Thanks everyone, it is starting to sink in now and I'm sure all the not so fun things will be outweighed by the really fun stuff.
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Thanks everyone, it is starting to sink in now and I'm sure all the not so fun things will be outweighed by the really fun stuff.
Congrats Matt-speaking from recent experience there is no better sight than a diaper so full it exploded out the leg holes and half way up the back! You obviously have too much time on your hands or you wouldn't have gotten yourself in this position. LOL. I agree with Tucker, start them small with buckets....that being said you better start buying now before Theron corners that market too. Congrats to the misses also.
Congrats. You thought your hands were full before/there tied behind your back now :D . XXX full time job now/in 9 Mos..
Team Sap is looking for equipment to buy next summer and this plan may fall right into it. I think snoop had this all planned from the beginning???
know we all know what matt was doing when his computer got that bug
First Blast Of Winter This Morning, Got All My Customers Plowed Out. Looks Like About 4 Inches Of White Stuff
Rich
Matt, remenber don't flush the diaper!! Frist rule of a new Dad !!! Congradulations
Gotta just love November in the North country. 34 degrees and rain. I wish it would drop back to the balmy 15 degrees and sunshine we had a couple days ago. Being wet sucks! On the plus side, all my mainline is suspended on the wire. I need an additional 100 ft of 3 quata inch and will have all the mainline in the front bush accounted for. About 1500 feet to wire tie yet but at least now it should be above the snow for a couple of weeks. About 500 taps to run laterals for and then saddle clamps and connectors and finish the ladders. With some luck, I might be able to get the first bunch in the back bush set up and running for this spring. Hey Theron, since you are all caught up and aren't busy, have lots of experience in setting up new bushes, why don't you come show an old northern New Yorker how it's done.
hey matt dont look at any of us i go sit down and have a talk with the captain u know i think when we pass out he has his own parties .... and if he denies it ask sailor jerry
Team Sap theme song??
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ddgyg...eature=related
See snoops link below=Were in for the free ride.........
Snoop thanks for sniffin' through all the dirt and getting back on the trail=just what i needed.
Went into work last night and there was some turkeys in the freezer with employees name on them and there was one that said "To Kevin from Obama" Nice...
on a serious note my daughter was the second no third best think that ever happened to me ... her momma was first or second humm was sugaring the best thing or was her momma the first hummm better go ask the capt that one
That's it=We're in for the free ride. Lovin' every minute of it come on...
This one would work for a theme song for team sap too...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bwx5F...eature=related
So funny= about 2 weeks ago i watched that video...lol
My new Atlantic Fluidics A5 pump arrived today. Its pretty small (only 1 hp)
but should provide that elusive high vacuum. It will be nice to not worry about burning up the Delaval 73.
Doug- Id love to come up and give you a hand and Andy. Ive got one mane problem stopping me, town job. Last year I used up all my vacation to do the syruping. Actually the last of my vacation was up to Matts cutting all that brush down. Ive got a half hour left. Do have sick leave though. Got quite a few ailments so maybe I could just come up there and recuperate. Im not quite done yet. I just have all the big stuff done. Ive still got to put in roughly 1000 drops, 400 saddles, make up a bunch of mainline connections, install a crate of hose clamps, plumb in a releaser, clean tanks, install a sump pump, plumb up tanks, cut and split more wood, get buckets ready and maybe run two lines to collect sapsacks and buckets. Gonna try to put in at least 1000 buckets like I was saying and if I can get the money Im thinking now of putting in another thousand of them in another bush. Gonna see if I can sell my antique truck and if it brings enough Im going to do it. You run two thousand buckets your starting to take things seriously. I dont really know if I can afford to do the buckets but if I get the money I will. Its all a matter of what I come up with. I have one goal this spring and thats to FILL BARRELLS, LOTS OF THEM. Theron
Theron,
Somehow, I knew that when you had all the big stuff done, you would find some more trees that "waaaanted" to be tapped. Does your Dad have any idea of the hours he is going to be boiling or are you gonna surprise him?
I think he has an idea. He actually has less time off this year than last year. Im going to have to probly do a lot more myself. The year after though he wont be working and itll be a cakewalk. Im kind of banking on the recirculation thing. Thing is though you dont get a big run every day. Ill be up against it on those days but usually I dont think it will be too bad. Ill just do the best I can. I just want sap to boil. Once I reallized last year that those dinky little barrells were worth a grand a piece it shined a whole new light on this syrup making for me. I might have to even get mommy involved, maybe train her to press or something. Wont hurt her any. Everybody is going to have to pitch in. Dad will be albe to help quite a bit and if I have to Ill get more tanks maybe some plastic ones. Theron
My Dad has been the chief sugar maker here for a long time. He can remember "helping" when he was 3. When he was 21 they went from flat pans to an evaporator and he took over the boiling. His uncle said he was too old to learn to boil on "that thing". He is now 87 and still looks forward to the sugaring season. He still will watch the evaporator when I have to step out for a few minutes but prefers not to fire or to draw syrup. It still helps out a lot and it is a great reward to watch his enjoyment of the whole thing. Couple weeks ago he made my day by telling me how My Grandpa would have liked to see what I'm doing with the woods.
