Haulin sap in style! It is a big car, wonder how much I can haul. Its front wheel drive. Theron
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Haulin sap in style! It is a big car, wonder how much I can haul. Its front wheel drive. Theron
Wonder if I put an orange tractor triangle on the back of it if Booy and Brother could do it? Thatll get mom fired up. Theyd do it though, they already think im the coolest dad ever. Theron
PA,
You are definately a "REDNECK", holly crap, gathering with a Lincoln.
Yes we need pics.
How's the weather in your neighborhood?
Dave
lotta snow today. 6-12 Id say. That is pretty redneck but whatever works, huh? Parker will love that, he ever comes down here he wont want to go home. Theron
PA,
Yeah we're getting it now.
Maybe up to 5".
Yeah, Parker will love it!!
Dave
Ill have to put the BIGSAP sign on the car for him. Theron
PA,
Is that your car or mom's car?
Dave
Thats my ride. Thats all I drive. I bought it used and nobody seems to want the old folks cars but I love them. Runs like a sports car, real big and safe, radio something like Ive never heard in anything and 25 mpg on my way to Matts. Love it. Goes good in snow too with the front wheel drive. Theron
you came to ME and didn't post it!!!!!!!!
Dave, can you see PA with a team of horses and the reigns around his neck that would be a PA redneck alright.
TapMe,
No that's a vision!!!!
Come to think of it, he does have a team of horses under the hood!!!
And he's got um right by the steering wheel!!!!
How's the weather in Me.??
Dave
Same as the rest of New England snow( poor mans fertilizer). We have about 4'' on the ground and still coming. Cold 5 degrees
Dave,where's the team of horses? He did say caddy sack right.
Jim,
I believe I would put all the sap in the trailer and balance it out. Will be less wear on the truck in the long run pending the trailer will handle all of it. Key is to balance the trailer load perfectly where you are not pulling up on the truck or pushing down on it. Besides, a lot easier to get in and out of the trailer too. Your Honda Oddessy Van will tow 3500 lbs as it is the same as mine, just a year newer unless they increased the towing capacity on your van.
Hey Theron, take out the back seat and put a tank in it's place. That will keep the weight more centered in the car so those front wheels keep digging in to get all that sap home!
Or you could sort of set up the car like those old southern boys dig when running moon shine. A small tank in each door, under the seat, oh heck pull all the seats out and just sit on the tank to drive.
When Theron took me over to see Richards place, all I could say for the longest time was wow. I mean he probably spilled more onto the floor in one day then I made all year. And his sap storage tanks, they are the size of a stinking swimming pool.
The neat thing about Richard I think is that he started no different than any of the rest of us. He was a farmer and his folks did syrup to some extent out back and he just really liked doing it. That whole setup is his creation. I think originally there was just a small shed with a dirt floor. He built that up with ambition and a just a lot guts to try to do something at that level. I dont think there was ever any big money behind him or anything like that I think hes done that from nothing on his own. Theron
AAAHHHHHHAAAA!!!! THe Lincon SAPMOBIEL- front wheel peel to boot!!! It just does not get any better than that!!! Is that the same car you were in here??? LOVE IT!!!!
A foot of new fulffy white stuff outside with another foot on the way here! I havent walked any of my lines after the ice storm-been busy logging,,I am sure there are plenty down!!
Theron, I think your best bet is to buy a used 4X4, 3/4 or 1 ton. They are cheap right now. Be careful with trailers. Most utility trailers come with a 3500 GVW axle. You would have to find a HD (dump type) that had heavier axles. In PA any trailer over 3000 GVW must have electric brakes. In the last couple years a few high profile accidents have occured. Inocent people have been killed due too utility trailers coming loose from the tow vehicle. I'm sure the police will not go easy on anyone caught overloaded.
It would be neat to see pictures of the lincoln pulling sap though:)
Just placed an order with the Mapleguy's. A few extra's. Filter's, hydrometer. and a few huh... taps. Made 12lbs. of maple breakfast link sausage last night. Down to our last quart of syrup. Hope the season starts soon!
To answer the question about storage of barrels, by the end of sugaring we would crawl over barrels to get out of the sugar house. Of course most of them were 55"s so they didn't take up as much room.
And as far as a automatic drawoff, I had a nice Marchland but I hated the thing. I like being in control of the drawoff and not some machine, ofcourse there was a stream coming off all the time so maybe that is why. It always was telling me the truth at the drawoff but it wasn't telling what was going on back further in the pan so I had to be there anyway. Just my opinion.
Hi all,
Everyone in New England and NewYork ready for round 2??
Got about 9" here.
Tomorrow for us is supposed to be 10" - 16".
Guess I'll watch it snow and checkout the trader tomorrow!!
Stay safe out there, only drive if you have to!!!
