This was a regular plate as in motor vehicle plate=you know you need to give up about $11 to the goverment for a years registration for an official vehicle plate so you can then legally operate the ATV on roads/Except highways.
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This was a regular plate as in motor vehicle plate=you know you need to give up about $11 to the goverment for a years registration for an official vehicle plate so you can then legally operate the ATV on roads/Except highways.
I'll tell you guys what ...... that "Solar Panel" only works on one part of the equation!!!
Dave
Its like that here too. I live so remote that no one cares whatsoever. The only way you can get into trouble is if you get turned in becouse your being a jerk otherwise no one cares at all. Its just mom. She thinks its a poor way to raise the kids disregarding minor laws and such. ??? Just trying to keep this thing alive. Was up in the woods again tonight putting in drops. Im thinking I may have posted my last tap count. I just dont see the benefit any more. Im thinking the only percentages Im going to worry about is barrells per hill from here on in unless you guys actually want me to count them after season. I cant be counting when theres still time to run more tube before spring. Besides takes all the pressure off. Theron
Dennis- The bushes are all within a mile of the house. Theron
Added enough taps today for an extra barrel of syrup next season. I had a lot of trees come down in my big bush last week with the snow. Luckily most were beech, but I did loose a couple maples. I fixed most of the tubing, but need to go up on the mountain with the chainsaw. I'll have to wait till the weekend so my son can go up with me, just incase I have an accident someones there to go get help. I should be finishing tap addage in my big bush tommorow morning, and then go get a couple loads of wood.
theron why not take it bit farther and build them a nice little barrel evap and let them boil as a way as well
Theron,
Here in NY, my Kubota RTV can be considered a farm tractor. The top speed must be 25 mph or less, there must be a Slow Moving vehicle emblem, and it must be being used in the production of an Ag commodity. There still is an age factor when it comes to operating a farm vehicle on the public highway. Your own kids can legally operate your "tractor" at a younger age than hired youngsters. Of course these are NY regs so I don't know what applies in Pa:) .
I do like the idea of the dumping stations. As kids, we were given a gallon pail to use to "help" as soon as we could navigate the bush. By the time we were 8 or 9 we graduated to 12 quart pails. I also remember as a teen when I didn't want to help with lots of jobs but that never applied to sugaring. It was always fun (even when we were dead tired) and always a family operation.
Doug- Ive got some nice bushes that would work real good. Theres one thats got probly 200 taps and they are real concentrated so what Ill do is put 3/4 on a line and 2 or 3 dumping stations then itll be really easy for them. Ill just run them over and let them collect and then Boo can call me on a two way and Ill go pick it up. Thatll work good I think. I think its a real good thing for them to do and plus it teaches them about working for their money. I was thinking about letting them boil on my old rig but I think Ill wait a couple years. The more time thier in the woods the less time they are getting in trouble. Theron
Gravel- I want to come but its 8 hrs away and Im stringin tube night and day like a madman. Maybe we could get together in January one evening? You and Parker and Governor and Matt can tell me all your lies and try to teach me how to be a sugarmaker? Theron
Weve got to get 3% and Russ in there too. I dont know how far you guys are from each other. Theron
He'll come back. Hes a sugarmaker and you cant do that down there. He'll be all right in a little while. Besides he has a big sugarbush to run. Record prices, barrells to fill, trees to drill, drops to make. Springs coming soon. Down here I might be making product in January. Ive got to quit goofing off. Gravel- Got another little item showing up at my door on saturday. Give you a clue- Itll hold 1500 gallons. Zar
Hey guys,
Well let's see, how far do I live from "The Gov."
As the crow flies or by road?
Just run my maps program and it says" .78 miles as the crow flies."
By road it maybe a mile.
Russ is about 1.5 hours from me.
Hey we shouldn't forget NHMaplemaker, he's had computer problems since right after sugaring season.
Hey Gov,
Got that big rig hooked up yet??
Looked at vacumn pumps on line last night, not bad prices for what I may need.
I will definately talk to you first if I do it.
Oh crap there's a scary thought me looking for a vacumn pump!!!
Oh crap I'm falling into the bottomless pit!!!
Help meeeeeeee I'm falllllllllliiiing ...................................
Dave
Look up Elmira NY. Thats the closest. Whats the deal on the evap? I might be able to come up some time in January for a little bit if stuff is ready. I doubt Ill be tapping till later January. We do seem to lots of times have an early run. Maybe If I come up we can pick a central location like you say and meet at someones place for a meeting/liefest. Ill get all excited and come right back home and start tapping in. This tank is NICCCEEEE Gravel. Its a round mueller style with the ladder built right on it. Thats mainly why I had to have it. Plus its real nice condition. Im going to have so much stainless laying around down here were going to have airliners hitting the hill behind the house becouse the pilots wont be able to see sh#@ from the glare. Zar
Hey,
I don't know if having it at NHMaplemaker's would be fair right now, as I said he's having computer trouble and as you know he's never on here.
