Hi all,
Sorry to renew an older thread, but I didn't see a point in starting something new that would just create multiple threads about the same thing.
How many people tried this last year and...
Type: Posts; User: Dave Lister
Hi all,
Sorry to renew an older thread, but I didn't see a point in starting something new that would just create multiple threads about the same thing.
How many people tried this last year and...
I was curious if “priming” the line by pouring a gallon of water into the top of the line after you put your last tap in would get everything flowing sooner?
The line is so small, it wouldn’t take a...
This year I purchased a two gallon pesticide sprayer (the kind you use to spray fruit trees) for about twelve bucks at the local hardware store. I brought it home and gave it a very good cleaning in...
While I haven’t tried setting up the 3/16th tubing on a shallow slope like what you are describing (I will be doing it this next year on a small run though), I imagine even with a 5-10 foot drop, you...
What would you do when one large diameter tree splits off and becomes two good sized trees a few feet from the ground(within tapping height)?
Do you tap just one of the two trees every year,...
That’s awesome. I’ve gotta get a vacuum gauge to see what my setup is pulling. I have 13 taps on a 1000 foot run of the 3/16 tubing with a 20 foot drop over about 75 feet at the end. It’s...
Does anybody know if a sap ladder is at all possible with a very tight 3/16th inch tubing setup provided that there is enough drop after the sap ladder?
I'm planning on replacing my 1 inch mainline...
The camera I used to take the pics is actually a Panasonic Lumix. Basically a point and shoot with the ability to play with some of the custom settings. It was about 200 bucks about three years ago...
Yes,
the size of the cabin works perfictly for me.
There's just enough space between the evaporator and the walls for me to have a stack of wood on either side and still have enough air space to...
Sbingham, I would say the size of the sugar shack is about 10 by 16, maybe 12 by 16? I'm not sure. Never measured it. It was originally an old camp bunk house that has had many uses since it last...
Last year we decided that the W.F. Mason 2x4 evaporator just wasn't fast enough for us, as we only have time to boil on Saturday and some of Sunday. At 13-15 gph, 225 gallons of sap in one day is a...
I absolutely loved my W.F. Mason Raised flue 2x4 evaporator. We never put a blower on it, but with dry pine slab wood and no door for the ash pan, we usually boiled between 12 and 16 gph, with a max...
I constantly hold the tubing in my mouth due to the lack of a third hand out in the woods and never tasted or smelled plastic....
Put in 110 on gravity tubing Saturday and hung another 20 buckets on trees today. Collected 10 gallons of sap so far :(
Hopefully my tank will be full when I get back to the woods next weekend....
I've actually decided to wait till the last weekend in February come hell or high water. I think I put my taps in too early last year and only got about 5 galllons of syrup from 90 taps on gravity. ...
Wow, thanks for all the responses.
I guess I will just have to wait it out and see.
I have enough 5 gallon pails at my house for 3 per tree, so one 5 gallon bucket for each tap.
I do have 4 larger...
Hrmmmm. Wonderful. Just wonderful.
I got the gravity tubing set up to prevent myself from driving 45 minutes both ways wednesday night to collect sap. If I get as much sap as I have been told, I...
First off, I know this is a bit of a loaded question so I will give as many details as possible.
My sugar bush at my parents place is on gravity tubing, in the woods, and 100% red maples. It faces...
I was personally thinking of putting in about 15 taps on a few Roadside trees where I live in South Windham. Weather Forecast says it should be up in the low 40's for the later part of this week,...
Well done!
That looks great.
I am sure that will look great in a large print out.
I was always told by the old timers I spoke to to tap on the south side of the trees. But eventually, you run out of space. It always seemed as though I was getting more sap on the sunny side...
I'm about 45 minutes north of you and am planning on starting around the last weekend of February, unless its still cold of course. All depends on the weather though. Look on www.weather.com for a...
OK, I am not trying to start a peeing contest or anything like that but I was curious what people get for an evaporation rate?
Basically what do you have for an evaporator, what heats it, do you use...
How many seasons on average will they last if washed out and left to dry come April? I just hate the idea of single use plastic items that end up going to the incenerator or landfill after a year or...
I made mine similarly, but I connected the wooden spool to a hook that hangs on the main line with a swivel type thing I got at Home Depot so it spins freely as I walk away.