Dave
It snowed ALL. DAY. LONG. today. All day! Not as violent as the night before, but WOW! On the upside... kids stayed out all day playing in the snow.Quote:
Originally Posted by 3% Solution
Clan,
They will definately sleep tonight!!
What did you get for total?
Dave
Funny, it was 60 here yesterday and 40's today and no precip. Amazing what difference a few hundred miles makes. It has been a bad winter here so far as we have had 14 days with measurable snow fall of aprox 1" or more which is as many or more than we have gotten a lot of winters. Appears we are in for a long one if the way it has been the past 6 weeks is any indication. All the snows we have had at least where I live have been 1 to 4 inches, so no deep snow but this week has been a welcome break. We got a ton of rain from Sunday thru Thurs, so if it had been a little colder, we would have snow up to our eyeballs.
Left this Morning at 6:00am to meet up with Cardigan99 at Bascom's to purchase his oil evaporator. Bad driving most of the way but couldn't be stopped. was going to spend the evening with friends in Concord but Wanted to get back with my new toy. roads were better coming back, but still snowed most of the way back. Ever try to get a 1/2 oil drum with what felt like a ton of angle iron out of the back of a Caravan. It sure went in Easier. anyway after much pulling and pushing we got it close to where we want it. Bought some stuff, how can you go to Bascom's and not. I feel the disease taking over. OH NO.
yep... ready but not willing!! Guess I'll be on the roofs doing a bit of shoveling.. hate having lots up there on my few flat roofs.
More now with power so that's good, but still thousands without... Wish them the best!!
Total? You mean total time spent on the couch with a heat pad after throwing my back shoveling? Hmmmm.... Judging by that I'd say 8-9 inches.Quote:
Originally Posted by 3% Solution
Round 3 has started with heavy east winds.
Let it snow!!!!my ZR 700 don't mind:D
Enough snow and everything minds, even my team of Belgian's. And, when I get to the woods, I have to be able to move around. Frankly, there is too much left for me to do before March 1 to be bogged down too much. Still, I am doing something every day. Yesterday was only a few droplines. Today, I will probably try to finish getting the evaporator torn down for it's move to the new sugar house. Snow is just starting. Another foot predicted and high winds with whiteouts. We have 16" on the ground now. Gonna be mostly those Belgian's working for a while.
Doug
Went to the woods yesterday and found the working conditions to be favorable.
The inch or 2 of slush we had on Friday was frozen solid. like walking on concrete.
Finished puling laterals. have enough for 600taps. Have 3 mainlines down the screw anchors are broke I had just finished one when it popped. I guess i must be straining them to much. It is snowing again.not what NE has but it is snowing. I going to put up the main lines to day and some drops the come back and watch the football game.
Yup snowing and blowing here!
Cold, 10 out there.
Well it's fluffy snow anyway.
It's only 7 here and snowing and blowing as well. I won't be getting anything done in the woods today.
Just got in from filling the outdoor wood furnace. It went 16 hours on green pine just cut last weekend after the ice storm. I'm heating 2 houses with it and there was still a layer of wood in it.
Woke up this morning like this"
Me: "(grunt) snowing again.)
wife: " yup."
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wife: "so, did the kids put the shovels away yesterday, or leave them laying down in the yard?"
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me: "Fine. I'm up."
That's my thought too the kids sleds and shovels already buried thru the night. I sucked up a snowboard into the snowblower last year!!
I have more work than I thought, in back of my barn I have 2 sap ladders the raise a total of 12 feet to the releaser, well the first ladder is onthe ground now under that snow.the mire broke, I'm assuming from the wind and the small tree where it's tied too pulled it apart.
I noticed last night running the snowblower towards it.
What do you guys with your tanks in the snowy weather? just unbury them from the snow and Ice? I try to keep them up on blocks upside down but the still get dirty and sometimes frozen to them.
Russ,
I thought you was tough??? :-)
Clan,
I'd put money on it that those shovels could be anuwhere!!!! :-)
Been there, done that!!!
Jim,
Skateboards don't do snowblowers any good!!!!
Dave
My favorite things to try and get threw the blowers are dog chains and frozen newspaper. Ask Joe Sakic from the Denver Aves about uncloging them with your hands OOOPS
Dog chains, now that sounds like fun!!! :-(
Frozen newspapers, now that's got to stop things pretty quick!!
Still snowing here.
I used to run the snowplow dept for a tree service in town and we did condos and we would start at about 5:30 AM and the papers were thrown at about 3;00 AM and you didnt know whare they were people were mad and wanted there papers and all we could say was look in the snow pile.
Got 10 x 14 tarp today that I had covering some stuff, boy did that go in fast, alot faster than it came out.
12 maybe 14 inches on friday then yesterday another 4 inches now today 25 mph winds and 0 degrees. winter has arrived
RICH