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Tim so we have alot of green down here in Cornwall it was 26 degrees last night been below freezing for over 24hrs. How do you think the trees are faring? Is this like 2012?

Amen on the rain brother!!!

Tim I assume you have a 200 amp service What are you upgrading it to?

I'm thinking I may have to do as well tripped my service breaker once when everything was running full bore

I found this article very interesting gave me a new prospective on tapping. looking at a tree with three different bands of tapping makes sense to me. and I think varying the length of the drop...

AMEN!! same feeling here!!

Are you using the black CV We switch to the clear CV adapter it has two lines in the plastic that you can see and we only tap the stubby in to the first line. Does it just snap apart in your hand NO...

Made it to a full crop with last nights boil. It boiled beautifully and made a nice amber but the smell and taste was metabolism, looked at roadside trees this morning and a definite bud swelling...

We're getting 2.3-2.5 here as well Keep in mind that you have two brand new membranes and the sap is sweet (they are not having to work as hard)also the temperature was almost ideal for max RO...

love it !!!!

I would say its time for some big money investors set-up some new packing facilities with a fully staff sales team (rather then backing more mega production )
The current packers can only do so much!

We started drawing at 218 I love how this business is constantly changing from day to day and year to year Keeps you on your toes and your brain engaged GO WITH THE FLOW!

This is a hell of a run looking like 3gpt in 24hr period. Sugar content is kind of sad 1.6to 1.7 Guess we need a hard freeze up and not just prologue 30 degrees I can see this is a high volume low...

30% here as well I don't see any big freeze ups or heat waves coming so should be productive at least through middle of March Hope there isn't to much wind damage after this storm gets out of here...

CDL has certainly gotten bigger in the last few years One problem could be keeping up with service to their customers When sap broke loose this past week it took me three days to even talk to...

First boil yesterday Sap is 1.5-1.7 sweeten pans and made 100 gals. have small crack in one of the RO post hope to get fixed on Thursday My biggest problem is the drain in the RO room is clogged...

I was able to try both clear adapters one with ball and ones without and found you do not want to pound them in the tree to far and their is a circular line on the adapter, tap the stubby up to that...

We put in a couple hundred and I really like them Found that they go in a 5/16 hole very snug so only need to go in the tree up to the first segment just where the ball chamber is if you go in...

2 peter 3:8" But beloved , be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years , and a thousand years as one day"
I would say clearly our creator sees a ''day"...

I used j hooks several years ago did not back out so they are almost grown over ( so backing out does that twist the wire don't think I like that) Also put one in a nice Maple and it did split (...

I put solar in a couple of years ago very happy with it. I have two 24 panel trackers and some roof panels. When I run the numbers the 30 to 40% increase will pay for the additional cost in a few...

I've been replacing a section of woods that had the oldest tubing and re designing the layout hope to be done soon and start tapping the first weekend in Feb.
though it sure seemed I should be...

I've used the two piece check valve for several years since they came out and have never gone back and had to reseat them (except for some my brother tapped and he did not get them in firm enough to...

Had a low of 24 at 1:24 am still 27 now sun is on the solar panels and my maple tress Life is good! Have a great weekend everyone!!

sounds like Joe is still out to lunch trouble is people will believe this hoky just like the BS going around the political world

Using CV 1's with stubby and have had no problems with breaking or cracking / Have 9000 in this year . We try to achieve 27 inches of vac and when the tubing is tight there is no issue with using...