Tapped 18 in total this weeken. Not much running yet, hoping for good production today. Thanks for the pump infor!
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Tapped 18 in total this weeken. Not much running yet, hoping for good production today. Thanks for the pump infor!
I was able to tap the 78 I have yesterday afternoon the short time they where out they ran great! I may expand a little more this coming weekend to get 100 for the year
I won't make this run but I'm almost ready. I finished bricking my new Mason arch today. Used 1/4 inch arch
paper and about 110 splits. Still have to clean the drop
flue pan and run a test boil. Hopefully I'll be ready by the end of the week.
It hit 58 at my house today. There is a solid stream of sap running out the end of my tubing, about 40 gallons so far and a long time to go before it get back close to freezing. I'm gonna have a lot of boiling to do this week.
Nice looking arch.Quote:
Originally Posted by CTfarm
You & me both today - I used 1" insulation boards & just over 100 brick in a 2x6, my back is about on fire from being bent over all day.Quote:
Originally Posted by CTfarm
My back hurts just thinking about that brick. I still fondly remember long hours out in the cold welding my evaporator together.
Went out just before dark and collected 50 gallons to make room in the collection barrles. Tubing was still running like this the whole time.
Hard to believe it was -2F just 3 days ago - Get it while you can -
Quick question, I am fairly new to this and did ok last year. I have 18 trees tapped but I never really get a good run. Like today, I feel like I should have 30 or 40 gallons but I might have 10. Granted I only have one sugar maple and the rest are red or silver. Is that the reason or am I doing something wrong?
10 gallons off of 18 is great, over half a gallon per tree. If you get 10 gallons a tap over a season, you got over 5% of that in one day.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kjsdime