Gonna have to head to St. J, and turn that drum into some ching ching.
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Gonna have to head to St. J, and turn that drum into some ching ching.
10-4 big daddy we got us a convoy.
Andy- Itll probly be running down here before you start for sure. Im no pro though. Ive only got one season under my belt. Im just trying to learn. Ill be up and hook up some tube. You better not pick on my work though. Tarrian
getting hit hard with snow again today got close to 3 feet this week not much getting done with all that white stuff
Jrthe- You really have 3 feet? We just have a dusting here. Are you close to Erie? Tomarrow is the best day of my life. Im moving small tanks to the woods and putting my two new tanks in at the sugarhouse. Last year I had 4 tanks equalling 2400 gallons with all the plumbing required to do that. This year Ill have two 1500 gallon babys. Got the little ones out but going to have some work getting the big ones in. Also thinking I might move the 800 gal perm tank closer to the shed too to minimize the plumbing alot. Hopefully by tomarrow night itll look a lot more signiture around the tank area. Hooked on the new 1500 tonight and tried to pull it with dads tractor. Didnt work so good. Nothing moved but tires. Shut her down and called it a night. Gonna have to get serious with it tomarrow. Good thing you missed that barrell Governor gonna be a lot of money in that baby. Tarrian
Lake Effect snows does not stop syrup sales! We have about 30 inches on the ground and folks are still calling and stopping for syrup. Need more jugs. May make a run tomorrow for some plastic.
New bushing in the rear axle of the Bolens snow plow tractor, just in time to do some serious snow plowing today. Must have put it together wrong because it backs up real slow? Anyway doesn't look to be leaking fluid from the axle!
Keep our grandson, Dorsey Alexander Logan, in your thoughts and prayers.
He was born 2 months early on Sept 18 2008, at 2 lb 12 oz. He is now about 6 lb. He was born with Down Syndrome, has had intestinal surgery, he just started on milk this week, has been on ventilator most of the time, and will need open heart surgery when he is stable enough to have it. Our daughter Stacy and son in law Dave will not be home for Thanksgiving this year as they have this little one to watch over. We are very thankful to have him too!
Regards,
Chris
Oops that wasn't 30 inches, it was just a hard frost here near the lake:) Love the global warming thing!
Anyway while I was 'tramping the trader' I got another call for maple candy cream and syrup for Christmas from one of our repeat customers. Nice to hear how folks enjoy natural local products.
Chris
Sugarmaker, our thougth's go out to you and your family. I hope for the best for Dorsey.
I forget what it's like to live up there. I'm about 50 miles south and we have just under a foot. Carful shoveling all that stuff!
PA yes 3 feet and more on the way i am about 15 to 20 miles south of the lake in what they call the snow belt I have been plowing snow for the last 14 years i looked back though my books this is the most snow we have got in Nov. in the past 14 years not fun the wife is sure glad that she has her own 4wd cause roads around here only get plowed for the school bus no school no plow
just got the phone call my old boss will be comeing out around noon with his loader to dig out the sugar house snow is about 5 feet deep at end of drive way where the plow pushed it up (when they plow) going to keep on pluging away with what i have to do for this season and hopefully the wife finds a job so i can take time off work to make syrup
jrthe3,
Snow belt, I guess so!!!!
We don't usually get snow piled up like that until January!!!
We got a dusting yesterday morning and this morning.
It's 18 here and the wind is blowing.
Nice day to stay inside!!!!!
Dave
Chris- I hope your grandson gets to doing better soon. Jrthe- Hope your wife finds a new job soon too, tough times right now all over for sure. I got my tanks in position today finally after quite a struggle. Ive got to say there wasnt one easy part to that job. Very heavy. Going to level them up tonight or tomarrow morning. Pretty whipped. I think they are going to turn out very nice though. Much less plumbing to freeze up and less rigamarole with only two sap tanks now. Maybe tomarrow I can finish that up and get the ones placed in the woods. Then its easy work for a while. I think Im going to take a nice Thanksgiving weekend and give it a rest then maybe hit it one week and I can finish it up pretty much Im hoping. Theron
Dave what do you mean "it is a nice day to stay inside"! I just got in from putting support post under my "mainline from hell" and I have been outside most of the day. The finger tips are just getting thawed out now. The supports are making the mainline look real good. I will get some pictures posted after it is done.
