WOW Farmboy you do know its febuary and its days before go time.
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WOW Farmboy you do know its febuary and its days before go time.
He is in pretty good shape compared to some of us :)
made some nice head room in the new sugar house today found 1300 of storage tanks
the plan is to set the previous owners 2x5 flue pan on a 2x5 arch raw sap will come in to it the out of that into my 2x6 into the finisher then threw the filter press and into the caner
next is to make room for the 6 cord of wood that needs to be run from my old sh to the new one =clean the area out
then next week in the woods tap count looks like between 600 and 700
peace glad to hear you found a new home. I didn't realize there was another shack on chapel hill except the leaky bucket boys
welt today was the day. im Offically a new business owner:)
Been putting laterals and drops on a new line for the past several days. Bush is about a mile into the woods and because of snow, only access is with the horses. We are spending a couple hours a day just in travel. We thought about taking our lunch with us but the rest/warm up time would be sorely missed. Snow is about 30 inches deep and makes for slow going. Good news is I had hoped for about 600 on this line and it looks like it may reach 800. Bad news is that we have to slog through the snow for those additional taps. Been taking Ibuprofen to help these old legs. Six degrees here this AM. Hoping that tapping will not be necessary before the first of March and we have enough thaw first to make the going a bit easier. Half my laterals are under snow now as well as a significant portion of mainline. Depending on final count on this new line, I should have about 4200 on vacuum this year. Keep Sugarin:)!
well it use to be closer to the road but when the bi pass came they paid to move there house and sh ... so if u are coming down chapel its on the left just before u go under the bipass
Congratulations!!!!!! Watched the special they had on TV with you, I think I saw it on youtube. Very impressive!!! Keep up the good work, keep reaching for your goals.:)Quote:
Originally Posted by CaseysSugarHouse
Today i shoveled out all the storage tanks so next weeks warmer weather will hit the bare metal and aid in getting the rest of the snow off of them. Put 25 taps on one lateral comeing down a big ridge also, I want to see how much natural vac i get on that line, I have people that doubt it, so we will see how much production comes out of that line. I will put a 50 gal. container at the end so it will be easy to gauge the flow day to day. All new line, drops and taps, about 200 feet of line i would guess. Will be like a mini Proctor test comeing down that hill. Going to bulldoze all the trails on Monday so i can benefit from the warmer weather on the trails also to help melt away some of the snow. Following weekend is wash weekend for us and assemble the evap. Time is flying by fast.
I'll be assembling the connections to the bulk tank after clearing lots of snow from around my main tank. Then I plan to build my sap ladders and attach my saddles connecting my lats to the branch lines where I added. I still have a few more lats to run in one section. I also want to start plumbing in my vacuum pump to the Zero tank. Lots to do, will be busy old man. I bet I'll sleep good tomorrow night (well, come to think of it I always sleep good) It's almost go time, I can plan on burning the midnight oil soon.