Tapped in Warren County NJ

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02-10-2018, 06:02 PM
sugarwoodacres

Tapped in Warren County NJ

195 taps installed today in Hardwick , NJ . The weather looks favorable for the next 10 days. I hope everyone has a great season.
02-10-2018, 06:09 PM
5050racing

We're hoping! Just lost 2 weeks to cold and didn't get to warm today.
02-10-2018, 08:15 PM
sugarwoodacres

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Originally Posted by 5050racing

We're hoping! Just lost 2 weeks to cold and didn't get to warm today.

Trees were beginning to drip when I was wrapping up around 330pm.
02-11-2018, 09:06 AM
NJ'S#1

got 670 in out of 1000, a little dribble last night. hope to get the rest in , in the next couple days. like to know what everybody's sugar % is.
02-11-2018, 02:19 PM
John-NJ

That's what I get for tapping early

Cold weather (sap ice) broke one of the fittings in the vacuum system, so when I turned things on yesterday, had a mother of a vacuum leak from the sap pump. Think after the season, i will change some of the piping to flexible tubing so that things can move a little more. Was able to get it fixed, and I think I got 25 gallons starting later in the afternoon. Today things are running pretty good.

Took the day off work tomorrow to make syrup!

Guess I was too eager, but at least I got some done.

Good luck to all!
02-12-2018, 09:37 AM
dcast99

Put out 160 taps this weekend because the forecast looked good. Sap was barely running. The new forecast says it won't run until Wednesday. Not much fun tapping in the rain with 2" of snow still on the ground.
02-12-2018, 05:04 PM
sugarwoodacres

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Originally Posted by dcast99

Put out 160 taps this weekend because the forecast looked good. Sap was barely running. The new forecast says it won't run until Wednesday. Not much fun tapping in the rain with 2" of snow still on the ground.

We collected 70 gallons today. Sugar content was 1.3 on mixed sugar and red maples.
02-15-2018, 08:02 AM
5050racing

Well it's really running got forced to fix a hit utility pole last night so all I could do was collect late last night.Now I'm sitting on 375gal n still running as of this am all 5gal buckets running over I have 8 of them I think,hope the chunk of ice keeps it good for me I put white tarp over it?
02-15-2018, 09:02 AM
sugarwoodacres

Quote:

Originally Posted by 5050racing

Well it's really running got forced to fix a hit utility pole last night so all I could do was collect late last night.Now I'm sitting on 375gal n still running as of this am all 5gal buckets running over I have 8 of them I think,hope the chunk of ice keeps it good for me I put white tarp over it?

I checked them yesterday around 5 , not a lot there. I'm figuring today they'll be flooding over.Whats your sugar content?
02-17-2018, 06:53 PM
5050racing

I only collect water lol !! Down here I can only hope for 1% maybe my say hydrometer is off so I never check it,but now I use it yo test my concentrate from the RO and it it does float a bit!