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so yesterday i was in the bush putting up some more drop lines i got a deal on 350 for $50 wiches is not bad but any way i got 40 more up on in a little area on top of a hill and got it running in to the main line 50'-75' below so there is a big drop there i was going to go out today but it was just to cold
-30 with wind chill but i got other stuff done i got more photos on the link below of the work i did and the landscape and of some freshly fallen trees
The bush is on a township road. It runs down hill and is tilted away from the road it has a bench that is kind of wide. some of the laterals are flatter than I like but you have to work with what you have. I posted some pics of us setting tanks today. For those of you have never meet me I'm the one with the fur hat. It was 5degs when we set them.
DaveY- Tanks look like they are going to work good. Those trees look like some serious runners. Hopefully youll be trying them out soon. I hope you put vac on that woods someday. Id like to see what would come out of that tube then. Im betting youll be getting all the sap you want. Theron
Wow Dave - you've got good friends or good connections - boom truck! Nice!
Nice looking woods for sure!
I've been so busy at night making stainless wire ties and drop lines that I can't keep up with the trader. Sounds like most every one is trying to get ready also. I'm adding atleast 400 taps. So far I put out 4200' of mainline and still some to go.
Keith
Theron,
I hope to put vacuum on next year. and add some more trees. You should see the expansion in those woods. I will have to add some boiling capicity also.
Danno, My brother is a contractor. He is the one with the connections. It took all of 30mins to set the tanks. thats fom the time the truck got there un til it left. That is the only way to set tanks. effortless!!!
or you could use a tractor and it works fine we made a 12 foot boom for are tractor and it pickes up 1500lbs no problem
Finished all the work on the lines, replacing bad drops,putting hook lines on the saddles and cleaning out dead trees.......Will start running new lines in a week or so........Hope to have 500 new taps added........Might be selling a 200+ new SS tank with aluminum frame at the end of the season.....Make a great feed tank........Let me know if you interested and ill keep you in mind.....
Dave Y,
Nice work on the tanks! You will like that for gathering! I Like the boom truck! Nice hat too:)
Chris
Chris, I can get you a hat like that, all you have to do is catch the muskrats.
Dave Y, Nice set up! Do you put your bulk tanks out and take them back when done? How was your deer season ?
Mike,
This is my first year with the bulk tanks. I plan to leave them out. I dont have much choice. I would not want to hire the boom truck every year. It would be impossible to drag the tanks up and down over that bank by hand.
Deer season was fun saw lots of deer. Matter of fact saw deer every day I was out. which was about 10 days. no legal bucks. and no doe tag. My son shot a nice doe though. which made me happy. He doesnt get to hunt much since he left for college and got married. Thanks for the completments on the set up. It has been alot of work , but it will be worth it.
Dave Y,
So that's why they call you Old muskrat head? I never made the connection:) HeHeHe:)
Whats this about additional boiling capacity in the near future??? No RO? The maple gods may not be happy:)
Boy you sure have out grown that little 210 gal. tank you came up and bought from me!! Looking forward to watching you grow!
Chris
Just got back from the supply house again.
1800 feet of 1 1/4, 2000 feet of 3/4, and 1550 gallon tank. my truck and trailer were nutted.
Is march still 3-4 months away?
Shooting for BIG SAP, no whammies, BIG SAP.
Chris,
I have passed the 210 on to another sugarmaker that could use it more than me. It was too hard on my Ranger. As far as boiling capicity goes I would like to get a set of Max pans for my Rig. Then a steamaway. I need to be in a bigger sugar house before i can even think about an RO.
Matt,
you better get off the Trader and get to work!
It's tough when I am working on the computer, trader is right there taunting me.
Woods work coming up in a big way now. Going to set up my electric panel and meter box tomorrow night at the new pump house, got to do some shipping then I can afford to go in the woods and do some maple work and not feel like someone is at my house repo-ing something.
Starting to get out of the deep freeze we were in, so kinda feels more like outside type weather. I didn't mind working inside as much when it was seriously below zero.
I couldn't believe how much 5/16 has gone up. I was calling around getting prices. Yikes, should have bought more last year.
Gotta go back out in the barn and work some more. Wish my days ended at 5pm.
matt what is the price of 5/16 for 500'Quote:
Originally Posted by royalmaple
Jems,
When I bought mine it was 43.00 The next day it went to 50.00. I paid 55.00 for my droplines.
The price is fairly uniform across the maple region.
well last year it was $77 hear and when i whaent to go get some last week it had gone down to $68 it must be cuz of the dollar
$77 geese i paid 50 for rolls of 30p tubing. i get most of my tubing equipment at richards so it might just be the middleman trying to make an extra dollar
bought a roll saturday 51.00
RICH
Went down to Salisbury today to see Henry and get supplies. Syrup ought to be $80.00 a gallon. Everything is going up. Got bottles both glass and plastic and a roll of 5/16 tubing and some fittings, plus some other odds and ends. Now we have to find a couple of small tanks and a twelve volt pump.I hope we have enough time to get it all together for this year.
