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I would be so amazed if I ever got a bucket of syrup. The forecast here is for maybe 45 by 5 in the afternoon. Takes that temperature for things to start moving. I have found that if the snow dosn't get slushy here the trees just sit there. I have my fingers crossed anyways.
Bigsapzar report- Yesterday pretty much everything went wrong that could but Im happy to report that the sap is currently headed for the barrells. Working down 4000 plus and I think mostly plus into something I can boil. Just went out and rinsed the R.O. Had to buy another honda sap pump last night becouse of an older pump seizing up. Gonna boil this morning and clean the R.O. and off to the races again. Ive never seen weather coming at us like this. Pretty much feel on the crappy side with never getting decent sleep but only two more weeks and its all over. PARRRRRRRRKER- next two weeks were going to "MAKE HISTORY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" I think this is going to be one of those runs like grandpa sugarmaker tells stories of for decades. Theron
Theron I hope that you can survive the #%$*astrophy sap that is coming our way. The weather looks perfect for the next 10 days here. Stock up on Boiling Sodas and evaporator fuel everyone the BIGSAP is coming.
I don't put much trust in the 10 day, but the 5 day sure looks promising. Expected to start today early afternoon, and again mid morning tomorrow. In the meantime I am re cleaning the front pan to be ready. Get that wood ready, here it comes!
Everyday that its warm enough for sap to drip another couple of trees start dripping so I expect that this next week will tell the story. St. Pats day looks really good here.
We are getting perfect weather here again. Last night was cold, but now it's flowing big time again. We are going to have to boil tomorrow and some time early next week for sure.
The bigsap warning is up for Central Maine.
Get your boots on and get ready for the flood!
Keep some dry wood and easily burned furniture around.
We're going to need it!
A SAPTASTROPHE!!! Love it-just in from hanging 100 buckets (there iare some BIG trees on my road)-I was feeling a littel cockey today-wanted to get more taps out-pipe in the air-did not boil the 1400 gallons on hand- got the vac. pumps running around 11AM-ran pretty good- supposed to be good weather right along,,,,1995 taps sunk.( another 250 buckets in the pickup to clean tonight).should have a good long boil tommrow.I want the bigsap!!!!
PARRRRRRKER- I wish you could have been down here yesterday to see the sap run. I want you to focus real hard becouse Im only going to tell you this twice. ITS THE MOTHER RUN BROTHER!! We were definitely making history last night. I try not to shoot it to the tanker trailer becouse then I have to pump it back up but it ran so hard yesterday I had to becouse it was coming in faster than the R.O. could get rid of it. The belley releaser was dumping every couple minutes. Looked like the lines were clearing out in the morning but this was an actuall run. Coming cloudy from the trees though. Been warmer but I think it will straighten back out. Hope everyone is having fun. Bet even you northerers get a hard run today. Theron:lol:
spent last 2 days getting l/r pumps going. one bush at 26 inches, one at 24 and hope to get the last one working today. sap has been slow to get this done. found 30 adapters that leak have holes in them from when made. that was a pain now i have to check all 7000. more progress
What brand of adapters are you using Jeff?