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I tapped yesterday at 2:45 pm and fired up the new sapsucker shurflo from Dave. This morning I'm at over 100 gallons in the tanks.
Turned the shurflo back on this am and steady streams.
I guess its time to pull out the RO and prep the membranes for the season.
Also need to attach flue stack to the 2x4XL and wire up the blower.
At this pace I'll have my first boil later this week. I"m thinking I'll need about 200 gallons in the tank to get me ~60-70 in the evap for a 5 hour boil? All this is new to me so learning non the fly.
Lots more to think about with all the gear but wow, this sure beats buckets!!
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Thanks for all the updates - knowing the locations would also be helpful
(some have their towns listed - some do not)
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Knowing the type of tree in addition to the count you are tapping would also be very helpful. I.E. Red Maple ... Sugar Maple ... Silver Maple
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I picked up 55 gal this afternoon, some trees have just started to drip. The barrel read 2%. Never got above 38 here.
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In Pomfret~Just tapped 5 on buckets for sap I plan to freeze in small plastic pails . Plan is to drop the frozen 2 gallon blocks into my 55 gal. barrels to keep stored sap cold. Good flow on all 5 taps. Remaining 35 going in
probably over the next 2-3 days.
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I picked up another 100+ gallons today.
At this pace I will need to boil mid week.
I only have 275 gallons of storage capacity.
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Brought 300+ gallons to the shack and had first fire yesterday. Could have drawn off but flooded the pan at 4:00 and went it. Looks like good weather this week and should be boiling pretty heavy this coming weekend.
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Was a propduct and busy weekend for me ended up with 4 gallons of finished, filtered, and packed up syrup. Not too bad for a quiet last weekend of January.
No problems staying warm feeding this hungry mouth every 7-10minutes.
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North stonington. 36 taps in on Sugar maples with 3/16 tubes and gravity. More to go today.
The weather looks interesting and we are holding off on hanging buckets.
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Got everything going this morning, more to follow - Attachment 20680 Attachment 20681
