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Just as I think things are coming together I think of another 10 things that need to be finished. The RO room is framed and 1/2 insulated and 1/2 sided. The electrion is going to up grade the power to the sugar house and wire the ro room this week. When I get home next weekend I should be able to finish the room. I have added another dump station in the woods. This took 300 taps off a ladder. This should give better yields with higher vac. I just need to run a vac supply line from the vac supply header to the releaser. I have yet to go around and change out all of the spouts to stubbies for the check valves. Leader is finished fixing my syrup pan, just need to dedicate a trip to Rutland to pick it up, and a trip up to Swanton to pick up the ro, and a trip to PA to pick up new to me 3000gal storage tank.
Seven weeks to tap time.
BR
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was at a local watering whole last night ran into an old friend that made syrup i long time back this is the man that got me really started big but we were talking and he still has his filter press asked him if he would sell it he said no but that i could use it till he needs it witch he prob never need it i got just about everything done and ready for season just waiting on my new gather tank to show and do some finishing to the heated room and i be ready
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My sugaring wood is officialy done! I have 1 cord hard wood and 2 cords pine. All of it is split small, stacked and covered. I started spliting in the begining of the summer that is how much I proceastinate. My sugar shack is getting started this week the base has been prepped for about a month. Once it's done I'm going to start splitting wood for next year. I also have some slabwood I need to pick up at one of my dads friends houses and some old boards to cut up. I want to talk to a farm around the corner about buying their evapoartor because they haven't made syrup in 6 years. And talk to one of my dads friends parents about tapping about 30 taps along their driveway. Man I have slot to get done in a short amount of time.
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Winter is upon us here got quite a little snowstorm today. Fun finishing out N.tier deer season in a blizzard. Cut another 1.5 cord today for the house. I think I finally have enough but I just can't put the saw down sometimes. Finally finished tying an order of steelhead flies for a local river guide. I am hoping fall tapping has zero correspondence to spring tapping cause that has turned out to be a flop due to the very warm fall we had. Last week was very very busy at work and I managed to land a city school district contract on servicing their printshops. This coming week things settle down again so I will have some time on the river fighting some steel. I ran out of maple things to do. I keep going down to the sugarhouse and wondering what other kinda trouble I can get in. Hope everyone gets their maple projects wrapped up and ready for the season.
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Still sucking hind teat here, but this is my last week of work for the year. The wood pile is ready to go and I’ve got the wire up in the woods, still need to run tube. With only 180 taps, it should go pretty fast.
Deer season has slowed things up a bit, muzzle loader season is in full swing, don’t want to frog around too much out there.
Next week I’ll get busy on the arch. Still a lot to do, but with all the time off I should be able to put a big dent in the list.
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AS mentioned in the fresh pork thread.
found foottracks in the snow about 100yards behind the house on sunday but you couldn't see the house because of all the limbs bending down with snow. I had a tree stand stolen last year too. SO I think I have to post my property I really don't want to but I don't think I have a choice. 100 yrds behind the house is a little too close for comfort for me a slug even buck shot or a 45-50 cal muzzle loader could easily hit the house.it becoming a safety issue!!! :mad: the thing is the property that in behind mine is posted too and there is only 2-3 folks with permission to hunt that, and I know all the folks that have permission. I wish they would have walked past the camera then I could see what they looked at least.
anyway
Quite cold here now so I think I am going to hang a few buckets now on trees that I don't plan on tappin in the spring to see what I get. maybe boil on the grill outside. don't want drips down the walls again:rolleyes: the MRS might yell at me again!!!
just a little more plumbing to do and a few little things here and there but other than that allready to go!!!
Time to put in the ice rink!!
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well heres the new prospect, i have a buddy of mine who has a 91 totota, i rode in it before he went out to ohio to automotive school and it has a good frame and body, he is currently rebuilding the whole engine - the pistons because they were just fine, he also put a brand new clutch in it, the catch is she has 270,000 on it, but with rebuilt engine and new clutch good frame and body im thinking 1000 that he wants for it is a good deal, any thoughts????
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We got the new building mostly finished on the weekend - but I didn't get a chance to download the pictures before I left last night. The 4 walls are sided and the steel is on the roof so I won't have to shovel snow out of it to finish up inside. There's just a bit of trim to finish, some old steel to put over the chipboard on the back wall and the tank to get plumbed up to be ready for sap. On to the next item on the "To Do" list!
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Danno why exacally is he rebuilding the engine? Also check out the tranny. If you can I would drop the pan on the transmission and check the magnet for excessive amounts of metal slug. If it looks okay throw a new tranny filter on it and tranny fluid. Some metal sludge is normal but if there is alot Run. I have 250,000 on a Durango and it runs darn strong yet but I keep up on the maintenance and tranny fluid and filter changes every 30,000 I think alot of people avoid the tranny for some reason. Maybe it intimidates them. If she is 4 wheel drive kick it in and out a few time and give it a good test drive. I would hate to see you in the same boat as you were in. Good luck.
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Keith T. came over and we bent up most of the stainless for the ends of his hoods. Need to build some special tooling and make some 45 deg cuts in all the corners then we can begin assembly.
Glad to see a lot of traders getting things ready for 2010. Should be a great year!
Starting to get some colder weather and snow in NWPA.
:)
Regards,
Chris C.
