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well its been a crappy day anything that could go wrong did. first sap feed line froze so i had to jimmy up something finally i got sick of it freezing so i stacked a couple buckets and put a hose into a 5 gal bucket and did it that way. doors would not keep the smoke in the fire box or the fire for that matter. got burnt; grabbed the door and there was a hole in the glove and burnt me pretty good. but im sure everybody has these days
maplekid i had the same day i had the rope brake on the stack cover and the cover close filled the shack full of smoke
Casey,
If things go right, and they seldom do, I will handle my buckets twice this year. Once when I put them up and once when I take them down. I hire young fellas like you to empty them for me. And yes there is a good amount of maple in my area.
I managed to get 400 more taps in tonite, only 2300 more to go!
some days you get the bear and some days the bear gets you!
Dave y,How much syrup to you make a year? u must boil 24/7 without a r/o
Casey,
last year I had 1800 taps. 700 buckets made 445 gal. I hope to hit 600 this year. I usually don't quit till the sap stops running or I run out of wood.
You eventully going to go vac ? i hope to make around 300 gallons to get things going, il have around 900 on vac this year and a r/o will help out alot since i have a 2x6 how many taps do u plan on having? you going to get a r/o or bigger evap?
Managed to work up a little ambition today and ran 1200 more feet of slow measured growth(3 quata main line). Got about 150 misc taps or so that I really need to get on line. Pretty much pressed for time so this stuff is going in on the quick. Just got to get it to the big belly Ill make it fancy this summer. Now that Ive got the belly in the sugarhouse I can put my double across the road so I need to do that. Then I have to make a better fix for my filter press and I should be pretty well set. Then its leak patrol or boiling till she quits running. Making quality product takes a lot of time even the kind of product I make takes a lot of time. Have plenty of time to rest after season. Cant wait for the first big run. Were bypassing the BIGSAP and going right to SH$#ASTROPHE SAP! Theeron
Trying to stay warm in the deep freeze again.:) May have tapped to early? Time will tell!
Casey,
I am maxed out at this level. There are a lot of things that need to happen before I get any bigger. I had thought about an RO but I am backing off on that at this time. I am leaning towards a bigger evaporator. Along with more boiling capacity. I plan to ad vacuum. But I do not like to bank on just one thing so I will hang on to buckets as long as I can.