Russ,
Well aren't you the brave one!!!
You mean the mainline over the "great divide"?
Glad things are coming together, the mainline must just a swaying in this wind!!
Chris,
That's too bad about your grandchild.
We will pray that everything will be ok!
jrthe3,
How much snow do you have now??
Dave
I began making everything for Christmas. Lots of hours but lots of $. Made 20 lbs of candy and 5 lbs of cream today. Tommorrow more cream and coated nuts.
Keith
Thanks folks, This is a good place to vent some of the daily things that we have happen to us as a maple family. Hope your Thanksgiving is great with family and friends.
Pulled out another 5 gallons of light syrup from the frezzer. Also picked up a dozen quart jugs from Kennedy's to restock the shelves again. Several orders for candy and cream just before Christmas. This will be a good chance to try the syrup that I have plussed up the invert level.
Worked on the plow tractor and helped Eric put in a new hot water tank this P.M..
Also went to local fab shop (Edinboro Industries) today and punched 200 holes in air grates for Keith Talbot. He still is looking for 3 x 7 set of pans or something he can modify. If he had the stack and pans he could be boiling! I think he is going to tap about 100 or so taps?
Regards,
Chris
just got in from the sugar house there is about 3 inchs in driveway after spending 2 long hours yestarday with the loader digging out driveway hope we get i let up or my main lines will be under snow looking at the long term it not looking good if we get what they are predicting it will be close to 4 feet on the grown but i hope this is one of them time the weather man is wrong
Boyd,
You guys just to the East of us do get a little heavier frost than us sometimes. I was deer hunting near Waterford years back, after a big storm and wasn't sure if I was going to be able to drag myself through the 40 inches of heavy frost:)
I did get my tractor fixed today. Amazing things happen when you set down and read the manual;) Ready for the next frost.
Should be making Maple mustard tonight? But Cheryl and I just got back from a nice steak dinner at Long Horn in Erie. I think they have about the best fillet around! (Spending some of that hard earned syrup money to help the economy):)
Back to work for 2 days then PA bear season hunting on 26 Th.
Regards,
Chris
PA
to give you a better idea of where i at my sugar house is about
1000 feet south of the old pa state line
chris
i hunt the late flintlock season out by you in that big game lands off of 6
cause by that time there is to much snow to be walking though out here but this year i will be going down to the mountains my family leased 2500 arc. from IP see how it goes down there will be down there for the first week unless i get one
Guys-I got the tanks in place in the woods yesterday. Now all the tanks are where they need to be. I think yesterday was a milestone of sorts. Thats the end of all the hard work. Now Im pretty much to where Im doing a lot of hooking up things. Still a good bit to do but its all easy work. Depending on money I still want to do the buckets. If I come up with it which I think I will Im going to put out a 1000 buckets besides the house taps. Have to wait and see. Cant wait for spring. Could be tapping in in January and thats right around the corner. Theron
Snoop=How many soup cans on trees do you plan on running this year/gotta make it small and light to keep the young'ns moving i don't think they could handle a full 5 gal. bucket could they??. :D
D Day is just around the corner next week. That deadline for some proof.
someone had a source/How many do you figure you'll need??
as my maple tours continue, yesterday i stopped to see "the big sap zar of maple ridge". elevation, trees and location are all there for big sap. great views too. nice set up. lots of pictures. got to full tour of new tanks, vac set up and new woods being built. and sugar house. what a nice operation!!