Doug
Jim Brown,
Friday looks like a good day. Want any help with your tubing? Give me a call if you want it.
I think my dad is going to be kind of like that. His dad made syrup when he was my boys age. Grandpa made a lot of syrup and dad can remember gathering with horses. I kind of wish my grandfather was still around to see how I make syrup today. I dont believe he could ever have imagined the technology. Im sure he would love it. He had the love of syruping and did it when he retired in town and thats where I first saw it done. I can remember dad and him making a barrell evap and we had a lot of fun with it. Grandma even made cream for us. You want to hook a kid on syrup give him some of that stuff. Theron
Snoop- The kids crew running 2,000 never mind even 1,000 buckets reminds me of my favorite song= http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sNzEQ8hG1zA
Just doesn't make sense/but then when your in the BIGGERSAP race anything could happen??
Snoop dog- I just see that your only listed as a maple Enthusist and not a Maple Addict=Maybe this will help. If your going to 4-6,000 then i better check our RC and with the assistance of 3% maybe i can get 7,000 and that should do it.
Guess you don't have it bad enough?/Better get picking up the pace if you want to keep up with the kids crew!!.
I missed the post about the trip to Hawaii to look for Obama's factual birth certificate's=better cancel on that unless you can show me 6,000 soup cans hanging from maple trees. But then yet if were good enough like them we can get our buddies to make up one like they do/Hot off the press and we'll claim the 1 Million $ and be able to buy enough cans so the dream can be a reality.
I still can't figure out how so much dirt can be covered up/But i guess if you dig deep enough you'll get to the bottom of the pit. All the discrepancy's is what amazes me/And the cronies that try and cover it all up..
I was wondering if anyone can tell me where the line is from say=
Backyard boiling on up to Sugarmaker/sugarmaster or head sap cooker is in quanity wise of taps or knowledge wise of maple sugaring?
Survey says?????
so u mean how many taps do u need before your a sugarmaker not a hobyist
Yes= Where is the chart?
Like 50 taps is = backyard
250 is = hobbiest
1000 is = producer
5000 is = large commercial producer
10,000 is = sugarmaker/Sugarmaster- How can you differance between the two??
Internet nitwit is = know it all/Master of none :D
what i have to have a 1000 in before i am a producer ....****
and what happens next year when i am shooting for 400 and i am in between am i nothing
You graduate to a bucket carrier. Start from the bottom of the rope and try and work you way to the top.
lol i am a bucket carrier lol but i now have a sugar house with a slab and a seperate finishing room with water and electric and i did sell some bulk does that help
Chinese Buffets= 9 in 7 days.
Peace=If you did that much now your probably up to at least Latrine cleaner now/That means your able to tackle on about any task. Does that sound ok??? :D
Peacemaker- Your a serious producer. What you talkin about? Ive seen your pics your operation is sweet. Im the amateur, Ive only got one season on me. Theron
Based on this survey I will soon be put back to Jr. Maple Hobbist.:) Will I get some sort of official notice from Kim?
You guys have way to much time on your hands!
The third annual Bears vs the Beekeeper event is over! Bears in Erie and Crawford have been warned and the hives are safe for another year.
I did see three Ruffed grouse today which surprised me. The turkeys have wiped out most of their food sources. Walking was tough but the sleeping was great.
Chris
Chris- Were you guys able to give any of the bears payback for messing up your hives? Andy- You guys are picking on me wanting to put all these buckets out. We had a family meeting today and we elected mommy head filter press girl and Booy and Brother are getting their own two way radios for when their gatherin. Everything covered. Might have to do nice things for them though. Talk of mini bikes, snowmobiles, motorized this motorized that, sick days from school, time off of sunday school. I dont know where they get this stuff. Theron
Andy- Ive done pretty good so far. Ive gotten them a little minibike and an old snowmobile and they have had a lot of fun with them. If they want something nice though theyll have to earn it. I like that about the syrup stuff. If they want to make money I can keep them busy. Teach them the value of a dollar. Theron
Ill probly have to help them a little. I doubt I can do 2000 anyway. Ill probly end up doing most of the work. I dont think its going to be hard though. I dont think we are going to be carrying any sap. I have a trick up my sleeve. Theron
That got me to thinking, the part about grandpa. My dad died in 2003 at the age of 91. When he was a teenager he and my grandfather planted a small orchard of sugar maples on an elevated bank of a large creek (about 30 ft drop and steep enough that I would need to hold onto trees to navigate. Unfortunately most of the trees got bulldozed out when a new road and bridge was added, and all of that property was taken by the state. Only about enough trees remain for about 20 taps. I am sure the state did not fairly compensate grandpa for his loss of future maple production. He actually never made any syrup because just about the time the trees were getting big enough to tap the land was taken. Dad told me at one time that there were about 50 trees planted originally.Quote:
Originally Posted by Thompson's Tree Farm
Found more taps for you theron.
Snoop- You got me thinking and your right/probably shouldn't help the opponent=Should i re-neg on the next shipment of supplies headed south/especially if he has already got the $ in the mail to me for them?=That could be put towards our operation-Team Sap 2011.
Sorry about that brother.