Now are those dates in November?
I can give him a call if you guys want me to!
he could turn on the furnace in the sugarhouse!!
Just let me know!
I have my 2 Jr. sugarmakers fri-sunday,so weekends are out for me (at the moment),,would be happy to host a meeting mon-thur. whatever works for people,,,,no heat in the sugarhouse (and not much room) But, I think with enough people telling sugaring stories there will be plenty of hot air to warm the place up,,,,Might even dry out some of the green wood down there!!
TTHHEEE(STAINLESSTANKKINGPIN)RROONNN- I would like to roadtrip down there with Matt and whoever ealse is headed
VVS- I have 3 sets of grates for 4 foot rigs if your interested
Parker- If you guys ever want to come down to tour come on down. I can find some tube for you guys to look at. If you get bored with my stuff well go over to Richards. Hes got lots of fun stuff to look at. Theron
Dave,
Get that vacuum pump and get it hooked up. You might want to get a small RO too. Your evaporator might not be able to handle the BIGSAP without one.
I might be interested in a Friday night or Saturday mapleaholics meeting. Matt is coming over to help me put up some mainline on the 15th. If we had the meeting on the 14th I'm sure he like to go to it too.
Anyone interested in giving us a hand on the 15th and 16th let me know so my wife can plan on how much food we will need.
Russ, let me ask the wife what plans are in the future. I would love to help set some tubing with you and Matt.
Theron-if your headed north anytime for one of these maplehoulics meetings, let me know and I'll meet you in Binghamton. You can't go as the only Pa representative, those new englanders travel in packs!
Thanks for the support buddy. Ill let you know if I can. I doubt Ill be able to go way up there untill maybe next year. It really would be fun if we could all get together. Theron
Sounds like Russell Lampron could use the help of many hands and that would be awsome if extra hands could show up and help install some of his tubing for his expansion.
Sounds like the place you ought to be holding the next meeting if you ask me?.
I'll have to see if they will let me back in this country legally though.
the 15th at Russ' place would work for me...hang some tubing, tell some stories, a few pre-boiling sodas etc...
If folks from the west of Andover want to meet here we can carpool from here...(Rt. 4/11 is the main E-W route to Russ's place in Loudon) I can fit 5 in my truck...
Parker- I should bring my girls and they could hang out with your two...
Wish I could be up there with you guys but its just too far away for right now. Ive been putting drops in the young stand all week and I should have them in by weekend. Then I have some mainline connections and saddles and then move into pond woods. New tanks coming saturday. Got to get that in place and move two across the road then lateral in the 800 over there and set up the releaser. Hoped to be done by end of month but Im not seeing it. Probly be into December. One thing for sure I should have some bigger sap. If I dont something is way wrong. Ill get you guys some pics when I get cought up. Theron
Theron,
I have learned over the years that you are never done when it comes to getting ready for sugaring season. You just kind of wake up one morning and start drilling holes. It all seems to come into place after that and everything that needed to be done seems to get done.
A meeting at my house while we are working sounds good to me. Governor we let illegals slip through the cracks so to speak so that shouldn't be a problem.
Russ,
That's sure the truth! The season can be late starting, like almost mid-March, and I still have things I wanted to get done. But the weather gets right, and we start tapping. The first boil is usually pretty disorganized, but it all falls in to place after that.
Tim
Man you guys are wound up tight!
Relax, we have several months till maple season! With a lot of deer hunting in between.
Wood is finally cut! 4 cord split for the house. 4 cord of maple split and tarped for next year, and about 12 cord pallets and pine in the sugarhouse for 09.
Just bought 4 gallon of good dark syrup from a friend for making maple mustard and maple BBQ.
Things should slow down a little. RIGHT! Cooking 10 lb. of venison kielbasi tonight. Nic, (grandson) got a small buck ( 5 point ) Sat. morning. Its all packaged and frozen. He is out of tags and hopefully will be dogging for the old men during rifle season!
We (NWPA maple producers) have a backyard sugaring demo at Asbury Woods Nature Center in Millcreek ( Erie PA) this weekend. Also a NW PA bee meeting on Sat in Edinboro Pa.
Regards,
Chris
It would be nice if the clowns that made viruses and spyware could do something good for the country or world.
Spent last 3 nights 5-6 hours each night to get rid of the stuff. I'm still being alerted that something is still corrupt. What a Pain in the arse.
And before you say it gravel pit....no not from naughty sites either.
Andy bring some gravel to my house. I need to tighten up that muck hole that I am trying to make into a wood yard / wood processing area. Gotta love clay soil.
Hey guys, it feels like I am butting into a NE conversation, but what the heck.
