Yeah Dave 200 is now a modest goal. 275 might be a stretch though. I figure 2 or 3 good runs and I will pass 200. Then another 10 or 12 when I boil out the evaporator to top off the season. The fat lady isn't even warming up her vocal cords yet!!!
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Yeah Dave 200 is now a modest goal. 275 might be a stretch though. I figure 2 or 3 good runs and I will pass 200. Then another 10 or 12 when I boil out the evaporator to top off the season. The fat lady isn't even warming up her vocal cords yet!!!
Russ,
That heavy set lady hasn't even left home yet!!!!!
Russ,
We can't let her sing yet we hardly started up here in Alexandria. Good luck on your 275 goal!!!
Our goal is 5 gallons which woud be a ton of syrup for our little backyard operation.
Kudos to you crazy guys that make that much syrup. Making it at 5GPH evap rate is slow but way better than a turkey fryer.
Doug
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Hey Russ the 10 day looks perfect.
AGAIN!!!!
Don't know about you but my ground is frozen again. So when it hits 45 it'll be gushing this week. If only I didn't have the pesky job to go to all week.
Doug I don't think that I could do that 5gph thing again. I am used to drawing more syrup than that off in an hour.
Made 8.5 gallons more tonight. I am now at 169 for the season, an all time high. Having not boiled since Friday and having the sap sit in the bulk tank since Friday night I was certain that my grade would go back down to B. To my surprise it stayed at dark amber.
And I will say it again. Looks like good sap weather for the next 10 days!!! I hope that you guys up north get some good runs so that you can catch up to the rest of us.
The diaphragm pump was hooked up this weekend and it works great...much better than the gear pump. I also installed a 3-way valves so I can use it to pump out drums w/out taking anything apart. I've been running the compressor at 60psi which maintains ~30psi syrup pressure into the press and haven't had any issues with blowing papers.
Josh I like my diaphragm pump too. I run it nice and slow and have no problems. It was an adventure for a while. The clamping force of the plate that holds the plates together isn't as strong on my press as the ones that come with gear pumps.
It looks like we are finally going to get some warm weather today. When it does break loose again it looks like we are going to get BIGSAP. This cold spell gave me a little break. Boiling every other night instead of boiling every night.
My woods tank had 450 gals in it last night and I gathered my buckets. I got almost 1 gpt out of them despite having to throw away a lot of ice. Got 250 pumped out of the woods tank before needing the pump at the sugar house. When I returned to the woods tank the line to the sugar house had frozen and I had to leave 200 gals down there. I have enough to get the RO started this morning and should be able to get the rest out of the woods tank before it is full again.
Russ,
I have a feeling we are in for one heck of a run over the next 7 to 10 days. 20's at night, 40's during the day, light winds and sunshine. Hoping I can keep up with it all. Good luck to you!!
Have a "sweet" day.
Doug
:)
Hey Russ have you seen the 10 day? :lol:
Next week is snow/rain/ice, high in the upper 40s lows in the 20s. Can we say big vacuum runs?