233gal of sap or finished syrup!? I'm still running, had a good run yesterday, considered quitting when it almost hit 80 last week but we have good freeze nights and warmer days for the next week at...
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233gal of sap or finished syrup!? I'm still running, had a good run yesterday, considered quitting when it almost hit 80 last week but we have good freeze nights and warmer days for the next week at...
Thanks guys, the clearance on the stack is 2" to combustibles, my boot comes in on Friday and the plan is to wrap the pipe in 2" ceramic blanket before installing the boot. I will have to cut a bit...
Great video, you should add a description for it. I love the UHMW manifold block.
Haha yeah, i'm sure the grandparents will be over! The baby is a great excuse to take a couple weeks of work off during maple season.
I have the tote inside as I plan on mounting my RO inside, its not a 4x40 just a small scale 500gpd housings and membranes. The pump needs to be lower then the tote, so I placed the tote inside...
Posted a longer post in backyarder forum, but I put out 47 taps this weekend and started to upgrade my shed! Long story short I think we'll be running hard in Chassell MI in about 2 weeks and the...
Well, my wife is 36 weeks pregnant and full blown maple season looks to be 1-2 weeks away for me (Chassell, MI). I took advantage of some free time this weekend and put out 47 taps and started to...
I put in 15 taps on 2/11 just because I can't wait... 90% of the trees were running while I tapped. I'm thinking this will be a good starter to the season, do one small boil based on what I got this...
How do you keep the steam out of the garage??
I'm not doing that big of a boil again.... 330 gallons in a batch and I had to boil over Thursday and Friday night, finished Saturday morning. Syrup is dark from the extended boil but tastes great. ...
Sheesh, I had bought a 275g food grade tote this year with anticipation of filling it and then doing a boil, it started slow but now I'm getting 50 gallons a day out of 45 taps. Now it looks like...
I ended up tapping my 35 trees yesterday in the sunshine when it was just above 30 degrees, no trees running at the time of tapping, a couple of my trees, which have been prolific producers in years...
Hey Nasion, I'm on south entry, ended up digging down to the ground today and putting all my buckets out but waiting to tap until Tuesday.
Third year tapping, going to put in this weekend Chassell MI. I'm doing 35 buckets this year and next week looks warm though overcast.