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Well I don't have any livestock teams to drive around to collect with, but I do have an antique dump truck. I have a bunch of young fellas that are still growing to help between 16-18 yrs old, full of piss and vigor. We are going out this morning and try to work some of that out of them.
DaveY: do you use the guys from Abraxas to help if not I have a connection there that may help you.
Jim
well got the evap strated up everything seems to be going well. chasing whats in the pan with water now. sure hope i make some syrup today.
Just got in from a successful day of marketing syrup products at a local ski area. We gave away 350 cotton candy cones,325dishes of sugar on snow, 150 pieces of donuts with maple cream on them and tons of crackers with maple cream on them.
Sure had a ton of fun handing out products to all those snow bunnies, made me wish I was 20 again
I'd say we ended with around 2' of new snow. I got to the bush yesterday at 10:30, still snowing like crazy, but worked through it installing drops. Fortunately, the bush is 10 miles south, and they don't usually get as much as us, so the walking wasn't too bad. Finally brought the loader over from work this evening and got all cleaned out.
A man on the Tug Hill I've bought bulk syrup from in the past used to do 5000 buckets, with a crew of 2 or 3, I think. He said they'd hit every bucket every other day. There is still a good sized operation around there that is all buckets, horses, and no electric at the sugarhouse. They were featured in the Syracuse paper a couple years back.
Tim
Worked in the woods all day today and it seemed nice. Got the lines in across the road to roughly 100 more taps. Just have to finish up the drops in the morning and tap them in and they will be done. Think I might go after another 50 thats over a bank tomarrow and try to suck them up to the main line if I can come up with the components. Bearing down on being out of stuff which is good becouse I need to spend some time on the sugar house plus I need to change out the releaser across the road. Just a lot more fun tapping trees. Looks like Wednesday and Thursday is the next good run. Hopefully the sugar will be better and well get a bunch of sap. Looks like everyone is tapping in. Cant wait for the BIGSAP stories. Dave Y "BUCKETMASTER" How many taps in now? Whens the first boil? You better keep us up to date becouse once those buckets are in if I want to know whats going on in the west Im going to have to drive over there becouse you wont have time for any maple trader. Next year I want to do the buckets too. You guys have got me feeling bad about myself. Im going to put a ton of those suckers out if I can. I just have to get the kinks out of the sugarhouse taps first so Im not so swamped with this stuff. Theron
Jim,
No I dont use anyone from Abraxas. I too have connections there, My neighbor happens to be the most senior employee. But thank anyways.
My crew and I hung 560 buckets today in about 5 hrs. That was with a lunch break. Thanks Tapper! I owe you.
Theron,
We just started the buckets today. Tapper came down and set taps for me and I drilled holes. Had three fellas hanging buckets and lids. it was hard to keep ahead of them. I had to cut the day short to take care of some of other business that came up. I have around 1500 taps in so far. another 1500 to go. that should do it. no more taps until I get more boiling capacity.
560 BUCKETS!!, WHAT IN THE SAM HILL?? I thought it was too early for the buckets. Syrup will be .90 cents a pound now. Wont anybody need any more syrup once you start dumping those babys. Criminy, Ill have to hold my crop till your to old to boil anymore. Theron
Dave- Im not telling you guys my real numbers at the end of the season with you cheating like that. You better get all those buckets hung before the end of the week becouse they might be running like crazy. Youll have 4 gallons per tap before my mainlines thaw out. Theron