I drove over the Ridge rd this afternoon. Swung by around 3:30 didn't see any steam so I didn't stop. Only Windswept was boiling. I forgot how that road is maple central.
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I drove over the Ridge rd this afternoon. Swung by around 3:30 didn't see any steam so I didn't stop. Only Windswept was boiling. I forgot how that road is maple central.
Dill, hopefully we can have them running the ridge over here next year! Nice talking with you the other day.
Derek
Its been a while! What a crazy week. Crazy year really. With the addition of a newborn this year (well 4 months now) I havnt been able to spend as much time in the woods as I like. My vacuum suffered a little the first week or so and problems that come up don't get addressed as quickly as I like but oh well..... that's just the way it is this year and I have to make the best of it. Im at 530 gallons right now. Didn't boil last night. Strange day yesterday. blue lines were all thawed by 9am but wet dry lines and releaser were froze solid. Didn't start running till 2pm. By 7pm I had 2500 gallons. The hardest run of the year so far. Slowed down overnight and actually froze for a little bit at some point. Went to the tank at 630 thismorn and the vac line that switches canisters when the float comes up was froze so there was no vacuum to the piston switch. So sap was going right up the vacuum line. Luckily I don't think it had been running long. Now its running hard again. Going to be a big day and they are calling for a slight freeze again tomorrow night. Going to be a busy weekend I think. Hope you all are doing well out there. Its not over yet!
I had a similar problem with my releaser last night too. Went down to check it this morning and it had overflowed into the moisture trap. I think the dump valve switch must have been frozen and the releaser didn't dump when it was full.
When the trees still want to run the weather cant stop them! Ran really good here the past few days. Got a good freeze last night. Will be interesting to see how it flows today. It could be a big few days. Sugar is way down now. Pulling 1.4 last night. I don't think the freeze will help the sugar at this point. Except for roadside trees not to many buds pushing yet. The next few days will push those buds. They are saying 33 tonight. hopefully that will drop a few more degrees for us. We are at 626 gal right now. about 100 behind last year.
Another freeze last night made for another gallon per tap day! Sugar has dropped right out. 1.1 today. Made 33 gallons. sap looked pretty cloudy but syrup was still great. no off flavor at all. Reds are pushing sugars still have a ways to go. Will be interesting to see how long we can last. Calling for another freeze Wed night! We'll see what happens!
Ran pretty good last night. Weather now says freeze tonight and hard freeze tomorrow night. We'll see if the sap is still good!