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I haven't tapped yet but plan to this coming weekend. I really had the itch today while I was at work. I don't think that I have missed anything yet but fear an early end to the season like 2010. I have reworked some of my tubing and tubed up 18 taps to a sap ladder, 18 more on vacuum and 18 less buckets.
Got my new releaser hooked up and ready to go.
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Russ is the ice solid up by you? I fell through that wet spot in my woods were you tied the 2 mainlines together. After I found it was deeper than my boots, I started wondering if you were having the same problem in the swamp.
HEY RUSS!!! that's one sexy releaser... hopefully no problems this year huh!!! fingers crossed!!!
My swamp is tricky the deep spots have enough ice to hold me easy its around the edges on the northern side (thats where the south sun hit it best) but that part is tapped so I just put a board to the solid ice. with all this freeze thaw business its there is running water under the ice in some spots so its thinner there.
Hi Russ, New releaser looks great. Michelle just called out sick for the day. Were tapping in today. We added another 150 taps on a sap ladder that i'll finish up this week. Hood will be here friday i'm told. Dill we have almost no ice here and what we do have will not hold you. Theres only about 6 inches of frost in the ground were we drive. Keith & Michelle
Played hooky from work today myself. Richard and I tapped today. I've now got 686 taps on vacuum. Even with the known leaks I am pulling 25 1/2 inches of vacuum. I got a good deal on the releaser. It is 3 years old but was only used 1 season. It is good for 6000 taps and is a little over kill for what I have and will ever have on it. Gotta get a bigger tank now. The sap was running a little slow but I still got close to 100 gallons today.
The ice is safe enough to walk on in the places that I have to walk in the swamp. Have to be careful on the edges though.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dill
I've got about 225 gallons of sap so far. It didn't run as good today as I thought it would. It should run better tomorrow.
I put the membrane in the RO tonight and got it all plumbed up and ready to go. I'm going to pump the sap up to the sugar house tomorrow night then concentrate it Saturday and boil Saturday night. This will be the earliest that I have ever boiled.
Sap didn't run very good here either. I think the ground is just frozen just deep enough to effect the roots from drawing water. I only got about 75 gal yesterday. a little less than you per tap.
Glad to hear I'm not missing much. I'm tapping my vac. woods in on Sunday...in time to catch next week's big run.
Russ, am I looking at the pic correctly that your wet line has to go up to get into the releaser?
Russ- are you still running the Matt Roy special sp-22? How many taps do you have on it now? I am up close to 1000 on mine but have to keep up on leak patrol.