Search:

Nice looking unit.I recently with a buddies help build one from an oil tank myself. We build it in levels using three hotel pans the front lowest one being my finishing pan.I have one question for...

I tapped only 7 trees this year. Couldn't get to the rest when weather was good for running. By the time i was able to get into the woods the season was over. I did fairly well for what i was able to...

If you don't have the money currently to invest in a good filter set-up a trick that I use that works great is to jar the syrup and let everything just settle to the bottom for roughly a week. At...

Its a fairly decent size tree. I could still get my arms around it if I hugged it. I only have 2- 5/16 taps in it. Its on a stone wall about 30' from the road. Top not too bad but not the best...

Is it normal for a tree to give off 4 - 5 gallons of sap per day. I have one tree that does this faithfully. And another that will give me 3-4 gallons and a third that will do 2-3 . Is it just a...

Your right on the fact thats it's a great thing to do at the end of winter beginning of spring. Nice to get out and enjoy the fresh air. The good thing is if you find after it cools you want it a...

I myself prefer the darker syrup. But here in Mass the weather is very colder this season. My trees just started to unthaw and run. I have 7 tapped so far. My woods trees were getting on average...

Yesterday I collected almost 15 gallons. Not bad but definitely not enough to fire up the outdoor pit. Temps suppose to fall the next couple of days. as long as it continues to flow at this rate I...

I havent gotten far enough into thereby yet to measure. Plan on being in a new location next year. But I know my first 4 gallons made me a pint of syrup.

Evening all. As with anything else I have found this to be an ever learning thing. Last year at the start I did my first batch (only 5 gallons ) on my wood stove. It gets hot enough to bring to a...

Not really sure about around your area. But out in my area you can always find people on cl selling food grade containers of various sizes and prices this time of year. Just check carefully for odors...

If this snow keeps piling up like it is I won't be getting to my trees in the woods until far into the season. All I can do at this point is try and clear some paths to my yard trees and road side...

I've noticed that if you watch the bubbles as it boils as the syrup starts to get close to done they completely change their appearance. Not sure how to explain their looks other then they appear...

Ya I too am done !
I live in Warren and my year is complete. I got not even 2 gallons where as last year I got 5. But thats mother nature. The ones I feel sorry for are the guys who make it a...

Ya been a very odd year to say. I have to very good size road side trees at the bottom of my drive. One has been giving me large amounts of sap. This one is set up on a little hill next to the stone...

You can't run them in series as already noted. you could probably tie both of them together and control them in that fashion. All hots spliced together and all three neutrals spliced to each other....

Maple Rookie :
Exactly how much sap did you have when you started your boil down. And if you had to guess how much do you think that you have now that your saying it is thin and colorless. It takes...

Afternoon fellow maplers. I checked all my buckets this morning not expecting anything to be running today at all. Yesterday was in the 50's so things ran rather well. Today is only in the mid 30's...

:evil:Did my first real boil yesterday. FINALLY !!!! I have three pans on a homemade evaporator per say. Plus a warming pot. Goes from warming pot into first pan. As middle pan gets low i transfer...

Flat Rock where exactly in Vermont do you live. I currently live in Ma but bought a piece in Troy on the back side of Jay peak. Hoping to be their within a couple of years. Was just wondering when...

My first couple of boils where more of a buttered popcornish flavor. The only thing I can figure is due to the sizes of the runs I slowly cooked it down on my indoor wood stove . So this being said...

Mine did the same.But I did notice yesterday afternoon when I had checked them that they where completely frozen all the way up into the spout. So that would definitely explain why they are taking...

Maple Mass
Am I correct in assuming that you might have some extra buckets for sale. I lost some of my old galv's last year. They where handed down to me so not sure of their age. But am now in need...

If it was me I wouldn't trust that size cable on the amount of draw that you are intending on using. A quick relatively inexpensive alternative to fixing your issue would be a buck boost transformer....

I put a few in during the last thaw. I have two trees that are doing fantastic every time it warm up enough. One is a larger on by a stone wall next to the road. I only installed one tap in it incase...