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Sounds like a great start. Hope for a great season.

Hey all! We finished stringing line and tapping last weekend, Jan 14. Collected total of about 150 gals and filtering now. Temps are expected to be right starting tomorrow and moving through first...

Hey kharper, just bought a Geo Tracker from a guy in Haubstadt. Eventually it’ll be a mud/sap buggy.

Hello maple sap tappers! Wishing you all a good start to the season from Southern IN. I’m around the Mt. Vernon area and it appears weather is right for sap flow. 47 taps as of this week and wasn’t...

Thanks Dr. Tim for the insight. We generally see a drop in temps leading through the middle of Jan with temps raising enough to start tapping around the 20th. So we still have some time before any...

I'm curious how above average temps for winter can effect sap flow and sugar content. I'm in south/western IN where our Oct had some 90 and 80 degree days for the first two weeks. Nov we maintained...

Yeah, I'm hoping for a little consistancy with weather during time sap starts flowing. Your right, Mr. Thompson, I'm just getting antsy. Last year didn't tap until the 19th and had one of our best...

Trying to figure out what to expect this season with how the weather has been. Considerably warmer temps around Evansville area. Does anybody have any thoughts on this?

Agree with you Tony, tapped earlier than usual and it made a big difference. Pulled all taps except for one line, 16 taps, which is still running clear. Now for the clean up, put away and planning...

It isn't aluminum. The ss used has been setting outside for a couple years. Don't think that has any effect on it though. Looking at welds, which some are a little rough, and there are a few rusty...

Up to this point all we've boiled has had desirable flavor though I'm checking in to the metabolism. But I was boiling same sap in different pans earlier in the day, traded them out at the end of the...

I've been using steam tray pans for some time to boil sap and have had no issues with off taste. I've recently just had a pan welded, SS, to fit my arch. I cleand the pan with a scrub brush and dish...

Mitchell Tapper, if you have any 5/16 and can't get 3/16 tubing to grip, take a 1" piece of 5/16 and cut in half length ways. Put each half in the grip of your tool and clamp down appropriately....

BSD, what was it that plugged the line?

I'm going to give that a try Maple Flats. BAP, I did disconnect from a tee about halfway and the sap began to flow. I ran out of daylight so put a container at the point and capped the other side....

So I have three different runs on 3/16 with 5/16 drops. Line 1 has 15 taps with 17' drop, line 2 has 18' drop with 17 taps and line 3 has 15' drop with 16 taps. Both line 1 and 2 are producing very...

Huxta, what part of IN are you tapping? I'm around Mt. Vernon and not sure if tapping is happening yet. Will be running lines over the next week though.

Hey Deereman, I'm around the Mt Vernon area in So. IN and been considering same thing, but I'm leaning towards what psparr said. Stick it out a couple more weeks and hopefully we'll get another...

We were expected to get showers Wednesday so I set out to tap on Tuesday. I ended up with 19 taps with about 60 degree sunny weather, but it dropped down to low 30's that night. Checked last night...

About 4am this morning before work I thought I'd make a check, not expecting much, and had 9 gal of sap on 10 taps.

Hi Jason, and all the other folks here. I'm also new to this site and also live in Indiana, just west of Evansville. Sap here has been flowing pretty well the last few days. Looking forward to see...