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Scrape the 80 taps for today. Too much snow and freezing rain today, tomorrow will be better. Kirk I am just a few miles east about 5 or 6 mile north west of Holland. Come over if you like, there...

Tapped 20 for test--18 ran pretty well--temp 37 partly cloudy. Drips were half second apart--will tap another 80 tomorrow. . Next week looks pretty good--time to try!!

This morning two flocks snow geese, several flocks Sandhills cranes--all flying north. 60 degrees today but no sapsuckers . Tap??? NExt week maybe but records show 2/18 has been our best bet. ...

Well arnie, now you are a maple enthusist! I'm the old guy and i warned you that making maple syrup is a fever===it consumes you!!! But take heart, when you retire everyday is saturday--come over...

Hey gibsonman. We managed to get a few gallon of really nice syrup made this week. Tapped about 300 trees last Sunday and got around 600 gallons of sap. Sugar in the sap was around 2 - 2.5 percent....

No, we haven't tapped yet! Made some maple sugar from left over last years syrup. Just can't seem to get much going with the weather. LM sugarbush tapped some the 27th of Jan., but haven't heard...

Hey gibsonman! We are just a few miles east of you. We are the cup creek valley maple sugar makers. One of our crew hangs around wesselman some (bob dodd-great guy and excellent sugarmaker). Good...

Hey arnie got your text while ago, my cell is low charge and my charger is misplaced; 40 to 1 is really good. Be careful with your tubes, let the sap fill the containers and when you get back pour...

Has any one ever used a "coolbot" control with a window air conditioner to build a walk-in sap cooler? Their claim says you can cool an 8x12 insulated room to 38 degrees using only a 12000 btu...

Has anyone ever used a coolbot with an air conditioner to build a walk-in cooler for sap storage? Suposedly with a "coolbot" you can cool an 8x12 insulated room to 38 degrees using a 12000 btu...

WE HAD TO PULL OUR TAPS LAST WEEKEND. 60 DEGREE WEATHER --ALMOST 70 MADE THE HOLES HEAL TOO FAST, WE ARE ON HOLD, CLEANED ALL THE BUCKETS AND ARE NOW WAITING FOR FAVORABLE WEATHER,, GRADE "B" IS...

We had to pull several of our taps. Like Arnie says the sugar has been great this year, but the nearly 70 degree weather has taken its toll. Cloudy sap, yellow sap, miller moths, ants, and even a...

Hey arnie

tough luck. I wish i could have made over to see your set up before you tried it out.

I too learned the hard way. If the heat escapes from beneath the pan and goes up the outside of...

I used a piece of galvanized flexible strap iron, drilled 2 eighth inch holes, used two self drilling stainless screws to attach the one-inch piece of strap iron,then used a three sixteenth bit to...

Hey Rick

Little advice! Look around for at least a "backyard evaporator". Look on line at
sugarbush supplies or Bascom Maple Farms and maybe you can pick up a used machine. They will handle...

It's a fever matt! Every year it gets worse. Each year--more taps, more trees, bigger evaporator , tubing?, more heat, more storage...on an on it goes---will it ever end. Some guy on the "trader"...

Put out 240 taps friday 1/28/11. Collected 325 gallons 1/29/11. Collected 455 gallons 1/30/11. Sugar content ranged from 2.0 to 2.2. Every thing looks good in to tuesday of this week, then....who...

Yet another interesting way to filter maple syrup on you tube. Watch the mimaple - "maple sugaring - a springtime tradition part 2" this old guy finishes the syrup on the evaporator and then...

I THINK WHAT IT IS BRANDON IS A SMALL BUSHING YOU DRIVE INTO THE STACK AND THEN THE PROBE FITS SNUGLY INSIDE IT--ANYWAY THAT'S WHAT THE INSTRUCTIONS ONLINE LOOK LIKE. GUESS I'LL FIND OUT WHEN IT...

HEY BRANDON, I JUST ORDERED THE FLUEGARD FROM CONDAR. DID YOU USE THE EYELET TO INSERT THE PROBE? OR..JUST DRILL A HOLE IN THE STACK AND NOT USE THE EYELET TO INSTALL THE PROBE?

the old guy

GOOD IDEAS YOU GUYS. I HAVE CONTACTED CONDAR AND THEY WANT TO KNOW WHAT I FOUND. I AM GOING TO SEND THEM YOUR REPLIES. I THINK THEY WILL BE
IMPRESSED.

the old guy

I just replaced the old galvanized stack on my evaporator with a new stainless steel flue. Problem is my old magnetic stack thermometer will not adhere to the stainless. I can't seem to locate one...

Hey Sawyerkirk try watching some of the production of maple syrup on YOU TUBE. You might pick up some tips there. "Maple sugaring: A springtime tradition" (parts 1 and 2") are pretty good at...

Brandon

We Heat The Finished Syrup To Almost 200 Degrees, Rotate The Bottles Upside Down. I Have A Suspicion That The Problem Might Be In The Caps. My Nephew Is In Charge Of "gatorade"...

We Process About 65 -75 Galllons Maple Syrup A Year. But During The Last Two Years We Have Been Plagued With Mold Forming In Some Of Our "sealed" Bottles. All The Filtering, Canning, And Handling...