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Sunny and around 7 here right now... can't wait to get home and check the collection tanks.
Found a new 270 gallon tote for $150.... compared to buying a used one for 100$ and paying shipping this seemed pretty good. No cleaning required and no stink forever!
The latest I've heard on the bulk syrup front for everyone wanting to start selling bulk syrup is that Peter Kennedy out of Millbrook, Ontario represents LB Maple Treat and will buy bulk syrup in eastern/southern Ontario. Your best bet would probably be to contact Maple Treat and ask them about it. Also, google them and check out their operation, 100,000+ taps and there own bottling plant. Not sure how they can operate separatly from the Co-op federation in Quebec, maybe it's because they are so large like Lapierre Farms.
LB Maple Treat is under coop rules in Qc for production, and they are one of the authorized buyers for Qc producers. They transform a lot more than they produced They have is Head office in B.C., could help to buy outside of Qc??
Sap really never took off until 6:00 or later,here it is 9:15 and I still have the vacuum pump running,have to go pump one of the tanks up to the large holding tank or it will be over the top before midnight.Had another producer in to visit just at dusk,he was surprised at how the sap was flogging in from the pump,never even looked at his bush today.
Bruce
Not much sap yesterday. Lines just trickled. Better be big sap today! It may not freeze tonight because of rain/snow moving in for Thursday and Friday. One weather report says it's going to freeze Friday, the other zero. After that no freezing. :(
Good run for me, dragged 90 gallons back to the shack by 6pm, and it was still running pretty well, given that it was still about zero at 10pm I wish I could have gotten out there this morning to empty the tanks again.
maple Flu coming on... need to get home early to check the tanks
Hardly anything ran yesterday for me in the Fergus/Arthur area. Slightly ran around 5pm but quit soon after. Some tree's started at 10am this morning and I am hoping the others kick in shortly and flood my pails. Havn't boiled or collected for that mater in over a week!!! Once the snow hit last Wed morning the temps dropped below zero and didn't come back above until yesterday!
Ryan
Mostly ice in my jugs collected about 10 gal yesterday but probably have 50 frozen solid hopefully today it will thaw.
Sap's running hard today. With what was in the tanks after yesterday's run and today's sap it'll be a big day! The Beast will get a hell of a workout before the day's over. LittleEnnis had it roaring just after 11 am and I doubt he'll be done before midnight.
Ice forced appart a coupler just before my collection tank yesterday, as a result I got nothing, not a drop. Just a big pile of what looked like ice poops on the ground. Running good today though. Boiling tomorrow.