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Dave- I hope it turns out not to be cancer too but if it is at least like you said your lucky found it early. Hope the best for u and your season fellow maple man. Theron

Im one of the fellas that owes my start to Richard Patterson. He is soley responsible for me getting into maple as a business instead of a hobby. He was a person that seemed bigger than life and its...

Sorry haven't updated lately. Shut the pumps off sunday. Tough season here this year. Sugar averaged around 1.3% is my best guess for the season. Only made good syrup pretty much. Didn't want to make...

What is a cleaning agent that is ok to use in the us for sap lines? Ive wondered before if just white vinegar would work good. Im not necessarily wondering about it to improve sap yield but wondered...

Brandon- Sap has been starting later in the day so what we have been doing is haul it in in the evening all we can. I go to bed real early and get up early am and start ro machines and clean barrels...

Ran pretty good yesterday and last night. Kids fixed a few vac problems and vacuum seems good everywhere. Not sure exactly how much sap we got but guessing around 15000 gallons. Got up early this...

Things going good here. Had a good run other day kind of tired us out but made bunch of syrup. Sap started late in the day and usually I would of waited until next day to start but it was running...

Giver her heck Parker ! BIGSAP comin! Theron

Right back at you Van. Hope everything goes good with your health and you have a good season. Were off to a good start. Weather looks good coming up too. Theron

Things going real good here knock on wood. Vacuum good everywhere. My boys have gotten very good at leaks and I hardly have to go in the woods anymore. All three big woods around 25 inches which is...

Should be able to finish up my new 3/16 taps today. I think we got close to 600 all said and done. Really like how it looks in the woods. Very nonintrusive. The lines are small and kind of just...

Super- Its all 3/16 100 percent. All the top is the 3/16 and then its 3/16 down the hill until I have enough drop to make it work like they say. Russ- Im pretty honest but my friend and I are...

Mark- Im just kind of guessing. I was running the engine off of a fuel tank on a big generator so when I went back up the next day I just dumped some in and that is what it seemed like. Im always in...

Jimsudz- I think what I did will be real interesting. Basically I tapped the top of a hill where it is flat. I did hook up 500 taps and some are on the slope where it drops off of the hill but most...

Thanks you guys. Does anyone know how much the sp11 should holed? Theron

I used a Honda engine that I think is 160, Ill check and make sure. Im pretty sure it was that small. It ran the sp22 great. I could even idle it down to real low so it only used about 4 gallons...

Got my 3/16 yesterday and started hooking up some trees. I really kind of like the stuff but worked out a little different than I was thinking. Lateralled in around 230 taps and hope to do that many...

Looks like early run is over now here. Weather looks cold for next two weeks. Sugar has been low but is kind of normal for this time of year. Maybe some lower than usuall. Ended up with 14 drums plus...

I have an sp22 and an sp11 that both the sight tubes are discolored and hard to see. Can anyone tell me roughly how much oil either one is supposed to hold. Thanks Theron

Good luck Spud. I think you guys will have a good season if ready early. If its like here not much frost in ground. Even if it warms up early if your ready for early stuff you wont have to wait for...

Dennis- What do you use for a vac pump now? Do you have another piston pump or are you using a vein pump now? Wish you had another 22 you wanted to sell me. I could use one of those pump heads. Being...

Russ- Still real early where you are at so Im sure you haven't missed much. You going to be doing most everything yourself or are you going to be able to find some help? Theron

Parker- Sounds like your off to a good start. Giver her heck! You hoping to burn less wood this year with the new ro machine? Theron

Parker, Its running ok. I think Monday It ran really good. Good like regular season good. I figure when its running good in regular season my releasers, which are the big old fashioned horizontal...

Pumps on. Turned them off for a week and kind of wish I hadn't because it warmed back up now. I don't think Im turning them off again for the season now. Still tapping. One more little woods to do...