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Thanks for tips. Would I be better off recirculating to get my sugar up? I ran the 3 in series and was getting 7-7.5% in 1 pass. maybe that's fouling them quicker.

I built a small to this year that worked fantastic. I only used 3 400gpd membranes due to budget. I did not have the proper ro soap and acid wash but did permeate flushes often and a few peroxide...

You tube videos in general are quite frightening. From the loads of misinformation to the (off topic) exquisite stupidity of man kind. Most should know by now not to be impressioned fully by a few...

Wow I thought was doing ok with 225 taps at just over 50 gallons of syrup made and I'm further south than you. That 3/16 must really help. How much slope do you have?

Nice little setup you have their. one thing I see that would help you greatly is running less sap in your pan. If you run your sap level around 1 inch in the pans you will boil a lot faster and...

I have left nearup in a bucket in the fridge for at least a month once. figured it would have a skim of mold in top by the time I got to it, but it was fantastic. Boiled it to density bottled it and...

I put in another 70 taps this morning putting me somewhere near 220. Is flowing good since about 11AM. Somewhere over 200 gallons as of about 5:30PM and still flowing. This next 7 days or so looks...

I have caught a couple descent flows in the last week. I've collected well over 300 gallons on 150 taps. I've only got 4 gallons of finished syrup but will finish the nearup today. It looks like...

ok I think I just need to look away from the forecasts. Every one is different and who the heck knows what's going to happen. All we can do is hope for the best I guess.

Well I hope we get a cold front soon. The extended forecast shows only 4 nights of the next 15 below freezing and just barely. then we're mid march and I can't imagine it will be much better. If...

I went ahead and put my taps in the woods on vacuum, about 90. I will put all the roadsides and yard trees in after the warm up, about 160 or more. I figure this will break my work up and the taps...

well I still haven't tapped. now Monday and Tuesday is supposed to be 60 degrees with a low of 55 on Monday night. I really don't want to expose taps to those temps right of the bat. now I'm not...

this much snow is new for me during maple season. it shouldn't affect the run much. its nice to have snow to pile up and keep the collection tanks cooler though. it is going to make hauling sap...

I'm in southern most michigan so I'm probably going to be ahead of a lot of you. I see lots of 40 degree days in the extended forecast now. I believe I'm going to tap on Friday, and Saturday if I'm...

Thanks for your replies. How do you keep the line tight if the barrel is between two trees spaced maybe 25 ft?

I typically run drop lines to individual buckets on my roadsides. I bought several 20 and 30 gallon barrels this year. what is the best way to hook up 3 taps per tree on 5/16 to a barrel? also for...

I have 4 275 gallon totes that all had vegetable oils in them. I used to get them from work for free. I power washed them all, some came completely clean while some have fatty deposits I can't seem...

What is the process of bottling bulk syrup? Does it need re-filtered? How about selling it, do i put the same label as the stuff i make? I can sell a lot more than i can make so i was curious. Thanks

I wouldn't even sell by the gallon unless your making a lot of syrup. I do pints 10 quarts 20. Makes everything easy

I'm waiting to put out the rest of mine until after the warm spell. I have out about 150 now another 50 to go.

I wish i had some snow to pile up, that's been long gone. I think I'll freeze some water in 2 liters and put them in right before i go.

I have to go away this weekend and can't boil. It's supposed to be high of 60 Saturday and Sunday but lows will be in the 30s at night. Do you think the sap that runs Saturday will be ok on Monday?...

I have made about 7 Gallons of syrup so far. I have sap coming out my ears. Going to be busy. My only soft maple has bloomed all the way out.

I have collected about 250 gallons so far in 120 taps. Boiling as i type this right now. I'm southern most Michigan though.

I put out 100 taps on sunday and i got about 120 gallons collected so far.