Thinking we may be done. My trees have not started budding as they are all about 100' high and in a forest so they lag behind trees with more exposure, but I went down to my property Sunday and got...
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Thinking we may be done. My trees have not started budding as they are all about 100' high and in a forest so they lag behind trees with more exposure, but I went down to my property Sunday and got...
Nice! I'm going to try to squeeze a little more out of it, but this warm weather is not good for a guy like me who lives an hour and a half from his trees. Went down today and brought home 50 gallons...
I'm in the same position as you...full time job, two kids in sports, and my trees an hour and a half away. So here's a crazy idea...what if I ran my sap as it collected through a smaller tankless...
Hi! I'm near Bloomington and tapped 4 weekends ago. I have plenty of slope, but struggle with vacuum because my 3/16 lines are about 700' long running through the forest and squirrels and deer seem...
Wow! I went down today to my sugarbush and I was thrilled to have 200+ gallons of sap at 1.5%...nowhere near your numbers! One of these days I want to come see how you do it...or what I'm doing...
I went down today with only 4 hours to collect, and found 250 gallons. And my well pump froze so I had to pump the sap to my truck with my lunchbox vacuum (5 gallons every excruciating 10 minutes for...
Today must have been a good day! Heading down to my sugarbush tomorrow and hoping to have a nice amount waiting for me. Hopefully the rest of you are too busy boiling tonight to post!
I'd say so! I never get that level of production from my trees! Way to go... let us know how much syrup you wind up with! I haven't even been to check on my collection for almost a week and a half...
Hey Michael, yes, the same...lol! I'd be happy to talk to him. Most of what I do is down at the lake, but I typically r/o to about 8% and boil while I do it on a turkey fryer and wind up coming home...
Yes, I'll try to catch up with you at some point! We live in Carmel, but I grew up in Bloomington and went to IU. My dad worked for IU almost his whole career and my grandfather was Vice President of...
Mike, any interest in teaming up? I've got 12 acres of mostly maple forest on the north shore of Lake Lemon and only have tapped maybe 1/10th of my maples (100 taps). Have a 2x4 mason evaporator on...
Holy cow...that's fantastic. I never get anything close to that...lucky to get 150 gallons from 100 taps in that time. Granted, I constantly battle leaks from deer and squirrels in my basically...
I had about 85 gallons waiting for me this afternoon. I put 60 in buckets in the shed and brought 5 gallons home to boil and see if it is useable or not. Got my 2 big food totes cleaned out and...
Anybody out here with thoughts on what to expect? Heading down to my sugar bush tomorrow to either make sugar for my wife's maple sugar hand scrub, or maybe keep it for syrup. Regardless I will...
Very little posting here...has anyone had as much trouble as I did logging in?
Set 65 taps on a beautiful day Sunday. Sap was running hard. Unfortunately, the storage tote has some fungus and bugs...
I plan to have 150 taps on 3/16 which will have 30 feet of fall from the last tap. Previously I collected the sap at the point the slope ended and then pumped it from the storage tank to my ro and...
Wow! I had 80 on 3/16, but I think the squirrels killed me...plus a few downed trees in wind storms. I haven't had the time to walk the lines like I should have. That's great production...probably...
Tony, that's a great haul! How many taps did you have? Congrats on a great year! I'm hoping to get a little more through the middle of the coming week, and then pack it in.
Just throwing this out there for you all...keeping my taps in through this next week of cool weather (check local listings). If my sap is off, I take it down to sugar and my wife mixes it with some...
Hey Ian, meant to follow up sooner, but work and the kids and of course maple kept me a little busy. I've got a bunch of 5/16th taps and some line for you...I'll try to get it by in the next week. Ok...
Really disappointed today. I drove down to my property expecting a huge haul and there was only about 20 gallons in my tanks, and a bunch of crap in it, so I dumped it all. Two of my lines were just...
Hi Tony, Sorry...I haven't been on for a while. I am using the 8800...it seems to have no problem holding pressure at 125, and I haven't even turned it up, which I may do.
On the bright side, it means another run! Looking back there were years I was done at the end of Feb. Looking like I'll get more off of 80 taps this year than 150 last year.
I did the 4 membrane 150 setup, and then this year added 4 250 membranes. Going through about 20 gallons of sap per hour and getting about 8-9%, Not lightning fast, but a huge time and wood saver. I...
Thanks for posting your updates Doug and Tony! Hoping to see some full tanks when I head down tomorrow. I'm only at 90 taps and collected last Thursday, so hopefully have a lot, but not too much to...