Ran great today, I had many overflowing buckets, and averaged 4L per tap in 24 hrs.
Running the RO now to make room for more sap tomorrow, time to fire up the evaporator tomorrow!
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Ran great today, I had many overflowing buckets, and averaged 4L per tap in 24 hrs.
Running the RO now to make room for more sap tomorrow, time to fire up the evaporator tomorrow!
Boiled 600 L today that was collected a few days ago. Will do a final boil tomorrow. Had a challenge with it being so cold that the sap tank line into the evaporator was freezing. Nothing an electric blanket couldn’t sort out. Next week is looking good for some sap running.
I needed this cold pause to regroup, fix a couple of things in my setup, and get ready for the flood. I have a couple frozen inches in all my buckets waiting for next weeks thaw, have RO’d most of what I collected this week, will sweeten the pan and boil down what I have tomorrow, and consider putting up a few more buckets....just a couple, or ten, or......
Good run yesterday and even better today, averaged 5.1L per tap.
Still running now, and no freezing temps overnight in the forecast until Sunday or Monday night, so we may be done for a few days,after gathering tomorrow?
Gathered 550 L yesterday and another 280 L today. Been doing a slow boil today and will bottle tomorrow
Collected close to 500l yesterday and another 300l today. Vac lines ran 24/7 since last freeze but slowing now. Puddles are ice if over so maybe cold enough for another decent run tomorrow. Still out boiling snd I’ll be back at it tomorrow. After a couple alterations to my boiling method I’ve managed to stay at around 13-15gph.
How did the recirculating line work for ya Dave?
Hey Harold - the recirc lines worked great which allowed me to identify a couple of leaks easier on both my mainlines and improve the vacuum close to 20”. Thanks for the tip!
That’s wicked always glad to help others.
So how’s everyone’s collection going so far? Can’t say I have been run off my feet. My gravity is not doing much of anything and wonder if the those trees still need to thaw. My vacuum - which I have 2 setups has produced the majority of the sap but that said I am not doing back flips over the amounts. I know things are a little late this year so I will wait patiently.
Yup that sounds like my season so far also. Not much from gravity but vac lines seem to be just ok so far. This week looks like a good one in the area for us.