Got every thing fixed yesterday and gathered 4000 gallons of sap. Went out this morning and gathered another 3000 gallons and the Ro is running now hurry up and wait. Hoping to make 2-3 barrels today.
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Got every thing fixed yesterday and gathered 4000 gallons of sap. Went out this morning and gathered another 3000 gallons and the Ro is running now hurry up and wait. Hoping to make 2-3 barrels today.
Well it has been a trip, we have made 21.5 barrels so far this season. I got over a foot of snow too. So here we go, after this freeze it should be running this week. Good Luck to All
the sap has been running and the Ro has been turning. We are up to 27 barrels so far. Good Night To All!!
The sap truck blew an air hose, the tractor blew a hydro. seal and got 1 of my 4-wheelers fixed and droped off an other to get fixed 2000.00 later back at it. The barrels are getting low we are at 43 barrel and the sec best year so far. I have never made .5 per tap that would be great. Last year we only made 32 barrels.
The sap ran today and it was cold all day around 34-36 deg.F and was 24 deg. this morning. The truck is unloading right now and is the sec load tonight there is 1000 gallons behind the tractor to be unloaded. I still need to go get the sap on White Rd tonight with the sap truck. That should be about 8000-8500 gallons af sap in the last 24 hrs. The ro is running and hoping to get it through the first pass to night then the second pass tomorrow and boil in the morning. Good night headed to check the truck!!
Well I ran out of fuel boiling on sunday, that was a first. I told my wife we should dip the tank and see how much fuel we had left, well now I know. Went to the fuel place and got 260 gallons of off rd to get us through.The oil co is coming today to fill it. We are at 2000 gallons and hoping for 2300 because that will be .5 per gallon per tap. I hope we don't lose our power in this storm!!
We are still at it but the sap is slowing down. Tonight was the first time we boiled since last thursday and only had 5000 gallons of sap to ro and boil. We only made about 60-70 gallons. We will hold out as long as we can and 53 barrels full, the best we have ever done to date. We are very thankful for the crop we got and thankful to all the ones that helped us get to where we are today.
Got all the sap together and got it through the ro and boiled and got the evaporator cleaned out and ended up with 55 barrels of syrup. Now the clean up begins. Well good night, and no vac pumps to check on tonight.
How much syrup is that total? Don’t know what size barrels you use. How does that compare to other years?Quote:
Originally Posted by Brian
We ended up at 2200 gallons, the best we ever did. 5 or so years agowe made a barrel short of 2000 gal. Most years we make 30-40 barrels. The syrup tasted good to the end. I didn't do much today because i was exhausted and had an insurance inspection on all the sugaring stuff. The sugar house could have been a little cleaner, there was barrels every where. I think if this happens afew more times we are going to need an expantion on the sugar house!!