I agree, my wood are very dry, not getting much of a run either, some taps are dried. Taps on the north side ran much better, but mine have been in since Feb. 10th. I do have to say it's been a great season!
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I agree, my wood are very dry, not getting much of a run either, some taps are dried. Taps on the north side ran much better, but mine have been in since Feb. 10th. I do have to say it's been a great season!
Just bottled another 6.5 gallons of dark amber. I cant believe the trees are still producing good syrup. This puts us at 240 gallons. Leaving the vac on overnight and one last boil tomorrow.
No where near 240 gallons, but the 26 made so far this year is some of the nicest syrup I've ever made. Just put up another gallon tonight and you are right the trees are still producing wonderful clear sap and syrup. Collected 140 gallons today from 130 taps all of it clear as a bell and sweet.
All I can say at this point is Wow.
163 taps, 61 gallons bottled as of this afternoon. . . boiling my last 350 gallons today and tomorrow . pulling all tomorrow. best year ever
What a first year! I made 67 gallons on 115 taps. I pulled my taps Sunday. Can't wait for next year and upgrading to a raised or drop flue pan.
Here's my numbers, 110 gallons made mostly light and medium. Just made 10 gallons of dark over the weekend. Boiled down 4375 Gallons of sap. Finally did a tap count when I pulled the buckets, not as many as I thought. We had 431 taps out. Great season, and tasting syrup!
My final numbers: 248.5 gallons made, equal amounts of light, medium, and dark, with a small amount of grade B, .48 gallons of syrup per tap. An absolutely awesome season. Ordered an RO for next year. Went through 10 cords of wood!
final totals for my woods were 135 mostly all medium. i did make some late season light amber which was nice. all in all pretty good season for me on little over 500 taps. could of kept the vacuum on longer but the wood pile was a little short after this long year.
forgot to tally ... have been tied up cleaning.
i made 74.5 gallons on 163 taps .... thats .46 gallon per tap on buckets and tubing.... oh and no vacuum. best year ever.
well i better get started bucking some logs...
Finished with 146 gal mostly medium . Sap ran sweet all season. Good year, We are a little shy of 400 taps
on vacuum, no major problems or breakdowns .