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While it takes BTUs to boil, its more of an issue of surface area that is important.You'll get more evaporation for a wide and shallow pan than you will a turkey fryer pot. I have a double burner...

Wow, 2000 taps, thats going to be a heck of a task with this snow. I'm in central Ottertail county and have about too on bags to get in. Early next week I think I will tamp down a trail with...

Pretty much what we have been seeing, 50 gallons off 200 taps between Thursday afternoon and Saturday afternoon. We get good flow, but it starts about 1pm and shuts off about 4 or 5.

Upshot is we...

So far a slow start for us. Just east of Underwood. 200 trees and 185 gallons so far, but 65 of that was Thursday. Have the 185 reduced to about 9 gallons of concentrate. Silver in the yard put out...

200 tapped in central Ottertail county. Trees are just starting to wake up. About 60 percent were dripping yesterday. Hopefully they will run some more today, forecast looks good for the weekend.

We are going to keep pushing too. It been a weird season, but we've been able to keep up so far. Sugars here have not even come close to budding (ottertail county) and no frogs peeping yet.

Depends on what time of the day it is, and where I am at in the boil. If I'm finishing concentrate - no booze. Otherwise, I like nice cold clear sap, coffee with a little Irish Cream, some energy...

I tapped 160 on the 28th. On the 5th and 6th I pulled in about 180 gallons - there was a fair amount more, but I left some in the bags after collecting on Monday due to the forecast winds - Good...

I could not take it anymore. Tapped 160 sugars today. 70 percent were dripping.

I'm sure there are a few. I'm near Underwood, and will be waiting to tap. I want to have fresh tap holes when the real run starts.

Best season I ever had. 1800 odd gallons into 43 gallons of syrup. Mostly medium, but 6 gallons of light. Pullled all my taps in the 1st and cleaned up. Needed another 10 gallons of sap for my pans...

Central OTC here near Underwood. I finished a couple batches of concentrate from last week. One had 6 gallons of medium amber, the other was 4 gallons of lovely light amber. Got a 220 gallon batch...

Another crazy run. Collected another 200, and I'm out of storage space and time til next Monday. I had to dump about 150 on the ground. I have help running the evap when I am gone, so I can finish...

The last 3 days have been nuts and the extended forecast looks great. We can't keep up at this rate :) what a great problem to have. Sleep is overrated, at least I keep telling myself that.

I'm getting 15 a pint, or 25 for two.We're getting repeat business. It seems a little high but people seem to be willing to pay. If they want a larger amount I cut the price quite a bit for bulk...

Central Ottertail county here. No sign of buds on the sugars here. Just finishing the last of 400 gallons over the weekend. Ran 200 through and got 4.7 gallons of dark amber. Hoping to get that again...

Central Ottertail county - got 300 gallons of 170 taps today. - crazy good run. Gonna have a hard time keeping up.

Depending how where you are,m you may be ok yet. In central Ottertail county, it was below freezing for about 40 hours - Yesterday afternoon my 170 taps (all sugars) busted loose pretty good. Most...

Hoping for the best here. Its been below 30 for the last 36 hours, and a lot of that was at 27 or 28 degrees. My outside hose was froze tight this morning. If the sun comes out again this afternoon...

Pulled 140 off 170 taps Sunday and Monday. Finished 3.75 gallons of lovely light amber last night. Very little niter in the filters or in the big pan. Got another 75 yesterday. I went to check the...

I pulled 85 off 170 taps today. Of those 170, I has 25-30 bags on the ground so I probably had well over 100. Sweeting up the pan right now :)

Going fishing Thurs-Sun. Checked the forecast for the weekend and figured I better tap before I go. Got 140 bags in today. Even though it never got over 25 the trees catching the sun were dripping a...

I took an old splitter that used to mount on a tractor 3 point hitch that used the tractor hydros. Put a set of wheels and a hitch on it. Took me a while to find an engine that I'd feel comfortable...

I think your arch is high enough. The more flame contact to the pan, the better. If you could try and fabricate some kind of exit flue so the draw is better. Those blocks may crack from the heat,...

A few years ago I got a couple 55 gallon food grade drums that came with chicken broth. They were open head drums so I scrubbed them good with dawn and some warm water. I rinsed out all the soap good...