOOD STUFF!!!!!!!!, If I have not sold the 300 buckets,lids,and spiles I have out in the barn Ill bring them down this spring when I come down to help tap,,
I am affriaid I let the team down yesterday,,,went down to start that old piece of %$$#^& Autocar yeasteday and all I got was a click,,,,,AAAAHHHH,,,put the batts on the charger,,and went to work,,,,to make up for it I brought home a big load of ash and dead standing oak,,,getting quite a pile down there now,,,will work it up soon,,mabey sat.,,,the girls (10&7) like slashing wood,,,just hard getting them to share time

Hey jrthe3, they are the same buckets that I got this fall, all 120 of them.

2 gal buckets with lids for around $3.00, way cheaper than and metal buckets that I could find.

I used a propane torch to heat the end of a short length of 1/2" copper pipe to metal a hole in the side. I went through the lower raised lip if you understand what I am saying. I felt melting a hole went quicker and made a cleaner hole.

They hang real nice off a 5/16 tap also.

Last year I went around to local bakeries to find free buckets they worked good if you are going to set them on the ground and use drop lines that run into them. I just thought a 5 gal bucket was way to big to be hanging off a tree, that is why I bought the 2 gals from uline.

Last I knew Matt's computer had the virus, not Matt. I sent him home from here about 3PM Tuesday. Did he get waylaid somewhere in NH or VT? Here's hoping it is just a computer virus.

took the last of the green us maple tubing out today. 100% ipl 4seasons or semi rigid. took three years to get to today. current count 5350 and growing

Gravel- I cant keep up with Jeff. Hes a serious sugarmaker. Im just a bulk hobbiest. Ill keep trying though. Next year Ive got my next 1200 high vac guys all eyed up. Oh yeah, Oh yeah. Give me about 2 years and then your going to see some serious taps going in. I want to find me one with 5 or 10,000 on the same hill. Minimize pickup that way.

Don't worry Snoop Dog/After we sign that memorandum of understanding we'll be conquering the sap world in no time when 2 operations become 1. First though i need to see some serious taps on the big valley tour you been telling me about though. We'll do the tour tomorrow afternoon.

GAME ON

Theron, I have an old barrel evap, Just what the kids need. LOL I must be an Old timer because I do a lot of buckets.

As long as i make enough for my french toast i'll be all set. That means i need to see at least 30-35,000 mininum before i sign any paperwork as going partnership and so forth.

No- You better not let any go. I've got to get (2) 1500 plastics myself to make sure i can handle at least 5,000 gals of sap before i fire up the RO.

Think we will have to do in 2 years is put your ro at the bush and my RO at your sugarhouse and go for it from there OR maybe both RO's at the bush if there is taps like you say there is?