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    We also had a good weekend. We cooked about 800...

    We also had a good weekend. We cooked about 800 gallons which brought us over 1/3 crop. Hopefully the cool weather this week recharges the trees. The wind has definitely been a factor the past 2...
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    This has been the best bad weather week we have...

    This has been the best bad weather week we have ever had. With no cold temps at night I was thinking this week would be a bust. It has turned out to be just the opposite. When the sap started...
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    Somehow managed to collect 80 gallons of sap this...

    Somehow managed to collect 80 gallons of sap this week so we boiled that off today. All the Sumner sap is frozen solid in the tanks. But we did a lot of woods work today, made some repairs, set up...
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    We were able to collect 240 gallons off about 125...

    We were able to collect 240 gallons off about 125 taps in Lewiston this week. Things were slow to thaw in the mornings but any sap in early February is all bonus. Got the pans sweetened and pulled...
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    We ended up putting 125 in yesterday at the sugar...

    We ended up putting 125 in yesterday at the sugar house in Sumner while revamping a section that has not produced well for us. Its all check valves so it should be ok for a few weeks. Going to get...
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    Last year was a good one for us. Biggest to...

    Last year was a good one for us. Biggest to date, we did 85.5 gallons of syrup. This year proved that syrup is truly made in the woods. Lots of issues out there which made for a disappointing...
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    The end appears to be near for us as well. ...

    The end appears to be near for us as well. Gathered the last load of sap this morning in Lewiston. 125 gallons for the week on 100% tight vacuum. Heading up to the sugarhouse now to gather and...
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    Same here yesterday...very little sap, even on...

    Same here yesterday...very little sap, even on vacuum. But today the faucet it on!
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    Yup. Its kind of a pain because we cannot pull...

    Yup. Its kind of a pain because we cannot pull sap from the bottom valve we have to pull from the top. But...if we get a huge warm up, the ice in the tanks preserves the sap. So it has its ups and...
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    Things got off to a heck of a fast start but...

    Things got off to a heck of a fast start but appear to be throttling back. Doesn't look like a good thaw for 10 days or so. So far we have boiled off 750 gallons, 5 gallons of syrup made to date. ...
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    Sorry no diagram. Its not that difficult really....

    Sorry no diagram. Its not that difficult really. Just think of the PID controllers as switches. You feed one side and let the PID feed the output side when it reaches your set point.
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    I am sitting on 300 gallons off 113 taps down in...

    I am sitting on 300 gallons off 113 taps down in Lewiston right now. Should be a tad more by morning. Missed today due to a dead battery for my Shurflo but its running now. All nice clear sap...
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    Looks like its time to get our drill on. Next...

    Looks like its time to get our drill on. Next week looks good and Id imagine it will stay that way. Actually pretty much right on schedule, maybe a tad early. We will start tapping Sunday and...
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    All the parts aside from the probes were sourced...

    All the parts aside from the probes were sourced from Amazon. Unfortunately there are no diagrams or anything like that. Its not to complicated but you should have some sort of knowledge of how...
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    We finished up today. Its all done except the...

    We finished up today. Its all done except the cleaning. By far our best year year 85.5 gallons bottled up. May boil off some cooking syrup when we drain the pans. We always wanted to hit 75 and...
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    This looks to be the end. Cleaned up in Lewiston...

    This looks to be the end. Cleaned up in Lewiston today, taps pulled, lines washed, tanks, vacuum pump cleaned. It was a good day for it. Tanks in Sumner have been filling all week but this will...
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    Glad to hear it was running good. Hopefully the...

    Glad to hear it was running good. Hopefully the same in nearby Sumner. Hopefully our game cam sends us some pictures of our tank. Ran decent in Lewiston yesterday. 125 gallons or so. About a...
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    Same story for us as well. Another good weekend...

    Same story for us as well. Another good weekend and the week/weeks coming still look good. We are on tap for our biggest season to date. Currently sitting at 52 gallons.
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    Are you just not seeing good vac numbers? Do you...

    Are you just not seeing good vac numbers? Do you have a recirculation line? These pumps rely heavily on being wet at all times. When you walk your lines check for fast moving sap or sap "jumping"...
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    Hopefully we get a good freeze tonight to get...

    Hopefully we get a good freeze tonight to get things back moving. Its nice to have a day to catch up on cleaning and whatnot but no sap flowing makes you worry. We had a good weekend despite the...
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    We actually run 2 head tanks, 1 inside, 1...

    We actually run 2 head tanks, 1 inside, 1 outside. The outside tank we pump all our raw sap into. Inside we have it set up by just flipping a few valves we can run that raw right into the...
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    While I wasn't expecting it, this week has been a...

    While I wasn't expecting it, this week has been a fairly good one. Big run yesterday collecting 150 gallons on 113 taps in Lewiston. Shurflo pulled 27" all day. Another small run today puts me at...
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    Neither yesterday nor today seemed like a good...

    Neither yesterday nor today seemed like a good day for sap to run but...pulled in almost 50 gallons each day. Not great runs but better than no run at all. The rest of the week look good.
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    We are all tapped and ready. Got the 100 or so...

    We are all tapped and ready. Got the 100 or so in Lewiston in on Friday. Today got the 300 or so in Sumner tapped. We also added 700' of new mainline, with about 4000' of laterals and 156 new taps...
  25. Ideally you would want a gauge at your pump and...

    Ideally you would want a gauge at your pump and another at the highest point at the end of your line.
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