2010 Salisbury Sugarworks Shakedown

"The future is uncertin and the end is allways near",,,,,how do you spell futcher?
I am changing the name of my opperation to Salisbury Sugarworks for some legal reasons
Anyways went to the landing yesterday AM, saw sap running out of some maple piled on the landing,,,,fired up the yard crane, took the welder out of the back of the pickup,,added 2 quarts of oil to the truck moter and went to Cabbot (Goodriches) got most everything I need for the new 1000 tap woods in Boscowen,,A friend up north lent me his dropline maker,,RAY came over last night and by 11pm we had 600 new drops made (THOSE THINGS ARE COOL),,gonna start setting that up today,,,,Stevo got the 1588 other vacuum taps ready to set last week,,I have my splie extensions,,,I have about 40 cords in the shed...got the stolen releaser back from the Belmont P.D. last week...LOTS TO DO,,but we have VERY LITTEL SNOW..more later

Congrats on getting that releaser back. What's the story? Or did I miss it somewhere.

glad you got your releaser back, parker.

oh yeah, with some help from my boys, we got half our orchards tapped today. running pretty nicely, too. should finish tapping tomorrow.

Hay Parker
I will keep my eye out for steam on my way to Flag Hole Rd. I am not sugaring this year do to a busy spring last year, no wood, and tubing needs a lot of work. My friend in Meredith is sugaring for the second year so I will be spending time over there to get my maple fix. Good luck this year!

The releaser story is a fellow stole it from my tank while the sap was running,,thanks to the hard work of the Andover P.D. a 2 time fellon got his 3rd strike and is now going to jail for a while......there is a thread about it here somewhere......
Uncle tucker NOT TAPPING!!!!! WHAT????? Straighten up and fly right man!!!! We will be over on Rabbit road at Sanborns place all day,big farm with the view,,maple orchard on hillside below house,we park in the "Robbins nest" driveway (where the tank is going),,stop by and say Hi...
Walley-running nicely,,,AAAHHHHH I am a ways from tapping,,well wasent planning on tapping right off,,,have to wacth the weather....
Got the trail cleared to go from neighbors driveway up to sugarwoods (very long) and got the layout finalized in my mind...will set anchors and pull wire today,,hopefully get most of the tubing rolled out,,,gonna focus on setting up this lot befor I tap....GOOD LUCK TO ALL

Got the 2 conductor lines up-2600' of 1 inch,,sap was SPEEEWWWING out of the maples I drilled for anchors......gonna be tricky with the kids and hockey games tommrow.....

Hockey all day with the kids,,last weekend of that,,got a littel ice time tommrow then its too the woods,,,gonna stay in Sanborns woods till that is ready to tap,,,think Ill start tapping there,,then Hoit road,,rte.11 then Hill,,,,,warmest to coldest orchards........Looks like ALOT of trees at Sanborns...

Got the lateral mainlines all laid out-anchors on trees,wire in place ready to pull, gear supplies in the woods,,,

Get the snowshoes out!