Saturday we had a birthday party for my wife. While the gang was here I test fired the revised rig. WOW! I think I will run it with the fan speed a little lower. Serious flame in that baby. Heated up to boil and cooled down fast. I thought I had enough wood for a couple of years. I might use it all this year the way it was eating it up. I have a few smoke leaks around the arch and a couple condensate leaks from the hood to fix. Add a support arm for the steam stack and I think it's ready for the real thing.
I'll probably buy a stack thermometer just to see what it's running at. I don't want to burn the place down:) .
Now how many taps.....;)
Gary; Just back the fan down enough that she don't smoke! but keeps fanning the flames!I'll be over to help you when your ready to run the tubing on those 500 or so taps it will take to keep the old girl in sap now!LOL
Jim
Well my wife hit me with some news last night. Of course it was just as I walked in from 11 degree heat all day slinging muck and spreading gravel and dead tired.
Seems I am going to have a sap hauler in July. Now I feel like I have officially joined the ranks of the rest of you guys. I am still in shock I think.
Andy were you at my house 6-7 weeks ago?
Hey Matt,
Congratulations!!!!!!!!! Can't you have her move the date up a bit. You need help in March, not July.
Doug
Thanks doug, but this way I at least have one more sugaring season before I have to sell all my stuff and change sh*tty diapers the rest of my life.
Hey Matt,
Congrats!!!!!!
I would say the July date works well, she'll only be like 7 months along, she can still be in the sugarhouse lugging wood.
by the time a year rolls around she be just as fit to help again!!!!
Oooooops, just kidding, just kidding!!!!!!
Tell the little lady "Congrats" also!!!!
Dave
congrats to Mr. & Mrs. Royalmaple. You'll be great parents.
Congratulations Matt,
You aren't going to have to change s#*%%y diapers for the rest of your life. Only for a couple of years then it s#*%%y underwear until they, oops! I mean "it" is house broken. Best of luck to you and Gina.
Matt,
Congrats on the little on on the way. You can keep the sugaring stuff for a few years til college. Then when that first tuition bill comes you'll wish stainless was $1000.00 an ounce! LOL
Congrats to the wife as well!
Mark
Matt
Congrats to you. My first child was born in early Feb so it was a long and hard sugaring season. Boiling long days and then being up all night sucked. My second child was in mid april so sugaring season had just ended but that is all behind me now and they are begining to help and still young enoughto want to help with out much complaining.
Anyways best of luck to you.
Keith
congratulations mr & mrs ROYALMAPLE
RICH
Be nice to the kids one day they will be changing your S*&$#%^ dipers but that depends.................
Matt and Ms,
Congratulations on the addition to the family! Enjoy the special time when their young.
Regards,
Chris
Had my first winter market sunday, way more sales than I expected. Even without offering 1/2 gallons or gallons. I'm not bottling the big boys till I have made some syrup next year. I got to one of my bushes today and started hanging the tubing that I take down for the summer when the owners are there. I need to get a week straight in at my new bush to make a big dent in the 5/16 line, but something else comes up every day. Tomorrow were supposed to get a foot of snow so my wife wants my truck to go to school. Guess I'll get her car stuck in the woods! Congrats to the soon to be daddy. Diapers are not all that bad. Once they start to play, or help in the saphouse, all the diapers are forgotten.
congrats Matt the first few mouth are kinda hard all they do is eat sleep and s#*t the then the rest is blast my son just turned 9 mouths old i was out in the woods taping when i got the call to go to the hosp i looked like a real red neck mud up to my neck carharts barn boots in all still had spare taping bit in my pocket
Matt- here is what you can look forward to...ah, you probably don't do buckets- but you get the idea...mine now seem to like being on defoamer patrol more than anything...good luck...
eric
that is cool i hope my son is into making syrup unlike my "sister's son" he just turned 6 when they came down to sugar house last season his dad had to carry him cause he don't like mud he would rather be on the couch playing video game if i have my way my son will never see a video game