----made-a-small-fire-in-evap-this-after-noon-and-thawed-it-out--------cold-again-tonight------lets-see-what-the-week-brings
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----made-a-small-fire-in-evap-this-after-noon-and-thawed-it-out--------cold-again-tonight------lets-see-what-the-week-brings
----get-a-new-hydrometor----mark-the-paper-on-top-with-a-black-marker------you-will-knw-if-it-sliped
----I-went-and-collected-all-my-tanks----as-it-was-cooling-down-this-evening---just-went-to-31-degrees-here----and-gonna-get-down-colder-tonight---had-little-over-200-gallons---supposed-to-stay-cold-t...
-----drianed-front-pan-yesterday---and-cleaned-it-----not-much-niter-biuld-up.------will-collect-late-this-after-noon-what-ran-yesterday-and-today
----YEH-----Dont-use-Bleach---------Just-hot-water---
-----went-and-collected-what-was-in-tanks-this-morning-and-had-coulpe-hundred-gallons-so-fired-up----and-if-it-was-in-head-tank----its-now-in-evap-----had-two-draws------sugar-droped-back-to----2.0
2220122202222032220422204----------Things-went-well-today-----late-start-this-year----but--mother-nature-is-in-control----haha
----heading-out-to-collect-what-sap-ran-thru-the-night-----hope-to-to-be-fired-up-by---9:00-this-morning
22186---sap-gonna-run-today!!!!!!!!!!------I-tap-4-different-places-----sugar-is-getting-better----#1-2.3---#2-2.7---#3-2.1---#4-2.4
----over-here-in-Whitney-Point----by-mid-day----all-places-I-tap-were-doing-good----and-sugar-content---is-up
----got-one-southern-slope-bush-running-today----the-other-placecs-I-tap-are-just-barely-running---hope-tomorrow-every-things-getgoing-good
------Just-waiting-for-the-sap-to-flow-----this-week-should-be-good
-----that-rubber-gasket-is-just-a-O-RING-----
------new-float-arm--worked-great------fired-up-at-10-am----if-it-was-in-head-tank-----its-all-in-the-evaporator----cold-for-afew-days-----next-week-looks-good
-------not-so-goog-of-a-day------got-pumped-up-and-was=setting-floats------front-pan-float-arm-broke----got-pissed-off----studied-the-situation----sadd-screw-it-----spent-rest-of-day-making-a-new-one-...
----good-to-see-some-one-else-here-----just-came-back-from-collecting-tanks---got-alittle-over-400-gallons---all-in-ground-tank-at-shack----will-pump-up-to--head-tank-Wednesday---gonna-be-cold-tomorro...
----use-paper----and-gently-tighten-with-a-small-pipe
------finnnaly-finnished-tapping-today----had-some-issues-come-up---that-delayed-me-on-some
-----went-and-got-samples-from-3-places-I-tap--------1.9------1.9-----1.8---------what-are-others-seeing---------tested-on-my-Hanna-Refractometer
-----got-my-boots-dried-out-over-night---have-one-of-those-(PEET)-boot-dryers------back-to-tapping
----well-tapping-has-been-going-well------untill-this-after-noon-----crossing-a-creek-----went-thru----up-to-my-***-----as-cold-as-it-been-didnt-think-twice-about-walking-on-the-snow-covered-ice------...
----got-started-tapping-today-------snow-is-two-feet-deep-any-way------snowshoes---:lol:
-----probably--gonna-start-tapping-tomorrow