Checking what VT sugar makers are doing

Put in 350 taps yesterday. Hope to get the rest of the pipelines tapped today and boil tonight. Buckets will have to wait until tomorrow...

I just got back from camp small run yesterday and today it took for every for the lines to thaw and slowly running but I will not have enough to fire up until probably Tuesday with next 2 days being cold.

Finished hooking up my new sap lifter this morning and turned the vacuum pump on at 10 am. Lines thawed, I fixed a few leaks and by 11 am the vac. was up to 28". Minimal flow from 200+ taps, but there was enough to test the new DIY electric releaser and sap lifter. Both working well, only a couple minor adjustments needed on the releaser before the next major run. Probably collected about 25 gallons all told before it froze up again. Trees are still very frozen and it will require some serious warm weather for any real runs. Going to try to get the rest of the taps in over the next couple days.

spent a lot of money, hooked up sap sucker turned her on started checking for leaks only got vac up to 12" not enough sap really to hit 20. Lot of squirrel damage since last weekend let me see 7.62x39 + squirrel= vaporization, if I hit A maple i will just put a tap in it. Moving old milk house to field for vac house should have set tomorrow start hooking up old milk vac pump

Sun started coming out at about 1:00 and I was planning on turning the pump on as soon as I put the little one in for her nap. About three hours later we both woke up.:lol: I have no idea if the sap would have run a little.

Spud

Got about 185 gallons today. Will boil tomorrow for the first time this year. Will be nice be back at it.


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While finishing my sap handling installation, and test firing my home built arch with water, my initial 60 gravity taps gave me a whole 5 gallons of sap! Nice to finally test. I guess I will tap another 60 soon. Buckets will wait a while.


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Got started today. Sweetened things up and managed to finish a couple of gallons. Actually ran pretty well here on gravity. Buckets did nothing. Not liking the blue plastic spouts yet at all. Time might change my mind. Was surprised with the run as it was windy and 31 degrees. The sun on the trees made up for it I guess. Good luck everyone.


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probably have around 60 gal in tanks going to pump and run it through tomorrow night.
Tapped Hampton NY today going back this week to fix main line and add taps will be moving second guzzler over there after we get the delaval 75 up and running

1500 gallons yesterday and 750 today (south side only). First Boil of the season will be tomorrow. Should run decent the next 3 days if the forecast holds.