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Dave,
3,000!
I remember you standing in the sugar house when you bought that little 210 gallon tank for the Ranger! You have come a long way from there my friend. Good luck to you and all the other maple nuts out there.
Maple Kid, Glad to hear you still have a sugar house.
Tomorrow is sap day! Should be boiling along with most every one that is tapped in the NWPA area.
Regards,
Chris
Chris,
Yea I know I think I am a little OCD.
DaveY,
Keep up the good work, all that prep and tubing is going to pay off big time in the next few weeks. Hope your gathering squad is rested and ready. Do you let them take the dump truck on their own to gather?
I am debating about boosting the economy and buying a new truck. F-250 4x4 short bed but with more goodies this time. Debating on a super cab or go to the full crew cab? Suggestions are welcome!
Need to look good while gathering:)
Chris
Sugarmaker,
The gathering crew is resting at the moment. I let them take the dump truck to gather while I stay at the sugar house and boil. I also have a dodge 2500 that has a 425 on it. It will be out pumping tanks also. I have two young adults that help also. One young fella has become my right hand man since been laid off in November. He has done a lot of work for me that I would have never gotten done ,plus he has been doing truck maintenance for me.
Sugarmaker,
I have an '06 f-250, extended cab, diesel that I bought brand new and it has had nothing but problems. Brakes have been a big problem, three calipers have been changed. Computer went up on it, mass air flow sensor died as well. Back doors on it started to rust from the inside out with 20k miles. Sometimes when I start the truck the radio and power widows/locks don't work for the first three or four miles. The truck has 38k on it now. It will be my last ford for sure!!!!
I'm not sure if you are looking at buying a gas or diesel but if you are going to buy diesel I would go dodge with the Cummins. Also dodge's have 4 full doors on there version of extended cabs, the extra room is nice.
I just went out and checked my yard buckets. one of them was half full. it looks like the sap ran all night, slowly. It looks like we will be collecting tomorrow and boiling on the weekend.
got around to checking my buckets today and they are all in the half full range. stayed home today to move furniture( dad hurt his back) so after i move the furniture ill start fixing the gaping hole in the floor of the sugarhouse.
Guys- My run mirrored yours. yesterday off maybe 26 or 2700 taps I got probly 700 gallons with the night too. Nothing really on the north bush. I think today may get better. Looks like its over freezing till friday night. Maybe itll just run steady once it gets goin till then. Have to see. Theron
Put out two test taps today, they were RUNNING... drip.................drip.
BRING IT ON,
just in from the sugar house and finished boiling for the night had a good run today had a small prob with my filters a quick phone call to sugarmaker and prb solved thanks chris worked great built a hood and new preheater yesterday work awsome don't know how every boiled with out a hood checked tanks on way home still running will have a few hunder gallon to boil tomorrow