We have had a very warm few weeks here in NW Wisconsin. Still doing lines. Just finished a 1200' wet/dry run, and will be starting to run mainlines this weekend off of it. That will get me to 1/2 way done!!! Yikes...
Building project is done, Tanks are in, 3400 gal sap, 600 permiate and 330 concentrate.
I just got my 600 CDL RO and pump from Pete Roth yesterday! I will be doing the plumbing over the next few weeks in the evenings. Pretty fired up to have the gear here.
Next is move the evap in and start bricking.
Tube on weekends, brick and plumb in the evenings. Thats the way it goes from now to March.
An intresting note, Nov 1 was 72 degrees here. In 1991 on that day the high temp was 8, and we had 34 inches of snow on the ground. With what I have to get done, I am glad it is not 1991!!!
I will try and update the photobucket in the next few days...
It's nearly 70 hear today, needs to get cold so the bucks will start moving as temps are way above normal for this time of year. Supposed to get somewhat colder next week.
Jeff- Your stuff is real nice. Are you going to the 2000 taps this year on vac or is that what you had and your upgrading from it? Thats awesome your girl helps you like that. Get some new pics when you can I cant wait to see what it all looks like. Theron
Chris, relax? How's that possible. Look at Saturday alone. Could go to Asbury and show off my backyard rig, could go to Leader tubing seminar in Clymer NY. Probably will hunt , which I've been doing for almost every day for 5 weeks. I have not seen more than a dozen deer and only 2 in the last 2 weeks. Should get some work done around the house.
Maybe I'll seen you soon if the weather is bad:)
Well my daughter and I got 120 taps on the new main line today.Weather was GREAT! Just 350 to go! weather is supposed to turn sour over the next 24 hours and not get above 45 for a few days.oh well it had to happen some time. Sales are holding steady and Christmas inquires have started.
Love to make one of the weekend events in the area but have a surprize'40th' birthday party planned for our daughter on Saturday evening.
Hope all have a safe weekend
Jim
3%- No i haven't even thought about hooking up that 10,000 tap extractor=It's for sale/You want ot buy it for your?? new tubing installation expedition? First as we had a laugh over they have ONLY 1 SINGLE 1" threaded hole in the top for the mainline to run into=Would need to make another 5-6 holes for other mainlines as it might be set to run with 1500 taps as is?
Found an extra bolt lying in the bottom of the flapper trap door=extra parts.
Lots of Cactus' down here i think someone should tap? Might try to make that Agave stuff=if there is a will there is a way/just got to use your imagination and not dream to crazy.
3% Ya we could hook up a vac. system for those reds behind your house/already thought of a way with (2) 55 Gal drums and no releaser and a way to empty the sap from them without taking everything apart/special bung hole fitting/piping system.
350 on bucket and bag last year, so all the tubing is new. You guys inspired me!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by PATheron
I made a heater for the sugar house, radiator from a Ford, hot water from the outdoor wood boiler, some pex insulated and buried, and bronze pump (that hurt$$), blower off an old woodstove, and WAH LAH, a heated room.
I got most of the mainline hung in my new sugar bush, and almost have my big bush cleaned up from the snow last week. I really wanted to get the 1,200 ft of 1" up before it gets cold again. Weather will be right tomorrow to stay in watch football and make drops.
Went onto this website and made my donation of 133 pesos just a few minutes ago=$50 USD. Hopefully we can get some truth" official un altered paperwork" to the matter??. http://comments.obamacrimes.com/blog...ionsChallenges
Good work scoop.
it's a darn good thing we got you on the scene.
Told you these guys were wound up Gary. Just wait till that sap starts flowing then we'll see:)
Looking forward to teaching some new sugar makers the ropes tomorrow at Asbury Woods.
Gary we must have a few more deer except for the two Nic got:) up here they have been seeing some deer every day and they have been hunting hard also.
Took the afternoon off and went squirrel hunting with friend yesterday. We each got a nice Fox squirrel about 3:00. Beautiful day to be in the woods!
Regards,
Chris
When they started shooting i got the hell out of dodge=maybe that was got in my dodge and got moving quickly.. It's touch and go down there you don't know if the next guy is youir friend or foe. Man when they get into that tequila you don't even want to be around as the guns start coming out of the closet like they do in the hood when it gets dark brother.
Down there you can't lie like some do so blantly in america=they shoot and smile about it later down there amigo. Pretty ruff compare to here. Last 3 days i had hardboiled eggs and popcorn for meals as the supermarket gets held up quicker then the bank does.
Glad to be back in the usa for a while.
Spreading the wealth around should mean that your income should double automatically right?
Maybe Taxing the wealthy will move companies out of this country like so many other jobs have gone overseas or across the border and that makes you just go Huhhh. Oh that is why= the goverment wants to tax us=we'll go where it is less or no tax and screw the rest of em'.