Andyp
AndyP,
Good to see your getting your stuff together. Yes all the prices are up. Probably $80 per gallon is about the price we should be at:)
Don't worry, be happy, the report is that all the steel head are frozen, waiting for you:)
Good thing you got the sugarhouse tightened up during the warmer weather.
Chris
It seems from the prices I have seen that about all of the tubing north of the border is $ 60 to $ 70 per roll or more. If Leader is still selling 30p for $ 50, they are probably selling it way faster than they can make it unless it doesn't go across the border??
Anyone got any opinions on whether any of Leader's stuff goes north across the border on a regular basis, not smuggled??
I must be too close to the manufacturers. Seems like everything I was pricing up was high 50's to 60's. That was maple flex and ipl 4 seasons. I might have to keep looking, I bought 14 rolls (4 seasons) the other day for 50 bucks a roll, I though I did well.
It would be nice if there was a little more competition in this market, not between companies but dealers. I wish I could just work of SRP, I don't even use that as a guage in my business. Just a number they pull out of the air. But maple it's srp and more in many cases.
I'll have to break out the press tonight and make some more jeffersons I guess. Even up the score a little.
Matt,
Maybe you are still buying it at 2007 prices and the dealers haven't gotten the 08 prices yet or paid the 08 wholesale price.
Last week I bought some rigid Lapierre for $51.50 a roll. Up from 07 catalog. Lamb rigid light blue was still $50.00 roll.
DaveY- I like that hat a lot too. Maybe next year Ill trap some rats with the kids and have one made. Im hoping to have everything mostly done this weekend. If I do its celebration time. Im thinking have everything hooked up and next weekend fire up the vac pump and start fixing squirrell holes. Probly put a few more taps out to get an even 1200. Once evrything is done im done for two years. Not doing anything more for a couple years. Going to hunt woodchucks with the boys as a full time job this summer. Not building anything. Getting excited to see what happens first good run. Never had vac and never had this many taps. Cant wait to see what happens. Hope everything is going well for everyone getting ready. Want to hear a lot of talk next month of BIGSAP. Theron
Theron,
I can hook you up with the folks that made it for me. I suppied the skins and the put it together. A+ quality. Glad you are starting to see and end to your work. I have a few tanks to plumb and clean the dust off of the evaporator and out of the sugarhouse and I am go to go!
Being ready early might be a plus. The Accuweather extended forecast looks real good for Feb 1st in NW PA. Check it out. Might be able to start 2 weeks early.
Jim
Did the price go down on tubing in '08?
Mark send me a pm on who to go to. I'm gonna use up the tubing I just bought first then look for more if I got time. Main thing is to get the old system 100% to the road and on electricity. Then worry about adding more taps as I go.
I can't say I've seen Leader (or Lamb) tubing in Ontario which explains why I have no idea what you're saying when someone mentions 30P! The big 3 are Dominion & Grimm, Lapierre and CDL. We paid just under $60 per roll for our 4-seasons and that was a deal because we ordered 30 rolls! D&G doesn't list prices on their website or in their catalogues anymore but Atkinson's has it listed for $71.75 / 500' if you buy less than 10 rolls. The $CDN vs $USA argument is out the window now that they're pretty much equal. Sounds like we're getting the shaft...Quote:
Originally Posted by WESTVIRGINIAMAPLER
our family has probably close to 70,000taps (Four Camps) all 30p we pay 50.00 a roll and buy it by the pallet (50 rolls) there’s is a lot of lamb tubing in my part of New Brunswick but I would have to agree its mostly ipl and DG (CDL and Lapieree use ILP) I was talking to the Lappieree dealer the other day you can get 4 season for 62.00 that’s only up 4.00 bucks from last year but still I agree that prices are sky rocketing but I think with the price of oil dropping we may see the plastic price drop. Has leader put there price up on 30p? I haven't talked to anyone down there in a couple of months.Quote:
Originally Posted by ennismaple
Guys no prices listed anywhere for tubing. I ordered tubing on the 8th of jan at 1 price and 5 days later order the same thing went up $4.00. That is the pitts!! Even if you look in the new books when you call up the prices are not what you saw.
Richard
I like the Lappierre tubing and it is all $ 60+ per roll on the maple guys website. It was close to $ 40 aprox 2 years ago.
well i was out in the bush for 4 hours today and put up the last of the main line for this year just need to finish the 5/16 line and put up more taps we are at 303 right know but i recently bought a skid of 5/16 tubing 1800' and 500' of 3/4 and 1/2 mainline and 350 droplines 30 in -60 in long all for $50 but i got to get as much taps out a possible
finished hanging mainline today, got 3 sap ladders built. hi temp today 20 last night 0. 25 days to go
RICH
As of today...All of my sugarbushes have been inspected and repaired. Ready to tap and just waiting for the right air. Fired up big Bertha today. Had alittle trouble getting her to start, but by afternoon the steam was chuggin' out the stascks. What a pretty site! R.Os are flushed washed and ready. OK "Mother Nature" lets roll!!!
Sugarmaster,
When do you plan on tapping.?