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You guys are cranking!!!
Here is Wisc. we piddling away...we are doing are part to keep the prices high by not producing much...YET
Our days of sapastrophe are ahead of us. I Have only had the evap running for maybe 6 hours total...this is not good.
On the brightside, I got another 60 trees on line with all my spare time after work!
Jeff in NW Wisc
Par(so much smoke the astronauts think its a volcanic eruption)keeer- Got my new membrane today and things are starting to come together I think. Im hoping if I pump through the night I should have most of the sap out of the semi trailer by morning and the sugarhouse tanks pretty sweet by morning also. Gonna have to work till 3am and then Im shutting the R.O. down for a clean and getting some rest and tomarrow were going to be making some product. As for the product that will be I have only one thing to say. WERE MAKING MERSH HISTORY DOWN HERE BROTHER!! THIS IS MERSH OF THE HIGHEST QUALITY. Cant hardly keep it in the pans! Comin that way right out of the trees. Got bushes shutting down in the area but my january taps are still crankin out the product. Running 27 honest inches at the sugarhouse bush and 25 across the road. Sugarhouse bush is slowing down but across the road on the north bush ran a gallon per tap from noon to six today so those babys may hang in there a while. Pretty excited to see the end in sight. Been a rough year down here for the gravity guys. Basically theyve only had two runs. Looks like the vac and the early tapping is going to pay off for me this time around. You guys are just getting started so youll have to keep me updated on the BIGSAP. I may be bowing out soon. Hope everyone is having fun. Thee(concentrate so high were drawing off the flue pan)roon. :lol:
Pat(so much steam it looks like a nuclear plant)heron a disappointment for us bucket guys to. Nothing like last year. Had one tsunami run and 4 little runs. Temps are either too high or way too low. Go figure. Nothing like having a tough time keeping up and then having to wait and wait and wait till it is worth boiling. What are you gonna do when the season ends for you? Probably take you atleast 10 months to clean all that equipment out just in time to start again There is no end in sight you got too much equipment to see that far. Not a bad problem to have though.
The buckets have been a disappointment here so far too. I am glad that most of my taps, about 550, are on vacuum. I have collected over 4500 gallons of sap here so far and last season I only got 4800 for the whole season. The weather looks good for the next ten days too. The six reds that have buckets on them haven't produced enough sap combined to fill one bucket so far while the 77 buckets on sugars have produced 400 gallons.
Theeee(it'sbeenalongseason)rooon you can hang those buckets if you want to but the more you can get on vacuum the better. Vacuum has saved my season more than once and this year is no exception.
I am watching that temp gauge right now. Still at 20 degrees but has climbed in the last few minutes. Supposed to be warmerer then yesterday. Went to 42 yesterday but the wind.
Ken- Hope it warms up for you today. Seems like its got to warm up up there sometime. Does it look like overall you guys may have a pretty good season? Theron
theron what did you get for a membrane?
I would suppose that the guys with vacaum did well on those days it just barely run for me. There is a lot of snow in the woods still. I have watched the papers here but not much being said about maple. My mom lives in Alberta and their news has stuff about maple and our's dosn't go figure.
Finally got a small break in the sap flow. Emptied the tank at the sugar house last night and had everything picked up except the tank with vacuum. That one was full again about 8:30 last night. Looks like a good day again once it warms up today. Next week is looking very good. Wood pile is taking a huge hit. VAcuum system still hanging in at 23-25" and cranking out sap. Buckets and gravity tubing doing ok but less than last year.
Getting ready foir Maine Maple Sunday tommorrow. Should be a nice day and hopefully huge crowds that need syrup!
Mark
Jeff- I did get the mark one. I was told the other one would pass sugar over 15% so wasnt sure what to do. I hadnt heard at that time that they were slow. Seems to be working real good. Gonna keep both and run a second membrane next year. Was pretty under equiped this year but have managed to get every thing in the barrel so pretty happy about that. Should be a lot easier next year. Hope you guys are making out good. Does it look like a good season for you guys? Theron