DanO
You put your long handles on and your mucklucs and go get er dun!
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DanO
You put your long handles on and your mucklucs and go get er dun!
great news van on both fronts
Alright Van! Now you got to go for the syrup!
Layers, layers and more layers! As long as I can keep my feet, head and hands warm I enjoy working in really cold weather. I plan to stretch a couple hundred taps worth of semi-rigid on Saturday morning and it's supposed to be close to -30 overnight. I enjoy a challenge...Quote:
Originally Posted by dano2840
Congrats on the great news Mountainvan!
Agreed-Great news Van.
That is better than any Tsunami sap, magic whizbang RO or hyper efficient evaporator news!
We have a limited time, it is just great to have it be a little less limited!!!!
got the vac pump today going to start to hook it up this week end hope to have it all ready for the season how far do you all think i could run a dry line to a second releaser i was thinking like a mile is that to far
Just came in from working on a road side bush.I am putting 3/4" pipe in it so my sap collectors won't have to climb up and down the bank with buckets. I will probably get twice as much sap, just from it not being spilled.I love this weather,cold snowing and blowing. Thank God for Hi-tech clothing. I don't have to wear all that heavy clothing to stay warm. I haven't even had to get the wool out yet,but I think it may be coming.
its nasty out i worked in the woods for an hour and i must have gotten a bad pair of foot warmers cause they lasted for 30 minutes, UHG
I never got along with those foot warmers. I just wear a pair of heavy cotton socks (not the best choice) and a pair of med wt wool blend socks under a pair of Muck boots. As long as I am not keeping motionless my feet are good. And my circulation is not as good as it was 40 years ago, (or 50 or sixty for that matter) but proper layering sure does help. I got the Muck boots by default in Jan 04 when I was first building my sugarhouse. I had another pair of boots that I bought during Dec of 03 and they cracked along the back just above the heal. When i took them back to complain they said to pick out another pair. I looked and they were out of my size in what I thought I wanted, and all they had in my size was the muck boots. At first I looked at them and was going to decline because they were made in China but then I realized I would have to order something to work on my future sugarhouse in and did not want to wait. That was the best thing that ever happened as far as boots go. These were light weight, pull on insulated packs but they turned out to be the first pair i ever owned that kept my feet warm without being so heavy they wore me out walking in them. The insulation looks to be the same as a neoprene insulated dry suit, very light and warm and comfortable. They are now the only thing I will buy as long as i can find them. By the way, i am still wearing the same pair, with a few rips in the outer covering but I still do not get a wet foot. Like I say, warm if i am moving, not quite warm enough when i sit on deer stand for colder weather long sits. To be the warmest try a pair of wool liner socks or one of the new synthetic moisture wicking socks as a 1st layer, then a med wt wool sock and then a pair of Muck boots. Buy the boots big enough so they are slightly loose but not too loose with the sock layers on.
my feet sweet to much when i double up, even with single wool socks, ivefound the foot warmers work well w/ heavy wool socks because they keep my feet from sweeting