february Journal

my sister lives out in woodhull ny so next time i am out if u dont mind the visit may stop down

well got the pan off and assessed the damage. burn all the way throgh the floor and through one of the cross members in the sugarhouse last saturday. by the looks of it my season is probly over. if i cant find a solution within the next couple days

Sounds good Peace. Theron

As long as its not a huge hole somebody should be able to weld it. I can actually weld but don't own one and can weld pretty thin stuff with a stick welder even as long as nobody is watching me do it. If I have a audience I tend to blow holes in it every time.

Sap ran here but not very much. Any of you guys have any luck today? Think maybe next two days might be pretty good. Theron

Maplekid ,
What the heck did you do? did you burn you pan up and or burn a hole in the floor of the sugarhouse?

I just came in from tapping. I hung 210 more buckets tonite after work. need to finish tomorrow evening. I am 16 taps shy of 3000. I will pick them up tomorrow with out any problem. Sap was running today but not hard enough to make anything serious. Maybe tomorrow.

well my fire was going good and hot and i walked out to get something and seen smoke coming from underneath the sugarhouse. then put the fire out drew off near syrup and then today i finally got around to looking at it and i had a gaping hole in the floor. the pans fine. i filled the hole in with rocks and stuff today and will pour some concrete mabe tomarow. i had 2-3 inches of concrete under my grates i thought it wouldnt bother it. guess i has a lapse in judgement. im very lucky to still have a sugarhouse

Dave Y,
So are you saying I better get it in gear??
It was 3 below here this morning, so I don't imagine to much happened today.
Going to set the barrels up tomorrow.
We're going to tap Saturday.
Have fun.

Dave

Put 400 taps out this afternoon. I was moving pretty good - got them done between 1-6 and also replaced a good bit of tube that the squirrels had their way with. Ran the vacuum while tapping - it's a good time to find leaks.

Trees were running decent, releaser had probably released 10 or so times while I was tapping. Let all that go on the ground. Just turned up the vacuum and now I'm collecting - so I guess the season has begun for me.

Guess I better finish those arch modifications and get the sugarhouse ready.

Maplekid, glad every thing is ok with your pans. you just have to be careful boiling on a wood floor.
3% now is the time to get tapped. you will have sap before you know it.