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I had to repair lines already!!!
On the one line I was using a Gripple and it failed! The wire just pulled out of the one side??
The other was squirrel damage. pesky little things. Once I got the lines fixed I fired up the vac and checked for anymore leaks, looks and sounds good. I had not a single leak at the saddles, that surprised me.
For me I am pretty much done I am now waiting. I do have to do a little cleaning in the sugarshack but that is stuff I can do in the evenings.
I am bummed a little I couldn't make it up to the NY maple conf this year. It is a great show and I was hoping to learn more about making candies and that kind of things. I guess there will always be next year.
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i see what i can dig up talk to your local water work department they mite have an idea
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I got some work done on my sugar shack today. I got one wall boarded up with shiplap. Tomorrow morning I'm going to finish putting up the tripple beam al the way around. Then I have 4-H in the after noon so I can't work all day on it.
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-7* on the thermometer here. I hope we get a january thaw. I need it to get some of this snow down. Never got the BIG storm friday so that is good. Sugarhouse is plowed out and gonna get some things dusted and rearranged more or less out of boredum. These temps sure put the damper on steelhead fishing. Did get some snowmobile riding in today. Always puts a smile on my daughters face.
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Releasers and tanks going in the woods today. Going to try to get the Booy bush releaser setup all done and maybe get over on the other bush and do that one too if I have enough time. Starting to get there. Three weeks till tap time. Im not putting more taps out now. Out of time. Now its operation HOOK UP, TIGHTEN UP, AND GET THINGS PITCHED. BIGSAP IS ON ITS WAY!!!Theron:)
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Uuuggghhh
Still way behind here and to top it all off we had some yahoo drive through our barway in our back field and destroy a healthy section of fencing. I just don't get the thrill of destroying someone elses property.
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-20 below this morning. Brrrrrrr.
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A friend suggested that I try a neighbor that does sheet-metal work on the side for the re tinning of my arch. Only three miles away and I had never heard of the guy. I took my old pieces down to him today to get a quote. $178 bucks and a week out. Hard to beat. The guy has a sheet metal shear that will cut ten foot sheets of 1/4 inch mild steel! plus every other tool or machine a fabricator would want. I'm going to have to talk to him about a steam hood for my 3x8. And a SS preheater of course but not this season. Got to make some syrup first. I can spend next week cutting wood and hanging mainline wire and pipe.
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Late start
Started construction on new temporary sugar shack, just big enough for the evaporator with room to feed it, barely. Big overhang to stretch the usable space. Had to keep it under 100sqft to not get a building permit.
It's a late start This week the sap will start to flow, high 40's in the day, 20's in the night...but season won't start until mid febuary, just ehough to tease/worry us about what we have left to do.
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It looks like Maine there in West Virginia. Big White pines and all.
Are you going to tap when the warm weather hits at the end of the week, or wait for a while?
